Careful What You Wish For

There might be a little more tarnish that you anticipated on the Knight in Shining Armor that is the Ohio Prompt Notification of Short Sales Act.

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Banks Unleash Imagination to Avoid More Foreclosures

Banks are getting creative when it comes to finding ways to help property owners get out from under the burden of payments they can’t afford – without taking ownership of the property.

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Change Is in the Air

Grab your guitar and start crooning. There’s a reason to sing this Spring.

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Can a Refinance Project Help You Lose Financial Weight?

Have you ever bought a low fat salad dressing thinking that it’s going to help you drop those unwanted pounds, but after a few months the scales are moving the wrong way? The same can be true when refinancing your home.

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Lender Shopping Minus the Headaches

Have some faith in the new Good Faith form, which is designed to make your lender shopping experience a little more transparent.

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In-House Title Insurance: Easy, but Often at a Cost

Convenience might be easier, but it certainly isn’t always the best choice for price or quality.

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2012 Is Starting Out Great

We may not be totally in the clear, but all signs are pointing to 2012 being a much better year for the housing industry than 2011.

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That Vacant Look

The truth is, if you want to protect empty properties, you need to make the house look not-so-empty. Not everyone has your best interests at heart.

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Managing the Escrow with Our Financial Roomies

Money doesn’t grow on trees, and even if it did, you wouldn’t want to harvest it just to pay a bigger mortgage payment on the same house. Finding out what’s going on with your mortgage payment starts by recognizing who has a stake in it besides you.

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We Can Spare a Little Change

For all the generally positive economic projections we’ve been hearing for 2012, optimism is still elusive for many homeowners struggling to make their monthly mortgage payments, as well as the real estate industry in general.

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