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Advice on Short-Sale Transactions

The Residential Specialist

Experts who worked through The Great Recession of 2008 share how to handle tricky short-sale transactions. With its perfect storm of record-low property values and record-high unemployment, The Great Recession of 2008 triggered a rash of residential short sales. Short sales are not suited to all REALTORS ®.

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Banks report rise in mortgage delinquencies

Housing Wire

Most industry observers predicted that the national foreclosure rate would rise once foreclosure moratoriums ended on July 31, 2021. Home forfeiture actions, including completed foreclosure sales, short sales, and deed in-lieu-of- foreclosure actions also grew by 26.8% million first-lien residential mortgages with $2.6

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Don’t expect a drop in home prices in 2023, NAR economist says

Housing Wire

While elevated mortgage rates, sluggish home sales and high inflation have taken a significant toll on the housing industry, it’s unlikely that these issues will cause home prices to drop next year, at least according to National Association of Realtors (NAR) Chief Economist Lawrence Yun.

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How can servicers best help borrowers as they exit forbearance?

Housing Wire

Hubzu for Signature Seller Assisted Sale (SSAS), standard short sale, foreclosure and ultimately REO management and sales) that can perform well, no matter the volume. TB: First, make sure they are fully staffed and/or building efficiencies internally. Second, ensure they are partnered with great vendors (i.e.,

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Will Forbearance Plans Lead to a Tsunami of Foreclosures?

Keeping Current Matters

Over the last 30 days, several industry experts have weighed in on this subject. Don Layton, Senior Industry Fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University : “With a greater cushion of equity, troubled homeowners have dramatically improved options: a greater ability to access funding (e.g. Bottom Line.

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Vickie Pizzarelli joins Engel & Völkers as a Real Estate Advisor

Realty Biz

Engel & Völkers of East Greenwich announced today that Vickie Pizzarelli has joined its brokerage as a real estate advisor, where she specializes in new construction, residential sales, foreclosures, and short sales. She is a member of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors.

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Chicago Realtor: Marki Lemons Queen of Foreclosures

Realty Biz

ML: I’m a subject matter expert on foreclosures, short sales, technology and social media, and then I am a full time instructor in the State of Illinois, dealing with license law, pre-licensing, that sort of thing. We recently sat down with Marki to discuss her real estate career past and present.