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Oscar Update: When celebrities move in, there goes the neighborhood

Special Report — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000

George Clooney most likely to be seen picking up the newspaper in his bathrobe. Nick Nolte most likely to set the kitchen on fire. Jonah Hill most likely to throw a pool party from hell.

National Mortgage Settlement spawns fraud moving faster than official settlement relief

Broderick Perkins — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:00:37 +0000

Before the ink was dry, the $25 billion+ National Mortgage Settlement had already spawned a horde of skulking scammers poised to pounce and re-victimize unsuspecting, vulnerable consumers.

Buratovich: ‘Snowball Effect’

Ned Buratovich — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:56:32 +0000

Proceed at your own risk. When Ned Buratovich’s political illustrations appear on DeadlineNews.Com you won’t get a content warning, thumbnail preview or other precursor of what’s to come.

Curb appeal for rental properties

Ashley Halligan — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:00:33 +0000

When it comes to common-knowledge approaches to curb appeal, first impressions are lasting impressions, and property managers can build on that axiom to boost love-at-first-sight interest in rental properties.

San Jose, CA housing market recovering as spring market heats up

Broderick Perkins — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:00:04 +0000

SHASHANK SHEKHAR – The Spring 2012 housing market for Sans Jose and Santa Clara County appears to be off to a strong start according to real time market data and anecdotal reports. The median price for a single-family home in ...

Two more years of 4% interest rates?

RefinanceMortgageRates — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:00:01 +0000

The Federal Reserve recently announced that they intend to keep the Federal Funds Rate in a band between 0 percent and 0.25 percent into late 2014. This adds nearly another year of low rates to the previous Fed policy of ...

30-year mortgage rate up from record low

Broderick Perkins — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:13:04 +0000

The average interest rate on 30-year fixed rate mortgages (FRMs) rose to 3.95 percent, with an average 0.8 point, for the week ending Feb. 23, up from the record low of 3.87 percent last week. Last year at this time, ...

Foreclosure reviews for 4.5 million consumers extended three months

Broderick Perkins — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:06 +0000

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System recently extended from April 30, 2012 to July 31, 2012 the deadline for seeking a review of their mortgage foreclosure under the federal "Independent Foreclosure Review".

SF Bay Area housing sales highest in five years

Special Report — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:00:08 +0000

Don't read too much into SF Bay Area statistics. They are based on a small, seasonal pool of buyers. Prices edged lower in some areas, but the median reflects how skewed the market has become toward distressed, lower-cost properties.

Obama budget proposes Mortgage Debt Relief Act extension

Broderick Perkins — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000

The Mortgage Debt Relief Act (MDRA) of 2007 is getting a vote of confidence from the Obama Administration. The administration's 2013 national budget proposal includes a provision to extend MDRA through 2014 and perhaps beyond - potentially saving you tens of thousands of dollars.