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1.) Bernanke to Congress: Weak Housing Not Just Market Phenomenon
Published: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:56:40 +0000
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke told the U.S. House Budget Committee yesterday that tight mortgage conditions are preventing a stronger economic revovery because their adverse effect on...
2.) Century 21 Goes Big for the Big Game
Published: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:05:42 +0000
One of the best things about any Super Bowl telecast is the ads. And this year advertisers will pay a whopping $3.5 million for 30 seconds of air time for the largest television audience all...
3.) Help for Repaying Home Buyer Tax Credit
Published: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:54:02 +0000
When the first-time home buyer tax credit was enacted in 2008, in the aftermath of the housing crisis, it was structured as a no-interest loan and taxpayers who used it had to pay it back over time...
4.) Obama Refi Plan Would Help Non-GSE-Backed Borrowers
Published: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:57:16 +0000
President Barack Obama today fleshed out a proposal he announced in his State of the Union speech last week to help boost the housing market by helping more underwater home owners than are being...
5.) Independent Analysis: 60% of ‘Good’ Loans Wouldn’t Qualify Under QRM
Published: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:24:13 +0000
The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) and a research institute of the University of North Carolina just released the results of an exacting study on how borrowers would fare under different QRM...
6.) Buy a House or Bury Your Money?
Published: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:17:37 +0000
If you’re given a choice to either invest $1,000 in a two-year bank certificate of deposit or bury that money in your backyard, don’t spend too much time thinking about it, because for...
7.) Obama Refi Plan Wouldn’t be Hard to Implement
Published: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:39:40 +0000
How easy would it be to launch the initiative to help underwater home owners that President Barack Obama talked about in his state of the union speech on January 24? Policy experts speaking with...
8.) GOP Debate Sidesteps Fannie, Freddie Reform
Published: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:30:34 +0000
By Brian Summerfield, Online Editor, REALTOR® Magazine A subject we’ve talked about a great deal here on the Speaking of Real Estate blog got some play during the Republican presidential debate...
9.) 7 Things I’ve Learned in 7 Years of Blogging
Published: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:19:18 +0000
By Todd Carpenter, Director of Digital Engagement, National Association of REALTORS® I wrote my first blog post about the real estate and mortgage industries on Jan. 27, 2005. Much has changed, but...
10.) Obama: Speed Underwater Mortgage Refis
Published: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:31:28 +0000
President Obama in his third State of the Union speech last night called on Congress to pass a plan to help millions of underwater home owners refinance into loans with historically low interest...
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