by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Mortgages + Lending
For years FICO® scores, and how debt management actions influenced them, were unobtainable by consumers. For years, Fair, Isaac & Co., the creator of the system, wouldn’t give any guidance on how these credit scores were affected by adverse events. There are in...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Home Buying, Real Estate Facts & Figures
According to RisMedia (the self-proclaimed leader in real estate information systems), the Phoenix area is the nation’s most popular city for home hunters in 2009. The figures come from ZipRealty, a national brokerage firm. Zip Realty produces a Home Hunter Report,...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Foreclosures + Short Sales, Home Buying
The government wants you to buy real estate. As a result, two programs are available to significantly reduce your acquisition costs. So in addition to the low prices, there 2 additional reasons to buy in the Phoenix area right now! But these opportunities expire soon,...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Canada and Canadians
Are you a Canuck living in the United States? Are you from the U.S. and thinking of going to Canada for the Olympics or for a vacation? Are you a Canadian visiting on an extended basis here (are you a snowbird?) Or do you have dual Canada-United States citizenship...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Foreclosures + Short Sales
In Are Lenders Holding Back REOs, I wrote about the inability of lenders that had completed foreclosures to timely put those homes back on the market. Under ordinary circumstances, a bank will put a “real estate owned” (or REO) home back on the market as soon as...
