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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Mortgage Firms to Step Up Loan Modifications
In a letter to 25 loan processing firms, Timothy Geithner, the Treasury Secretary, and Urban Development Secretary, Shaun Donovan, have urged the firms to modify more home loans. Analysts say the Obama administration's loan modification program has not done enough to stem the rising tide of foreclosures so far. The program's effectiveness has been hampered by mortgage firms not being able to keep pace with the applications received for loan modifications. " We believe there is a general need for servicers to devote substantially more resources to this program for it to fully succeed and achieve the objectives we all share," wrote Geithner and Donovan in their letter.
The administration exhorted the firms to provide "an escalation path for borrowers dissatisfied with the service they have received" and suggest ways of improving the design of the program. Industry experts have been disappointed with the pace of the program so far. "We are not getting anywhere near the level of resolutions we expected," says Bruce Dorpalen, national director at Acorn Housing Corp. Housing councelors say there is a need to raise homeowners' awareness of the program. "Homeowners on their own are not able to navigate the system," says Maeve Elise Brown, executive director of Housing and Economic Rights Advocates.
AZ Vacant Home Solutions can assist homeowners in finding a company that can get the loan modification completed successfully, in most cases, when the homeowner has not been able to make any progress on their own. Get information on this topic by requesting it at info@azvacanthomesolutions.com
If your home is not selling as fast as you'd like and you need to move due to job relocation or other reasons, they can provide a home manager to stage the home and give it an edge in this difficult real estate market. Staged and occupied homes are proven to sell faster and often bring a higher sale price than a 'cold and vacant' home. Find out more about the company at http://azvacanthomesolutions.com/
The administration exhorted the firms to provide "an escalation path for borrowers dissatisfied with the service they have received" and suggest ways of improving the design of the program. Industry experts have been disappointed with the pace of the program so far. "We are not getting anywhere near the level of resolutions we expected," says Bruce Dorpalen, national director at Acorn Housing Corp. Housing councelors say there is a need to raise homeowners' awareness of the program. "Homeowners on their own are not able to navigate the system," says Maeve Elise Brown, executive director of Housing and Economic Rights Advocates.
AZ Vacant Home Solutions can assist homeowners in finding a company that can get the loan modification completed successfully, in most cases, when the homeowner has not been able to make any progress on their own. Get information on this topic by requesting it at info@azvacanthomesolutions.com
If your home is not selling as fast as you'd like and you need to move due to job relocation or other reasons, they can provide a home manager to stage the home and give it an edge in this difficult real estate market. Staged and occupied homes are proven to sell faster and often bring a higher sale price than a 'cold and vacant' home. Find out more about the company at http://azvacanthomesolutions.com/
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The State of the Nation's Housing
Despite the current slump, the long-term prospects for the housing industry are not bleak, according to "The State of the Nation's Housing 2009" report, released by Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS). The report details factors such as unemployment and the credit crisis leading to problems in the sector. Home equity is positively correlated with consumer spending, and plunging home values have pulled down consumer spending and economic growth in the last couple of years. Analyst say that the current recession provides a painful but much needed correction to the housing market.
So, what does the future hold? The so-called echo boomers, who are the children of the baby boomers, will be a big source of housing demand in the next year and beyond, according to the report. "Echo boomers are larger than the baby boomer population. Couple that with immigration and you have the seeds, the possibility of a housing recovery", said Nicolas Retsinas, director of JCHS. The report states that minorities will drive 73% of of household growth in 2010-2020, with Hispanics leading the way at 36%. Given the lower average incomes and wealth of minorities, the increase in minority households "could add significantly to the nations already widespread housing affordability challenges, according to the report.
What does this mean if you have a home to sell that is in the mid to upper price range, say $300k and up? Although the media reports may start to show an increase in home sales, the majority will still be lower priced homes. That means it will be more important than ever to have an "edge" when your home is competing for less buyers in the higher price brackets.
Using a Home Manager to stage and maintain your home in 'model home condition' will help your home show better and, statistically, these homes sell faster than homes with renters or vacant homes. They also tend to close for a higher price than their vacant competitors.
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