Carrie B. Reyes | firsttuesday Journal

Homeownership drivers: the American Dream soldiers on

Posted by Carrie B. Reyes | Sep 5, 2012 | Economics, Reader Polls, Real Estate |

Which demographic do you focus your FARMing campaigns on? Negative-equity owners. (29%, 15 Votes)...

Put back risk is huge for Big Banks – or is it?

Posted by Carrie B. Reyes | Sep 5, 2012 | Finance, Reader Polls, Real Estate |

Why do you think Wells Fargo is taking so much of the mortgage market? They have the best customer...

July 2012 home sales: a slipping trend?

Posted by Carrie B. Reyes | Aug 24, 2012 | Real Estate |

39,507 homes were sold in July 2012, down 3.7% from June, yet up 14% from one year earlier. This is the second consecutive month of declining home sales, however sales volume is higher than it was last summer, which was mostly...

first tuesday case in point: Know thine enemy – an analysis of MERS

Posted by Carrie B. Reyes | Aug 21, 2012 | Feature Articles, Finance, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions |

The highly contentious Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS) has made numerous courtroom appearances since its inception, the question for homeowners being: does MERS have the authority to initiate foreclosure?