Tag Archives: Placentia

Mortgage Interest Deduction (MID) could be reduced or eliminated

Thursday, November 18, 2010 – Article by Ryan Smith – PWR Government Affairs Director Make sure that you pay careful attention to this… MID Has Boosted Homeownership....

Refinancing rush helps banks amid foreclosure mess

Some good news in todays market…. reported by Jody Shenn, Bloomberg News – Tuesday, October 26, 2010 A rush by U.S. homeowners to refinance at near record-low interest...

Mortgage rates hit decades-low of 4.19 percent

By ALAN ZIBEL, AP Real Estate Writer – Thursday, October 14, 2010 – Jae C. Hong / AP A woman walks past a Wells Fargo Home Mortgage office in La Habra, Calif. Rates on...

HUD’s Donovan: National Foreclosure Moratorium Risks ‘Going Too Far’

By Nick Timiraos The Obama administration’s top housing official on Monday said that a national foreclosure moratorium to correct flawed legal filings risked exacerbating the...

Lack of title insurance could slow sales of foreclosed homes

By Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY Adds Rafael Castellanos, managing partner at Expert Title Insurance Agency in New York, “It is possible for a homeowner to come back and stake a...

A New Way to Cut a Mortgage!

‘Recasting’ Your Home Loan Can Lower Monthly Payments With Fewer Hassles homeowners who already have refinanced into low-interest-rate mortgages are using a little-known...

Crooks Impersonate Foreclosure Counselors To Scam Homeowners

By Pamela Yip, The Dallas Morning News – This is just another awful aspect of today’s economic challenges. Please share this with the people you care about in order to...

Conforming Loan Limits Stay at $729,950 Through September 2011!

This is great news for our buyer’s here in Southern California. LOS ANGELES (Sept. 30) – The U.S. Congress late yesterday passed a continuing resolution that included a...

Important Update from Wells Fargo

On Friday, September 17th 2010, Wells Fargo sent the following memo out below… “Due to recent industry changes, we at Wells Fargo will no longer be granting any extensions...

Forensic Mortgage Loan Audit Scams: A New Twist on Foreclosure Rescue Fraud

A great article just released by the Federal Trade Commission. Worth a few minutes to read as this is pertinent and valuable information in today’s challenging economy....