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Recent headlines have proclaimed that California's foreclosure crisis is a long way from over. First time home buyers, predicted to make up 55% of the market in 2010, are looking at REO's as an affordable way to get into the market. That makes REO or...
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The Buyer’s Choice Act (AB 957) was established to protect the buyer’s right in an REO transaction in having a choice as to which Escrow Company and Title Company is used. This sounds great, although in many cases it can be a benefit to...
Every Tuesday, here at the American Trust Escrow blog, we post Technology Tips designed to help you, the REALTOR®, grow your business, keep up to date on the latest technologies, and move you forward into the new era of real estate. In today's post, I wanted...
To help consumers more easily understand settlement costs and prevent big price discrepancies between the preliminary Good Faith Estimate and the HUD-1 settlement statement, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has created stricter Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) regulations are scheduled...
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How would you react if you had a limited amount of funds in the bank to pay for closing costs and then were hit with hundreds of dollars in extra "unexpected" closing costs? This is a problem that the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)...
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