Short Sales

Nightmare On Elm and Maple Streets

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Attorneys, Stress, Tax Credits, First-Time-Buyer, Homeowners, Real Estate, Housing Crisis, Short Sales, Home Foreclosures, Business News

Since Labor Day passed, I have felt less like a real estate lawyer and more like a character actor in an awful horror movie.

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Financial Reforms: Is Europe Hypocritical?

Georges Ugeux | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Regulatory Institutions, London, G20 Summit, Regulatory System, European Parliament, G20 CommuniquéS, Hedge Funds, Ratings Agencies, Stimulus Package, President Sarkozy, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Wall Street, Tax Havens, Short Sales, " Council of Ministers, European Central Bank, Stress Tests, TARP Money, European Union, United States, Credit Cards, Oecd, France, Transparency, European Summit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Regulations on Compensation, Regulatory Reform, Sec, “Locusts”, President George W. Bush, Business News

European bank losses were as high as the U.S. They used the same compensation system, and their fragmented and ineffective regulatory system shares responsibility for the crisis.

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Short Sales: Treasury Department Follows Lead Of HuffPost Readers

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney and Ryan Grim | Posted 06.15.2009 | Business

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Last Friday the Huffington Post invited readers to share stories of short sale woe. In a short sale, a distressed homeowner avoids foreclosure by sel...

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Short Sales: Treasury Announces New Programs For Distressed Homeowners

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Making Home Affordable, Short Sales, Business News

The Treasury Department on Thursday announced two new programs to help distressed homeowners avoid foreclosure. One program will provide incentives fo...

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Short Sales: How Everybody Loses From Banks' Opposition

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosure, Short Sales, Business News

An empty house near Art David's home is stinking up the neighborhood. The Naples, Fla. house has sat on the market since August 2007, and it's in lou...

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Short Sales: Banks Blocking Way Out Of Foreclosure Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney and Ryan Grim | Posted 06.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Subprime Mortgages, Short Sales, Short Sale, Short Sale in Real Estate, Foreclosures, Foreclosure, Short Sale Real Estate, Business News

Brett Ellis, a real estate agent in Fort Myers, Fla., was thrilled when he got an offer for a property in Bell Tower Park in May 2008. "It was a gorg...

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