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The homeownership confidence shift

By • Dec 5th, 2011 • Category: December 2011 Journal, Demographics and Real Estate, Journal Articles, Lead Article

This article examines the financial viability of homeownership in the wake of the housing crash, and how the housing crash impacted ideas about mortgage spending and commuting.



Undue restriction: the shortsale leaseback prohibition

By • Nov 9th, 2011 • Category: Feature Articles, November 2011 Journal, Shortsales

This article discusses the enforceability of the 90-day leaseback prohibition in shortsale affidavits demanded by lenders as a condition of a shortpay. This article is part of first tuesday’s article series on shortsales.



October Article of the Month: 10 ways to beat the real estate crisis

By • Nov 1st, 2011 • Category: Demographics and Real Estate, Employment, Encore: Last Month's Most Popular Article, November 2011 Journal, Office Management

This article provides tips for building your brokerage practice and creating personal wealth during real estate’s enduring bumpy plateau recovery.



10 ways to beat the real estate crisis

By • Oct 4th, 2011 • Category: Interest Rates, Lead Article, October 2011 Journal, Syndication

This article provides tips for building your brokerage practice and creating personal wealth during real estate’s enduring bumpy plateau recovery.



Boomers bust open doors to real estate investment era

By • Sep 12th, 2011 • Category: Demographics and Real Estate, Feature Articles, Journal Articles, September 2011 Journal

This article analyzes how Baby Boomer dissavings will spur investment in real estate through 2025, and what industry professionals need to know to counsel potential investor-clients.



Antideficiency protection extended to second trust deed discounts

By • Aug 29th, 2011 • Category: August 2011 Journal, Legislative Watch, Shortsales

A look at the state legislation affecting real estate enacted during the 2011-2012 legislative session, and federal legislation enacted in 2011.



The rocky roads: recession and financial crisis

By • Jul 7th, 2011 • Category: Feature Articles, Federal Reserve, Journal Articles, July 2011 Journal

This article explains the difference between a recession and a financial crisis, and the different effects each has on the California real estate market.



Permanent loan modification refusals coming to a location near you!

By • May 20th, 2011 • Category: Mortgages, real estate newsflash

Six new Bank of America (BofA) mortgage help centers will be opened in Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside/San Bernardino, Antelope Valley, Modesto and Bakersfield by early summer. These new mortgage help centers will provide homeowners in danger of foreclosure on a BofA loan the ability to discuss their individual loan situations with BofA staff in [...]



Where the buyers are

By • May 16th, 2011 • Category: Demographics and Real Estate, real estate newsflash

Where the buyers are Shadow inventory, meet the shadow households. Nearly one million households nationwide will be created in 2011 – roughly 130,000 in California alone – and start driving real estate sales and consumption in 2012, according to a prediction by industry analysts and IHS Global Insight. Generation Y-ers (Gen Y-ers) headline as the [...]



APR threshold raised for determining higher-priced jumbo loan impound requirement

By • May 10th, 2011 • Category: Legislative Watch, May 2011 Journal

A look at the state legislation affecting real estate enacted during the 2011-2012 legislative session, and federal legislation enacted in 2011.