Short Sale – Documents Needed

Dear Prospective Short Sale Client, Thank you for choosing us to handle the short sale of your home.  In order to process this request, we need the following documents completed, fully signed, dated, and forwarded to us within 2 weeks of your listing date.  Please include your loan number on all pages per your banks… Read More

Additional HARP Loan Refinancing Information

According to the Federal Housing Financing Agency, if your loan is Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac owned, and your current home loan is no more than 125% of its current market value, you may be eligible for refinancing under the HARP loan refinancing guidelines. I just interviewed my lenders on this topic.  They have been… Read More

Bankruptcy Attorneys – 5 Great Reasons your Client Should Short Sale Their Home!

I have spoken with a lot of Bankruptcy attorneys about why their clients foreclose rather than short sale their home pre/post bankruptcy.  The answer I get is typically along the lines that it is a complex process that includes many legal and tax ramifications and it is just easier and more certain to Foreclose.  While… Read More

Orange County Real Estate Buyers- Has the bottom PAST?

If your an entry level Orange County home buyer and you have been waiting for the deal of the century to come along and if you have been worried about falling home prices, your wait is over.  At least for now, it appears that we have bottomed out. Recent Orange county real estate statistics show… Read More

What Bob McCormick at KCAL 9 News says about Short Selling your Home

Check out what Bob McCormick at KCAL 9 News says about short selling your home.  This report is from 7/13/2009 news cast.  He talks about considering how long it will take to get back to break even on your loan, other issues around short sales.  His report reflects the issues we walk you through with… Read More

Loan Modification and Refinance – A Practical Guide

For homeowners that find they would like to keep their home but need to restructure their loan, the government has offered new programs for loan modification and refinance. The program offered by HARP is designed to allow for a refinance at normal market interest rates for individuals who fully qualify for a loan but whose… Read More

8 Great Reasons Why you Should Short Sale your Home!

Reason Number 1 – Because You Can! Several years ago short sales were unheard of.  Asking a bank to do a short sale would have resulted in a laugh and a click at the other end of the phone.   But banks now realize the scope of the problem.  Heck, even they needed a bail out. … Read More

Ladera Ranch Realty out of Business

Well it had to happen. For a long time Ladera Ranch Realty formally owned and operated by DMB ladera, the original developers of Ladera Ranch had a prominent presence in our community. You would see their fancy signs everywhere along with the prominent store front with hundreds of flyer’s in the window. Having been a… Read More

Cambridge Lane – Tustin New Homes for Sale

Cambridge Lane in Tustin, California by William Lyon Homes, offers the most diverse Tustin Condos for sale in the Columbus Square community. Cambridge Lane offers 6 distinctive floor plans, ranging in size from 1,114 to 1,599 square feet, with from 1 to 3 bedrooms, and 1.5 to 2.5 bathrooms. Prices start in the low $400,000’s… Read More

Camden Place – Tustin Real Estate – Tustin New homes for Sale

Camden Place at Columbus Square, built by Lennar Homes, offers the roomiest attached Tustin Condos for sale in the Columbus Square community. Camden Place offers three different floor plans, ranging between 1,465 and 1,689 square feet, with between 2 and 3 bedrooms and 2.5 to 3 bathrooms. All of these Tustin real estate floor plans… Read More