THAT’S RIGHT, 19 OUT OF 20! AS ALWAYS, THE SECURITY AND STABILITY OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY CONTINUES TO KEEP OUR COUNTY IN THE TOP 20 LISTS OF MULTIPLE PUBLICATIONS AS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE IN AMERICA! IF YOU WERE WONDERING IF NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY OR SELL A HOME, THE
Recently, the fine folks in the government implemented a new set of rules called the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC). The purpose was to protect consumers and lenders from buying or lending for over-valued properties. The problem was that in some cases, in a few areas in our nation, lenders we
Take a few minutes to watch this excellent discussion of interest rate trends by Steve Harney of www.KeepingCurrentMatters.com . Steve offers a well thought out and easy to understand analysis of interest rate trends and explains very simply why NOW is the time to buy and waiting for a better rat
Check out this article, then come on back: Giving The Fingerprint: New Policy Raises Privacy Concerns – cbs2chicago.com Well, this does not really affect the world of real estate here in Lancaster, but I can’t imagine I am the only one who sees this as problematic. Check out the link to th
The US Department of Defense, in conjunction with the Army Corps of Engineers, recently announced the Homeowner Assistance Program (HAP). The program is designed to “assist eligible homeowners who face financial loss when selling their primary residence homes in areas where real estate values ha
I was perusing some online info the other day and came across this article on the new York Daily News Site: RADIO ‘FORECLOSURE SPECIALIST’ LAVETTE BILLS HELD IN $800G MORTGAGE CON BY Melissa Grace and Edgar Sandoval DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Thursday, March 19th 2009, 10:16 PM A Bronx r
Fannie Mae released a new rule in their lender servicing guide published February 24, 2009. Part VII, Section 504.02 states: “Effective March 1, 2009, closing of preforeclosure sales may not be conditioned upon a reduction of the total commission to be paid to real estate agents to a level below w
Amidst all the excitement over the end of 2008, the local paper published some articles that you may not have seen. Well, alright, you probably saw them, 2 of them were pretty big headlines, at the top of the page. The morning paper had the headline “Jobless rate here hits 5%, highest sin
Here at Weichert, we have been at the forefront of open house marketing for a long time. Our websites have always featured all of our open houses information online, with photos, customizable tours, printable brochures, mortgage info, you name it. Unfortunately, while consumers benefited from th
Check out the press release from the Department of Banking I posted below. Great changes, putting things into law that should always have been there, hopefully this puts an end to the predatory lending practices that the recent licensing law changes may have missed. If you’d like to read t
