Unemployed homeowners will soon be able to access $3 billion in aid to help them make their mortgage. The administration will be providing $2 billion in funds to the Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund for the Hardest Hit Housing Markets, and HUD will complement that with $1 billion more from the Emergency Homeowners Loan Program. Homeowners can qualify for assistance Read full article »
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Additional $3 Billion to be Made Available to Unemployed Homeowners
category: Real Estate News
tags: 1 Billion, Circumstance, Disability, Emergency Loan, Facing Foreclosure, Heart In The Right Place, Homeowners Loan, Housing Finance Agency, Hud, Initiative, Innovation Fund, Involuntary Unemployment, Loan Program, Medical Condition, Mortgage Assistance, Substantial Reduction, Underemployment, Vague Description
Atlanta Man Sentenced for Short Selling – to Himself
An Atlanta real estate investor who tried to get out of nearly $2.2 million in mortgage debt by pretending to short sale the homes has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. The investor, who was facing foreclosure on 14 properties, claimed that he was using short sales to move the properties. In reality, however, he had stolen Read full article »
category: Real Estate News
Taking “Renters’ Rights” to a New Level
Two house Democrats have introduced a bill that will essentially create a “right to rent” for homeowners facing foreclosure if it is passed. The bill allows families facing foreclosure to petition a judge to stay in their homes as renters under a 5-year lease. An independent appraiser would be appointed to set a fair market rental value for the home, Read full article »
category: Real Estate News
tags: Creative Approach, Creators, Decay, Delinquent, Facing Foreclosure, House Democrats, Independent Appraiser, Inflation, Initiatives, July 1, Landlords Responsibilities, Logistical Concerns, Marcy Kaptur, Median Price, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Raul M Grijalva, Renters Rights, Taxpayers, Tide, Vacancies
Disturbing “Thought Trends” In America
I've noticed some trends recently that are related to the real estate market and economy peripherally, but are more about the way Americans are viewing the world they live in. Those trends are: a Pervasive Sense of Entitlement and the related issue of Childish World-view. The Pervasive Sense of Entitlement to which I refer was evidenced in an article I read yesterday Read full article »
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The Politics of Real Estate
Few industries are as profoundly impacted by the political machinations in Washington as the real estate industry. Whether it's old legislation like Jimmy Carter's Community Reinvestment Act or Barack Obama's massive mortgage bailouts, the U.S. political machine has a huge impact (usually bad) on the business of real estate.
Ideally, we could ignore politics. But here at the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter, we insist on seeing the world with clarity - including the reality of Washington's aggressive involvement in every facet of our business, from mortgage lending to real estate sales license; from loan modification regulations to appraisal requirements... every piece of our business is profoundly impacted by politics. So rather than stick our heads in the sand and ignore reality, readers of the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter choose to be informed and prepared.
Mortgage Industry News
Few things change more rapidly than the mortgage market, and with the increasing dominance of GSE's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over the mortgage business, it's more important than ever to keep up. Here are a few recent mortgage news updates:
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Mortgage News
- HAMP Success Tally Slowly Growing
- Western States Working Through Foreclosure Backlog Quicker than Eastern
- Biggest Down Payments in the Country Found in New Jersey
- President Bypasses Congress, Appoints Director of the Consumer Protection Bureau
- Federal Reserve Recommends Expanding GSEs to Turn Housing Market Around
- Mortgage Rates Likely to Remain Low for a While Longer
- Top Former FDIC, Wells Fargo Execs Say Fannie and Freddie Must Go
- FHA Continues to Extend Anti-Flipping Waiver
- More Homeowners Using Delaying Tactics to Slow Down Foreclosures
- Now that It’s Passed: The True Cost of the Payroll Tax Cut
About Bryan Ellis
Bryan Ellis is an Atlanta-based real estate analyst and publisher of the widely read newsletter "The Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter". With over 200,000 subscribers - including real estate investors, agents, brokers, appraisers and other real estate professionals - the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter is among America's largest sources of unbiased coverage of politics and public policy for the real estate industry.
Bryan Ellis serves as editor in chief for the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter and is assisted by an extraordinary staff of writers, researchers and editors who are each real estate experts in their own right and who assure that the news we report is well researched, factual, and highly relevant to today's real estate industry.
Bryan is very happily married and has two wonderful daughters. He makes his home in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. You can contact the team at the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter here.