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.
Read More...Change Is in the Air
Grab your guitar and start crooning. There’s a reason to sing this Spring.
Read More...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.
Read More...Don’t Bring Me Down!
Despite pessimism in the news that persists, there’s plenty of reasons to be positive!
Read More...Cordray Is Coming — Look Busy!
Last month, the Obama administration wasted no time in 2012 when it appointed former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The appointment made big news, of course, because it had been without the approval of Congress, which had been stonewalling the Cordray nomination for months. Now [...]
Read More...Rocketing Out from Rock Bottom
Have you ever gone on a road trip with kids? If you have, you may cringe at the question, “Are we there yet?” Over the last couple of years, we’ve been on pretty wild real estate market road trip that has had buyers, sellers and realtors asking themselves the same question. “Are we there yet?” [...]
Read More...All Joking Aside, Get a Lawyer Before You Buy a House
Lawyers may have a bad reputation, but in the world of real estate transactions, they are as necessary as a psychiatrist at the Kardashian home.
Read More...Charlie Sheen, Ashton Kutcher and Loan Modification: Change Happens
Times are tough for people without a high dose of tiger blood, and that goes for borrowers and lenders. Recent changes in loan modification procedures may seem like a pain, but they are there to protect everyone involved.
Read More...The Moment I Knew
Think back to 1993’s “Philadelphia.” Joe sees Andy being shunned in a library while bravely researching his own case. After a librarian rudely announces he’s found books on AIDS discrimination, Andy is accosted by stares as nearby patrons collect their things and dash away. Joe can’t unsee the wrong being done.
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