07 Jan 09 Shea Superiology

Shea Superiology – A Greener, Healthier and Happier New Home
Shea Homes is continuing to push the envelope when it comes to education and “greener building”. With the introduction of the Superiology commitment in every home they build, Shea has made their building processes and intentions more transparent, and their goal to provide you with a [...]

    

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06 Jan 09 Fix Housing First Proposal, What is it and Will it Work?

The housing problem is probably the one problem that has not had the attention and resources thrown at it that it deserves. It’s the root of most of our economic problems and if we can stabilize home prices, the plan may prove to work as an immediate catalyst for jump starting our economy.

    

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23 Dec 08 New Homes: Sales and Inventory Decline, Average Sales Price Up

Inventory levels of new homes are decreasing and interest rates are at historic lows, but sales activity is down, is now a good time to buy? That depends on you and your market.

    

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19 Dec 08 Ivory Homes Staying Positive… Despite a Bleak Future for Housing

The housing industry, like many industries in America, is facing hardships that were unimaginable a little over 3 years ago. Job losses, high inventories, years of financial pain, and a decreased demand for new homes, plague the industry that provides many of us with a place we call home. A quick glance at builder-implode.com is [...]

    

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09 Dec 08 Will Real Estate in ’09 Be Better or Worse?

The good news is that foreclosures have decreased; the bad news is that the amount of foreclosures is still too high.
Real Estate is a vital component of our economy; it helped drive our robust economy of the past and was the catalyst in our nations decent toward recession. Most believe that until housing is fixed, [...]

    

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11 Nov 08 Citigroup Helps Homeowners – Freezes Foreclosures, Adjusts Mortgages

Citigroup is the latest large U.S. bank to begin offering help for homeowners in an effort to curb foreclosures and keep homeowners in homes. Citigroup announced that they will suspend any foreclosures as long as the home is the homeowner’s primary residence, the homeowner has “sufficient income to make affordable mortgage payments” and the “homeowner [...]

    

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14 Oct 08 Bank of America Cuts Mortgage Payments – $8.4 Billion Price Tag

Bank of America announced a new program slated to start in December of this year that will help as many as 400,000 homeowners dodge foreclosure and rising mortgage payments. The program will benefit Countrywide borrowers of Alt-A, adjustable rate, sub prime fixed rate and even prime mortgages; this announcement is part of an agreement with [...]

    

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09 Oct 08 Hope for Homeowners Act of 2008 – What’s At Stake?

Last week the Senate, Congress and President Bush approved an estimated $700 billion bailout rescue plan meant to stabilize our financial markets and stimulate lending between banks, and to businesses. From what I understand, the plan would allow the government you and me to purchase risky assets (loans) from banks. This would give banks more [...]

    

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