Wednesday, April 08, 2009
I was startled awake from my sleep this morning when I realized that the LOUD beeping sound wasn't my alarm clock, it was my fire alarm low battery alert. I swapped out a new C battery and wondered how many homeowners may not have one of the low-battery notifiers on their fire alarm....
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
In 1995 a historic event occurred that aroused little interest with popular media, yet the long term effects of this milestone have transformed our society. In 1995, for the first time ever, Americans starting paying for purchases with little plastic cards more then cash....
One cause for bankruptcy filings is less obvious than others. Home mortgages are a large and important sort of debt for most, but buying a home is not what causes bankruptcy. The main culprit is change....
Thursday, March 05, 2009
A recent study by First American Corporation of Santa Ana, California predicts some 1.1 million people will likely face losing their homes to foreclosure during the next 6-7 years....
Monday, March 02, 2009
The numbers are impressive and also oppressive at the same time. Over 600,000 foreclosures were reported between January and July of this year and there are no signs of the trend slowing up....
Friday, February 27, 2009
Every single day now it seems the news is reporting additional woes piling up on the sub-prime mortgage industry. Let's be honest for a moment. We did this to ourselves....
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The short sale, used primarily to stop foreclosure, is becoming a very popular field in real estate especially when interest rates are climbing. Homeowners faced with the prospect of losing their home are turning more and more to this option....
Monday, February 23, 2009
There have many suppositions offered regarding just what is contained in a credit report. Some know-it-alls have even gone so far as to broach the absurd idea that the intimate details of your life are contained within for all to see. Nothing could be further from the truth....
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Homeowners around the country are managing to stall the foreclosure process by simply asking for the original mortgage paperwork. ...
Recently RealyTrac, a real estate information watchdog located in Irvine, California, reported yet another doubling in the number of foreclosure filings across the United States. Homes going into foreclosure almost doubled last month compared to September 2006....