Monday, December 2, 2013

A Trusting Couple, Now Thrown for Two Loops

http://nyti.ms/1c1M7Es

The lawyer for a Miami Beach couple says their names were forged on mortgage documents. And now the title insurer refuses to settle with them on most of the properties involved.

Saturday, November 16, 2013

NYTimes: More Cities Consider Using Eminent Domain to Halt Foreclosures

http://nyti.ms/HXsHJy

Several cities are weighing the purchase of mortgages from underwater homes — by force if necessary — to curb foreclosures and falling property values.


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Monday, July 29, 2013

NYTimes: Outrage as Homeowners Prepare for Substantially Higher Flood Insurance Rates

From The New York Times:

Outrage as Homeowners Prepare for Substantially Higher Flood Insurance Rates

Changes in the federal flood insurance program last year and the impact of Hurricane Sandy are helping to drive up rates in the New York region by many thousands of dollars.

http://nyti.ms/13fmdNk


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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

NYTimes: It’s Not Everyone’s Time to Buy a Home

From The New York Times:

SKETCH GUY: It's Not Everyone's Time to Buy a Home

Expert advice to buy real estate does not make sense for everyone, the author writes, and a little time with paper and pencil is a wise investment.

http://nyti.ms/18vqT2g


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Saturday, June 15, 2013

NYTimes: Home Loans for Millennials

From The New York Times:

MORTGAGES: Home Loans for Millennials

Young adults, known as millennials or Generation Y, will very likely force some type of shift in the housing market.

http://nyti.ms/16jUUkP


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