The amount of back taxes a person can owe before facing a possible lien will be doubled to $10,000. Small firms with up to $25,000 in delinquent tax bills will be eligible for two-year...
Tag Archives: Orange County Real Estate
Can you claim home buyer tax credit?
A great post by Sandra Block at USA Today – and a reminder regarding the 2010 Tax Credit… If you bought a home last year, you may be eligible for a tax credit of up to...
Managing a Potential Flood of Foreclosures
This is a great article as published on cnbc online! Please pay careful attention to what the author is sharing with you… if you are buying or selling, this will help you make a...
Boom’s Home-Ownership Gains Lost
By DAWN WOTAPKA The meltdown of the U.S. mortgage market and rising foreclosures have wiped out more homeowners than were created in the 2000-07 housing boom, some industry watchers...
U.S. Home Prices Slump Again, Hitting New Lows
By DAVID STREITFELD Published: January 25, 2011 A new slide in housing prices has begun in earnest, with averages in major cities across the country falling to their lowest point in...
5 steps to first-time-buyer happiness
Finding best home depends on preapproval, agent By Dian Hymer, Inman News Posted: 01/27/2011 11:13:51 AM PST Updated: 01/27/2011 11:43:05 AM PST The first step in the homebuying...
California home sales hit 7-month high in December
os Angeles Business from bizjournals – by Elizabeth Kim , the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal Date: Friday, January 21, 2011, 12:00pm PST California home sales rose in...
CalHFA mortgage aid program for jobless begins
On Monday, more than two months behind schedule, the California Housing Finance Agency will begin taking applications for a federally funded program that will give some unemployed...
When mortgage rate locks expire… New York Times
New York Times As mortgage rates have edged higher, many borrowers have been locking in loan rates for a home purchase or refinancing. A lock-in agreement — also called a rate lock...
Home seizures by banks decline in state
Los Angeles Times While foreclosures climbed 2% nationally, California saw a 14% drop. But California’s high unemployment rate and resetting loans mean the fall in foreclosure...