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A HAFA Refresher I was recently contacted by an agent who had just received her HAFA certification and wanted to know how to obtain...
Canada is in bubble territory Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts Sheryl King and Ryan Bohren believe Canadian housing is “in bubble territory” with...
The attorneys general from three states have publicly objected to a proposed settlement with Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Ally...
You’ve heard of the robo-signing debacle in the mortgage industry and you know the big banks have been the target of much speculation for...
“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” When the Queen asked the mirror this question, she was inquiring as to...
Once upon a time, Countrywide was one of the nation’s top lenders, but fell after taking too many risky loans. Since then, Bank of...
For the last year, we have been covering the government loan modification program called Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and long ago labeled it...
As I consider how many buyers it takes to close a short sale, I remember the ad where the question is posed, “How many...
The settlement statement is an often-overlooked component of the short sale package. Whether you are inputting settlement statement information into Bank of America’s Equator...
Do you remember the E ticket? Back in the day, when you went to Disneyland, you would purchase a ticket book that would provide...
The current robo-signing debacle has many foreclosure processes frozen in an effort to allow some of the big banks to get their business in...
I’ve written all sorts of posts about all things short sale. Many of those posts discuss problems that arise during the course of the...
The wacky world of short sales This has been a wacky week in the wild world of short sales. With Bank of America announcing...
Austin homeowner Jaime Furtado is nearing his 48th hour of his huger strike on the Texas Capitol steps in protest of how Wells Fargo...
Recent news of Bank of America halting foreclosures on the heels of Ally Financial’s GMAC Mortgage unit and JPMorgan Chase announcing similarly that due...
It is no secret that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are tightening the reins on delinquent borrowers. What is looks like to me is...
How to check whether a foreclosure is in the works Last week I wrote a blog post about the time frame for short sale...
Writer debut Justin Bedecarré is an Associate at Cushman & Wakefield one of the most well known commercial real estate firms, working in downtown...
The secret sauce I promised you some tips from my “magical marketing plan” in last week’s post about my inbound lead generation success. I...
Are You Willing to Pay to Be Short Sale Certified? This is a follow up to my recent post about Equator and Bank of...
Short Sale Software Platform Perhaps you have heard of Equator, a short sale software platform used primarily by Bank of America. Recently, the real...
This week on AG: When you’re too busy to read every article on AG, sometimes a quick catch up can help, so we’re bringing...
I was lucky enough to attend the Pacific Northwest Housing Summit with 200 or so of my closest Seattle Real Estate friends last Thursday...
This week on AG: Sometimes when you’re busy selling homes, it’s hard to read every single article on the web that you want to,...
The Importance of Carefully Reviewing the Seller’s Paperwork Yesterday we were a little bit short-staffed, so I was able to get down and dirty...