No eviction for home-renovating family
12 hrs ago | via SignOnSanDiego.com
Friday, December 18, 2009 at 12:42 a.m. ENCINITAS - Just in time for Christmas, Brian Wofford has learned that his large family won't be evicted from the house he mortgaged to the hilt after it was renovated for free five years ago on the ABC show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Wofford, a widowed father of eight, is in default on his Encinitas ... Comment?
Another Extreme Makeover home in trouble
Wednesday | via SF Gate
This is not the first time a home that has been featured in the ABC program has run into trouble. Comment?
Distressed properties slow region's recovery...
Wednesday | via San Diego Union-Tribune
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 12:02 a.m. As San Diego County's housing market slowly climbs back to normal, Southern California as a whole still suffers from a high level of distressed properties, MDA DataQuick reported yesterday. Comment?
'Makeover' family battles foreclosure - Metro
Tuesday | via SignOnSanDiego.com
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 12:11 a.m. Eduardo Contreras / UNION-TRIBUNE Brian Wofford, a widowed father of eight, received a major house remodeling from "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," but now he is in default on the Encinitas home. Comment?
San Diego housing market stays steady
Tuesday | via SanDiegoNewsRoom.com
San Diego County's median home price has not change for the fourth straight month, according to the Union-Tribune. The county's median price stood at $325,000 in November, reported MDA DataQuick yesterday . Comment?
1 hr ago | via WTOP
Four years ago, suicides in this northern city were running at nearly double the national rate, and as the global financial meltdown hit Japan, they might have been expected to go even higher. Comment?
Home sales inching up in California
7 hrs ago | via Miami Herald
Sales and home prices inch up in Southern Calif. Similar stories: Sales and home prices inch up in Southern Calif. Comment?
State and local growth slows to a trickle
12 hrs ago | via Sacramento Bee Newspaper
Shedding jobs that once reliably attracted new residents, California grew at a slower pace this year than all but two other years since 1900, according to state Department of Finance figures released Thursday. Comment?
McClatchy exclusive: Living on borrowed time; lender...
9 hrs ago | via Atwater Signal
Ten months after the Obama administration began pressing lenders to do more to prevent foreclosures, many struggling homeowners are holding up their end of the bargain but still find themselves rejected, and some are even having their homes sold out from under them without notice. Comment?
9 hrs ago | via Las Vegas Review Journal
A state judge in California is holding a trial this week in a class action lawsuit seeking damages for investors who lost money after Vestin Mortgage of Las Vegas converted two mortgage loan funds into publicly traded real estate investment trusts. Comment?
US arm of big British brokerage paying $25M to settl...
1 min ago | via KDVR
ICAP Securities USA, the U.S. division of a big British brokerage, agreed Friday to pay $25 million to settle federal regulators' charges that it deceived customers by displaying thousands of phony trades in U.S. Treasury securities on its screens. Comment?
Portland Real Estate Slows Down For Holidays
1 min ago | via Portland Real Estate Blog
RMLS reports on the lockbox activity on a bi-weekly basis.A Although real estate takes place 24/7/365, most took a break on Thanksgiving. Comment?
Amcore Reaches Agreement With Lender
2 min ago | via WIFR
" December 18, 2009 - " AMCORE Financial, Inc. today announced it has entered into an amendment with its lender, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. with respect to the previously disclosed technical default under its $12.5 million credit facility. Comment?
U.S. housing data out, Tuesday
4 min ago | via The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail Update Published on Friday, Dec. 18, 2009 2:33PM EST M onday, Dec. Comment?
Congressional Hearing on Covered Bonds: A Promising ...
1 hr ago | via Mortgage News Daily
Murin was appointed CEO of Ginnie Mae in 2008. Prior, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Lender Services Inc.... As FHA Commissioner, Brian Montgomery was responsible for the oversight and modernization of the insurance fund's $600 billion portfolio. Comment?