How Will Foreclosure Effect My Credit??

April 30, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment 

From:  http://www.davidkimmer.com/loanOptions/Education/How%20Foreclosure%20Impacts%20Your%20Credit%20Score/
How foreclosure impacts your credit score
By Les Christie, staff writerApril 22, 2010: 4:44 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — If you’re delinquent on your mortgage, your credit score will suffer. Everyone knows that. The question is, by how much?
Until recently, those answers were hard to come by. Credit [...]

In Depth Market Stats for Oregon Show Continuation of Tough Markets

March 25, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment 

Well things in many areas seemed to have bottomed out in the Real Estate Market in 2010.  In Oregon some areas have flattened and are showings some signs of life.  But overall there seems to be doubt that these markets have the ability to return to normal anytime soon.
There is going to be a shortage [...]

Foreclosure Report For March 2010: Portland in Flux

Foreclosure Report For March 2010:  Portland in Flux

March 23, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment 

Portland, Oregon
For investors looking to the Pacific Northwest as a retirement destination, Oregon has it all — plus great affordability. The Market is really offering some great values right now both in short sales and foreclosures.
“We are seeing some increases in the number of actual bank foreclosures and this trend will likely continue.  [...]

Short Sales Make Up Bigger Share of Market

Short Sales Make Up Bigger Share of Market

February 23, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment 

Short sales jumped to 15.9 percent of home purchase transactions last month, according to a monthly survey by Washington, D.C.-based business research firm Campbell Surveys and mortgage industry publication Inside Mortgage Finance.
That’s the highest percentage of short sales since the survey first launched in July of last year, when short sales made up 12.5 percent [...]

Dollar Deception: How Banks Create Money

February 21, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment 

This Article is only a Portion of the whole:
Click here for Full Article
Ellen Brown, July 3rd, 2007

It has been called “the most astounding piece of sleight of hand ever invented.” The creation of money has been privatized, usurped from Congress by a private banking cartel. Most people think money is issued [...]

Re\Max’s Owner Dave Liniger Urges Lenders

February 17, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment 

Liniger to Lenders: ‘Release Properties’

LINIGER

Editor’s Note: The following is a Feb. 10 press release from RE/MAX International.
RE/MAX Urges Lenders to Release Properties
Record Foreclosure Numbers Need to Be Tackled Head On
(Denver, CO, February 10, 2010) – Dave Liniger, RE/MAX International Chairman and Co-Founder, urged government and economic leaders to push lenders to release [...]

Housing Rent Values and Rates Drive Home Pricing

Housing Rent Values and Rates Drive Home Pricing

February 16, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment 

Read this Article from Top to Bottom and see the results of our analysis:
Article From RealTrends.com
It may not be the most widespread measure of housing prices, but if you want to follow a powerful driver, look at rents.  Specifically, it’s the rents Americans pay on condos, apartments or houses that are about the same size, [...]

What are the Top Rated Real Estate Sites in the US for Traffic??

What are the Top Rated Real Estate Sites in the US for Traffic??

February 15, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment 

People are often mystified as to how to get their Home marketed on the Web properly.  Sure it is easy to get into the MLS but it is all about the eyeballs.  Learning how to get the most exposure and making sure your agent is doing it right are a real trick.  Look at this [...]

Realty Trac Says Foreclosures Down By 10% in January

Realty Trac Says Foreclosures Down By 10% in January

February 12, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment 

The Devil is in the Details here.  2009 was Better then the Start we are having to 2010…so read these stats carefully.
January foreclosure activity decreased nearly 10% from December, according to RealtyTrac’s latest U.S. Foreclosure Market Report.
Foreclosure filings were reported on 315,716 U.S. properties during the month, a decrease of nearly 10 percent from the [...]

Oregon’s Home Values AT the Tipping Point in 2010

Oregon’s Home Values AT the Tipping Point in 2010

February 11, 2010 by dirkknudsen · Leave a Comment 

Just as Washington was telling you the Great Recession is “over,” the crisis that originally caused it is rearing its ugly head again:
Just this morning, RealtyTrac has reported that, in January, the number of U.S. families facing foreclosure surged a shocking 15% higher compared to the same month last year!

The detail in the [...]

Next Page »