There's no question in this contest buyer's win.  Buyers snap foreclosed properties left and right. That's just the reality here on the ground on foreclosed properties: if they're decent, clean, and well priced it would sell first over their competition, that is the other type ...

Citigroup and JP Morgan Suspend Foreclosure Both Citigroup Inc. (C: 3.58 -0.83%) and JP Morgan Chase (JPM: 25.2804 -3.47%) announced Friday they have enacted temporary foreclosure moratoriums. Green Depot: Another Signal 'Eco' is Moving Mainstream On Thursday an “eco-Home Depot� opened in Manhat...

Welcome to my blog! I am Marie Lally and I am a real estate agent with O’Brien Realty in Southern Maryland. I also own and operate a new construction related business, Home Builder Services, which provides quality management and warranty management services to builders in Maryland who take an extr...

THIS may come as a surprise to you. USDA, yes that 'US Dept of Agriculture' is in the business of making mortgage loans, according to a story in WSJ. And they still do - "No Money Down!" loans - hellooo.. Of course, this is 'no' secret to builders. They're the first one...

First, you got Fannie-Freddie duo decided to suspend foreclosures during the holiday from November 26 to January 9, 2009. Fannie and Freddie are hardly alone in this foreclosure holiday (halt, time out, break or whatever you call it). Here's the gift from Fannie, via website. The temporary suspensio...

Sometime last week, a Federal Housing Administration official talked something about that they wanted to take buyers' subsidy program aka 'down-payment assistance' or in their jargon 'DAP' program off the table because of higher rates in foreclosures. “Data clearly demonstrates that FHA loans made...

An Embarrassment of Word-ly Proportions A CBS affiliate in San Francisco got their hands on training videos that probably has execs at Wachovia cringing over how World Savings originated its now-infamous “Pick-A-Payment� loans. Oops! Countrywide Chairman Mozilo's 'Disgusting' Email I am writing ...

There are two kinds of sellers in this market: 1) dreamin' sellers who thinks they can get top dollars for their home without doing anything, and 2) realistic sellers. The second category of sellers usually much more open to negotiations. This story on Bankrate.com nails it. Homebuyers are looking f...

Forbes has come up with the list of blue chip real estate investments. The criteria for the selection is "..well establish neighborhoods that have held on to and increased in value over a 17 year period."  They're looking at data dates back to 1990. The return derived from using long ...