Category Archives: Los Angeles Short Sales

Obama Calls for Loan Servicers to Beat the Dead Horse Harder

According to a report this morning by Ruth Simon at the WSJ, The Obama administration is urging loan servicers to up the ante on their loan modification efforts.  Treasury Secretary Geithner and HUD Secretary Donovan sent a letter out to … Continue reading

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Get Ready for Late Summer Deals on Short Sale Homes

A recent article by Don Lee in the LA Times titled Another wave of foreclosures is poised to strike highlights the wave of foreclosures that is likely to start breaking onshore by late summer.  He cites that the most of … Continue reading

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Short Sale and Foreclosure “Homes Almost 20% Cheaper”

The reports are in and CNNMoney.com has this to say about the first quarter of 2009’s housing market, “the S&P/Case-Shiller National Home Price index, a bellwether of real-estate market direction, plunged a record 19.1% during the quarter compared with the first three months … Continue reading

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Down and Out in Beverly Hills… and Other Nice Areas Too

Think you can’t afford to buy in Beverly Hills, you may want to think again. There are some bargains in the MLS. And if you’re OK with a Beverly Hills PO within the City of Los Angeles, there are even more bargains available to you.
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Real Estate Market Poised For Bounce Back ?

Fortune Magazine isn’t the first to say it, but they may be the most reliable. In an article posted in the “Fortune Investor Daily” section of their website Friday, May 8, Fortune reported that now is the time to start reinvesting in homebuilder stocks, … Continue reading

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Short Sales – Know Before You Go

Everybody loves a bargain. That’s why a lot of home shoppers in Los Angeles and Orange Counties are looking at short sales as a way to get into neighborhoods that they could only dream about a year ago. But there … Continue reading

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Holding Back the Short Sale Tide

  VisionVictory/YouTube.com You’d think, with the way so many people blow their horns over layoff’s here and bailout’s there, that this came as a big surprise. Well, when have the car companies in Detroit NOT needed a bailout from their crappy retro designs … Continue reading

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