Real Estate

Midwest Real Estate Data's Share My Listings (SMyL) Widget Boosts Social Media Presence for Realtors(R)

LISLE, IL--(Marketwire - Jan 23, 2012) - Social media has become a vital component in the marketing strategy employed by today's real estate professionals.

Rentec Property Management Software Enables ACH for Independent and Professional Landlords

ACH (aka eCheck or bank draft) has been out of reach of landlords for far too long.

Sell My Timeshare NOW and Timeshare Broker Services Host Holiday Food Drive

DOVER, NH--(Marketwire - Dec 7, 2011) - Sell My Timeshare NOW and Timeshare Broker Services, along with Cocheco PrintWorks, are working to make the holidays a little brig

Underwater Mortgage Refinancing Options From HARP–Why Some Homeowners May Not Benefit

Recent changes to the Home Affordable Refinance Program are hoped to bring benefits to the homeowners who have been struggling with negative equity over the past months or even years, but there are some aspects of this plan, which are predicted to help less than 1 million homeowners, but may still prevent some from taking advantage of this particular refinancing opportunity and, as a result, questions have arisen as to why some homeowners may not benefit and how changes that are in place are truly helping homeowners that are in need.

Using 401(k) Loans When Refinancing–Homeowners Apply Cash Towards Mortgage Principal But Drawbacks May Arise

Over the past months we have seen some workers borrow money from their 401(k), in the form of a 401(k) loan, for various purposes and, in some instances there have been homeowners who have used funds from their retirement as a way to apply money towards their mortgage principal at the time of refinancing as a way to apply cash to their principal balance, which may allow them to reduce their costs even further and potentially put them on a faster track to mortgage debt relief.

Homeowners Missing Mortgage Payments And Falling Behind Increase But Will Problems Continue?

Reports from the third quarter have indicated that there is data to show some homeowners are falling behind on their mortgage payments as delinquencies did increase, which has given some mixed opinions to the topic of mortgage delinquency as some officials feel that these problems that recently arose in terms of homeowners missing payments may not be an indication that we are regressing back into an area of trouble but there are also those who feel that these problems may indeed persist as unemployment, while viewed to be somewhat stable by some, is still quite high despite the fact that we

Citigroup Sees Some Positive Numbers In Foreclosures For Homeowner Seeking Federal Aid On Mortgage Payments

Citigroup homeowners who were pursuing a federal home loan modification, in some situations, have fallen into foreclosure but according to the most recent Treasury Department reports that were released here in November more positive data has been seen.

New Buyers And Refinancing See Increased Numbers As More Homeowners Seek To Take Advantage Of Lower Rates

It was reported that activity in the housing market showed some improvement for the week ending November 4 as both mortgage applications and refinancing activity increased amid drops in rates that have been seen on home loans, and this has given some a positive outlook in terms of how consumers are taking advantage of these low rates, due to the fact that there have also been some concerns that homeowners have not taken advantage of low interest rates that are currently available on mortgages for a variety of reasons.

Home Affordable Alternatives Program For Wells Fargo Sees Increases For Financially Troubled Homeowners

Wells Fargo homeowners who may be in a situation where financial distress is present and negative equity happens to be a problem have, in the past, turned to short sale and deed in lieu of foreclosure plans as a way to help them transition from their home when these problems are in place, and recently within the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives program, Wells Fargo saw an increase in the agreements that were started and completed between August and September of 2011.

Bank of America Foreclosures In Federal Modification Program Increase–Homeowners Seek Alternative Foreclosure Prevention

Bank of America foreclosure prevention assistance has come quite often through the federal modification program but homeowners who have either been denied modification assistance or had their trial modification canceled by Bank of America saw increases in the number of foreclosure starts and completions between July and August of 2011.