The 20% solution: personal savings rates and homeownership
How today’s low savings rates impact California’s real estate market.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Oct 24, 2022 | Charts, Economics, Home Sales, Market Watch, Real Estate | 0
How today’s low savings rates impact California’s real estate market.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Mar 16, 2020 | Charts, Economics, Home Sales, Market Watch, Real Estate | 3
California’s homeownership rate ballooned during the Millennium Boom, but quickly fell to today’s low level of 55%.
Read Moreby Benjamin J. Smith | Feb 18, 2019 | Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
Black Sky Capital, LLC v. Cobb Facts: A property owner obtains two mortgages secured by the same...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Mar 28, 2016 | Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
Coker v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Facts: A homeowner defaults on their purchase-assist mortgage...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Jul 31, 2015 | Feature Articles, Investment, Real Estate | 0
Part II of this article series discusses the escrowing the assignment of a trust deed note. For...
Read Moreby Amy Thomas | Jun 11, 2015 | Recent Case Decisions | 0
An investor purchases an income property encumbered by multiple mortgages, then files for bankruptcy.
Read Moreby Sarah Kolvas | May 1, 2014 | Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
A landowner purchased a parcel of land and improved it with infrastructure for future development.
Read Moreby Matthew Taylor | Mar 25, 2014 | Finance, Letters to the Editor, Property Management, Real Estate | 0
A look at the triggers which convert nonrecourse to recourse debt.
Read Moreby Elizabeth T. Pardo | Feb 6, 2014 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 2
Facts: A buyer employed a mortgage broker to obtain funds to purchase a single family residence to...
Read Moreby Matthew Shade | Nov 11, 2013 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
A buyer sought to avoid a seller’s demand, claiming the seller was prohibited from seeking a deficiency judgment since the buyer was protected under state anti-deficiency law.
Read Moreby Matthew Shade | Aug 27, 2013 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
An owner purchased property with a loan secured by a deed of trust held by the lender. Later, the owner defaulted and the lender recorded a notice of default…
Read Moreby Jeffery Marino | Jul 19, 2012 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
Facts: A lender provided purchase-assist financing to a borrower secured by a first and second...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Apr 11, 2012 | Finance, Reader Polls, Real Estate | 1
Readers weigh in on topics affecting the California real estate industry.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Mar 28, 2012 | Finance, Reader Polls, Real Estate | 10
Do you support renewing the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act? Yes (80%, 207 Votes) No (20%, 52...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Sep 30, 2011 | Feature Articles, Real Estate | 1
Part II of this article series examines the pedigree of a true “short sale specialist” and highlights the many tedious aspects of qualifying a negative-equity homeowner for a short payoff with his mortgage lender.
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