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The due-on time bomb

by Jeffery Marino | Jan 6, 2012 | Feature Articles, Interest Rates, Market Watch, Real Estate | 7

This article warns of the impending era of due-on-sale enforcement that will befall the real estate market in the approaching age of rising interest rates.

Fair lending now

by Jeffery Marino | Jan 4, 2012 | Real Estate | 0

Is lender discrimination still present in today’s real estate market? Tell us your story in the comments section below. Yes (83%, 15 Votes) No (17%, 3 Votes) Total Voters: 18 Bank of America (BofA) has reached a $335 million...

The morality of strategic default: businesses vs. homeowners

by ft Editorial Staff | Jan 1, 2012 | Feature Articles, Finance, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate | 6

This article discusses the purported moral implications of a homeowner’s decision to strategically default and why no such implications exist for a strategically defaulting business.

Cramdowns get Fed endorsement

by Jeffery Marino | Dec 6, 2011 | Market Watch, Real Estate | 7

Would government mandated principal reductions on underwater home loans bring us out of this Lesser Depression? Yes! Housing debt is the problem. (53%, 92 Votes) No. Unemployment must be solved first. (47%, 81 Votes) Total...

OWS occupies foreclosures

by Jeffery Marino | Dec 6, 2011 | Finance, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate | 6

Where else should OWS occupy? They should go home! (44%, 68 Votes) The White House (42%, 64 Votes)...

The homeownership confidence shift

by Giang Hoang-Burdette | Dec 5, 2011 | Economics, Feature Articles, Real Estate | 1

This article examines the financial viability of homeownership in the wake of the housing crash, and how the housing crash impacted ideas about mortgage spending and commuting.

Homebuyer tax credit lost to sellers amidst falling home values

by ft Editorial Staff | Nov 28, 2011 | Real Estate | 1

Subsidies provided to those who claimed the 2009-2010 homebuyer tax credits have been lost due to depleted home values, according to Market Watch. The $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit and the $6,500 existing homebuyer tax...

Historic mortgage rates herald momentous change

by Jeffery Marino | Nov 21, 2011 | Interest Rates, Real Estate | 3

When will interest rates begin rising? Likely near 2016. (60%, 41 Votes) Interest rates will remain low through the Lost Decade. (24%, 16 Votes) They already have. (16%, 11 Votes) Total Voters: 68 The interest rate on the...

A new age for fair housing

by Jeffery Marino | Nov 1, 2011 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate | 4

Do you think the Occupy Wall Street movement will have any impact on the housing market? No. (64%, 99 Votes) Yes! (19%, 30 Votes) Maybe if it were better organized. (17%, 26 Votes) Total Voters: 155 The right to fair housing for...

So, who’s got a plan?

by Jeffery Marino | Oct 19, 2011 | Finance, Real Estate | 0

In early August 2011, the White House proposed selling the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) real estate owned properties (REOs) in bulk (read: cheap) to investors on the condition they rent out the properties for an...