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January 2012 - Posts

• Obama proposes new mortgage refinance program

  President Obama said in his State of the Union address Tuesday that he will submit to Congress a plan that gives responsible homeowners the chance to refinance and save roughly $3,000 a year on their mortgage. "No more red tape," he said. "No Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:59 PM by Gold Real Estate Real Estate | 1 Comments

• How to Shop for Your 1st Home

  The need for more space was what got Kim and Jason Fitzsimmons thinking about buying their first home. They'd been married for a year and realized that a small apartment, even with two bedrooms, wasn't big enough for all they'd accumulated. Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:56 PM by Gold Real Estate Real Estate | 0 Comments

• A FREE CLASS OF - "Responsible Couponing"

  FREE WORKSHOP Learn how to obtain the most value from your Sunday Newspaper... We show you all the incredible Grocery Deals possible using coupons matched up to your weekly store's ads! The Press Enterprise partners with Grocery Smarts.com A FREE Read More... Posted Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:06 PM by Gold Real Estate Real Estate | 0 Comments

• 4th Annual Winter Rod Run

  Sunday, January 29th 2pm to 5pm at Bob's Big Boy Restaurant a gathering of Classic American Cars and Trucks, vintage music, games, awards, and discounts on food. For more information phone: (951) 371-5833 Fun for the entire family - Hope to see you Read More... Posted Thursday, January 19, 2012 7:17 PM by Gold Real Estate Real Estate | 0 Comments

• 1/2 Percent Down Payment

  Homeownership may be just around the corner with the CLHP ACCESS Loan Program. This program combines a 30-year fixed interest rate FHA mortgage loan with downpayment and/or closing cost assistance in the form of a low and fixed interest rate second mortgage. Read More... Posted Monday, January 16, 2012 5:09 PM by Gold Real Estate Real Estate | 0 Comments

• Outstanding mortgage buyback claims double at Chase in 2011

  JPMorgan Chase ( JPM : 35.92 -2.52% ) must sort through more than $2.3 billion in claims to buyback defaulted mortgages sold mostly to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at the end of the fourth quarter, nearly double the $1.2 billion outstanding at the end of Read More... Posted Monday, January 16, 2012 4:33 PM by Gold Real Estate Real Estate | 0 Comments

• HAFA Short Sales

  What is a Short Sale? A short sale is the sale of real property which falls short of the amount due on that property’s mortgage(s). Since it means that the lender(s) will discount their debt(s) and take a loss on their investment, the sale must Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:39 PM by Gold Real Estate Real Estate | 0 Comments

• Increase in short sales give market a little breathing room

  It's a tarnished silver lining for people at risk of losing their houses and homeowners in neighborhoods blighted by bank-owned properties, but the robosigning scandal that slowed the foreclosure process to a crawl appears to have increased lender Read More... Posted Monday, January 9, 2012 7:56 PM by Gold Real Estate Real Estate | 0 Comments

• Fed officials push more stimulus for housing

  Two top Federal Reserve officials on Friday pushed the case for more stimulus from the U.S. central bank to help the economic recovery, each zeroing in on the country's weak housing market. Policymakers need to consider more action to kick-start the Read More... Posted Monday, January 9, 2012 7:27 PM by Gold Real Estate Real Estate | 0 Comments

• Top 10 skills you need to survive homeownership

  What do I do now? Too bad a house doesn't come with an owner's manual. And a weeklong seminar during which you learn the purpose of every button, switch and wire. But the keys to the castle come with no troubleshooting guide to dog-ear — Read More... Posted Monday, January 9, 2012 7:15 PM by Gold Real Estate Real Estate | 0 Comments

• Contract signings for homes up in November

  The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes in November rose to the highest level in a year and a half. Normally, that would signal better home sales. But a growing number of buyers are canceling their contracts at the last minute, making Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 3, 2012 7:19 PM by Gold Real Estate Real Estate | 0 Comments

• 6 ways to save your underwater home

  What seemed like a housing market downturn is now nearly universally seen as the new normal. Accordingly, many homeowners are taking a tough look at their mortgage situations in this stark light. This New Year's season, I've received a massive Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 3, 2012 7:10 PM by Gold Real Estate Real Estate | 2 Comments