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February 2010 SCW
By Connor P. Wallmark • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Category: February 2010 Journal, Supreme Court WatchReal estate related issues pending before the United States and California Supreme Courts.
Posts Tagged ‘insurance’
Due diligence investigations into a trust deed note
By Connor P. Wallmark • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Category: Feature Articles, February 2010 Journal, Journal ArticlesThis article analyzes the due diligence investigations by a mortgage loan broker (MLB) into a trust deed note available for purchase by his trust deed investor.
February Forms
By Connor P. Wallmark • Feb 1st, 2010 • Category: February 2010 Journal, Form of the MonthGet your buyer the best financial advantage – Submit multiple loan applications and compare
The year of the investor
By ft Editorial Staff • Jan 27th, 2010 • Category: real estate newsflashStatewide, 41,837 homes were sold in December, up 16.7% from November, and up 10.6% from one year ago. 22,328 of these homes were sold in Southern California (So Cal), up 16.4% from November, and up 12.1% from one year ago. The statewide median price paid for the phantom median-priced home was $264,000, up 1.1% from [...]
Reduced FHA standards will encourage speculator interference in the market
By Bradley Markano • Jan 26th, 2010 • Category: real estate newsflashIn the past, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has traditionally refused to insure mortgages on homes resold within 90 days. This rule discouraged “flipping” of property by speculators who sandwich themselves between seller and buyer; behavior which artificially drives up prices by the amount of the profit they extract. As an incentive to clear the [...]
The post-Bubble bump: Speculation or resuscitation?
By ft Editorial Staff • Jan 12th, 2010 • Category: real estate newsflashStatewide, 35, 860 homes were sold in November, down 13.1% from October, but up 11.5% from one year ago. 19,181 of these homes were sold in Southern California (So Cal), down 13.3% from October, but up 14.7% from one year ago. The statewide median price paid for the phantom median-priced home was $261,000, up 1.6% [...]
Homebuyer beware: the real estate game lacks fair play
By ft Editorial Staff • Jan 5th, 2010 • Category: Feature Articles, January 2010 Journal, Journal ArticlesThis article classifies participants in the real estate market, differentiating beneficial real estate participants from those that are harmful.
January 2010 SCW
By Connor P. Wallmark • Jan 4th, 2010 • Category: January 2010 Journal, Supreme Court WatchReal estate related issues pending before the United States and California Supreme Courts.
December 2009 SCW
By Connor P. Wallmark • Dec 1st, 2009 • Category: December 2009 Journal, Supreme Court WatchReal estate related issues pending before the United States and California Supreme Courts.
FHA’s lack of reserves could burden future homebuyers and refinancers
By ft Editorial Staff • Dec 1st, 2009 • Category: real estate newsflashThe Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA’s) insurance fund does not contain the minimum reserve mandated by Congress. The FHA, which now insures over 35% of California home loan originations, is desperate to find ways to pump up its meager reserves in the event another or continuing wave of foreclosure pummels the nation. Further FHA insurance fund [...]
