CROOK ALERT! Home Savers Consulting

3-7-09 This morning's NY Times carries a front-page story by Michael Powell about the mortgage fraud perpetrated on Waver Brickhouse, a 69-year-old retired New York City employee. Ms. Brickhouse fell behind...

All about Subprime Mortgage Leads

Subprime mortgage leads are a great way for mortgage brokers to increase their client base due to the current economic situation. Because of current recession, there are thousands and millions of people who...

Why "Attorney Negotiated" Loan Modifications Don't Work.

Don't get me wrong, attorneys do have their place, just not in loan modification.Loan modifications are not new. Neither are short sales. I closed my first short sale for a friend in Southern California in...

You Can Stop Home Foreclosure

Fight Home Foreclosure Smart In your quest for knowledge, keep  mind that the entire court system is going to challenge you to have knowledge of the "Process of Filing, within acceptible Practices" In the...

The Forensic Loan Modification

The truth behind a homeowner's chance of obtaining a loan modification to save his/her home from foreclosure or to even acquiring a short sale to save his/her credit if the homeowner wants to get out from...

Bad credit Remortgages-

Bad credit remortgages, sometimes also called adverse credit mortgages, are basically like normal mortgages and use the equity you have in your home as collateral. They are called bad credit remortgages if...

Subprime Mortgage Crisis Enabled by Alan Greenspan

Yesterday, Ben Bernanke reversed the Fed's position under Greenspan and proposed tighter mortgage lending rules, stating that " Unfair and deceptive acts and practices hurt not just borrowers and their...

Investors: Beware Title Seasoning Rules!

Title seasoning is a key issue if you expect to hold a home for less than a year. Which is particularly the case for fix-n-flip investors. Here's some suggestions as to how to prevent being caught in this trap.

Can Barney Frank and Senator Dodd Cure The Mortgage Crisis With Regulation

The Illusion of Mortgage Collateral

The Illusion of Mortgage Collateral By Charlie Elliott, MAI, SRA Real Estate Appraiser and Consultant CEO ELLIOTT & Company Appraisers Our current economic crisis in the minds of many, was caused...