Archive for March, 2010

Boca Raton Real Estate Home Purchase Guide For Beginners (Turks.US)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Investing in a residential property in Boca Raton real estate requires planning if you want to enjoy the successful purchase of a quality home at the right price.

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More Canadians could struggle to pay for home ownership as mortgage rates rise (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

TORONTO - One-fifth of Canadians are struggling to keep a roof over their heads and could have to make drastic cuts to even the basics - food and other necessities - as the costs of home ownership increase, according to a report by the Conference Board of Canada.

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Stewart Lender Services Provides HAMP Supplemental Directive Solutions (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

HOUSTON—-Stewart Lender Services , a wholly owned subsidiary of Stewart Title Company, has announced its ability to help national lenders and servicers comply with the Treasury Department’s recent Supplemental Directives for the Home Affordable Modification Program .

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U.S. Takes Another Swing At Foreclosures (Forbes)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

With mortgage modifications failing to keep owners out of default, new plan will pay lenders to write down loans.

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Your Mortgage: When It’s Time to Walk Away (Investopedia via Yahoo! Finance)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Mathematically speaking, walking away can sometimes be the most prudent choice. Find out how to run the numbers.

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Congress’ break stalls flood insurance, jobless benefits (Sun-Sentinel)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Government programs were not renewed before recess Homebuyers can’t find flood insurance. Those who lose their jobs as of this week can’t get health-insurance subsidies. And millions of the unemployed face a potential lapse in benefits because Congress took Spring Break without renewing three key government programs.

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More Canadians could struggle to pay for home ownership (Red Deer Advocate)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

One in five Canadian homeowners struggling to keep a roof over their heads have to make drastic cuts to even the basics, and that number could soon balloon as the costs of home ownership increase, experts say.

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New Southeast Side community on the lake? (Chicago Sun-Times)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

David Roeder: Get used to a new Chicago lakefront community, vast in its ambition. It is decades from realization, but everything has to start somewhere, and in legal terms, this one’s birth could be April 15. That’s when the Chicago Plan Commission tentatively is scheduled to consider zoning for about 400 acres next to Lake Michigan from 79th to 87th streets. It’s the old site of the U.S. Steel …

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Gov’t unveils plan to shrink some home loans (WTVG-TV Toledo)

Monday, March 29th, 2010

The Obama administration launched a plan to reduce the amount some troubled borrowers owe on their home loans and give jobless homeowners a temporary break.

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Bend workshop offers help to avoid foreclosure (KTVZ Bend)

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Three lenders take part in Bend workshop aimed at helping hard-pressed Central Oregon homeowners find ways to stave off losing their homes to foreclosure.

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