LA Real Estate Advice: Changes to Underwriting May Affect Many Buyers

LA Real Estate Advice: Changes to Underwriting May Affect Many Buyers

Posted by Clinton Wade on Aug 09, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: The real estate industry and especially the mortgage industry have been overwhelmed with changes, regulations and consolidations recently. In the last couple of months, Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: FHA to Encourage Refinancing of Troubled Mortgages

LA Real Estate Advice: FHA to Encourage Refinancing of Troubled Mortgages

Posted by Clinton Wade on Aug 08, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: The Federal Housing Administration said it will begin accepting applications Sept. 7 for its program to help borrowers who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: 3 Cheap Ways to Make Your Old Kitchen Feel New

LA Real Estate Advice: 3 Cheap Ways to Make Your Old Kitchen Feel New

Posted by Clinton Wade on Aug 06, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Shelved plans for that $50,000 kitchen remodeling until the economic recovery actually starts to feel like a recovery? Make the waiting less painful by breaking out your Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: No Plans for Expanding Refinance Programs

LA Real Estate Advice: No Plans for Expanding Refinance Programs

Posted by Clinton Wade on Aug 06, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Obama administration officials knocked down rumors on Thursday about any plan for new programs–dubbed an “August Surprise” –to streamline refinancing or cut mortgage Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Home Loan Purchase Demand Up for a 3rd Straight Week

LA Real Estate Advice: Home Loan Purchase Demand Up for a 3rd Straight Week

Posted by Clinton Wade on Aug 04, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Hope for a housing market that has struggled since tax credit expiration. The demand for U.S. mortgage applications to purchase homes rose last week for a third straight Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice:  How Financial Reform Affects Home Buyers

LA Real Estate Advice: How Financial Reform Affects Home Buyers

Posted by Clinton Wade on Aug 03, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: While the financial reform legislation won’t upend the conventions of buying or selling a home, it will precipitate key changes within the mortgage market. Even after Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Economy Still Short of Full Recovery- Bernanke

LA Real Estate Advice: Economy Still Short of Full Recovery- Bernanke

Posted by Clinton Wade on Aug 02, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: The economy is improving but has yet to recover fully, with high unemployment and a weak housing market leaving consumers unsettled, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Top Seven Reasons Banks are Denying Home Loan Requests

LA Real Estate Advice: Top Seven Reasons Banks are Denying Home Loan Requests

Posted by Clinton Wade on Aug 01, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: The lending landscape has changed quite drastically over the past several years. Practices, approvals and standards that were once widely accepted have either vanished or Read More >

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