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Are Short Sales Really the Next BIG THING?
If you believe the hype, it appears that the next phase of the housing market recovery is going to rely heavily on short sales to help remove distressed properties from the home sales pipelin
RealtyTrac Article Library - Friday, October 30, 2009
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Don't Dump Investors
After all, its in our national interest to protect investors — unless, of course, theyre folks who merely bought a house or two. These efforts are to help American families who both want to and can, through a loan modification or re-financing, stay in their homes.” Because when buyers look at recent home sales they do not distinguish between homes sold by owners and homes sold by investors, they merely look at sale prices. Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller    When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge companies
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
Share values have dropped more 90 percent, investors have lost more than $100 billion, and both companies were rescued by the federal government earlier this month, placed in a government conservatorship run by the newly created Federal Housing Finance Agency. If Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collapse the result would be the wholesale destruction of the national mortgage system; a virtual halt to home sales because few local mortgages would be available; soaring interest rates because few loans would be available and a level of losses throughout the economy unseen since the Great Depression.
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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