Class-action lawsuits and fair housing violations are just the start
A new twist in the expanding market of pocket listings and private listing associations may start to cause real estate brokers to reconsider their positions on the practices. Scrutiny over “whisper listings” has led to questions of potential financial liability [...]
Look for Fannie and Freddie’s new regulator to push for looser underwriting, down payment requirements
Disclaimer upfront: I live and work in America’s most dysfunctional political and bureaucratic environment — inside the Beltway, Washington, D.C. So I have to admit that my ability to make predictions is handicapped by the inherent unpredictability of [...]
Homeowners who’ve recently lost spouse are often in dire financial straits
When many seniors lose their spouse, they can no longer afford to keep their home on a single retirement income. One of the greatest services that you can provide as a Realtor is to help that senior continue [...]
Real Estate Tax Talk
Under regular tax rules, when a lender forgives a debt — that is, relieves the borrower from having to pay it back — the amount of the debt is taxable income to the borrower.
A homeowner who has $100,000 in mortgage debt forgiven through a short sale, for example, would [...]
An estimated 360,000 Realtors had no health insurance in 2012
The National Association of Realtors has launched a private health insurance exchange with plans that comply with the new health care law, offering hundreds of thousands of uninsured and underinsured Realtors an alternative to the problem-riddled federal website.
The [...]
Study finds pocket listings accounting for 1 in 4 sales in some Northern
California markets
The California Association of Realtors has published a “Q‐and‐A” on pocket listings for Realtors to distribute to their clients and the news media titled “The Pros and Cons of Off‐MLS Listings: What Consumers and Real Estate [...]
It’s critically important that we understand what went wrong in the financial market institutions that manage the mortgage market, both during the bubble and the crash.
One of those institutions is the mortgage “servicing” industry, which is responsible for collecting payments and handling problems for securitized mortgages. It is at the center for those seeking [...]
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