<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>San Ramon Real Estate & Short Sale Specialist</title><link>/website/blog/</link><description>San Ramon Real Estate &amp; Short Sales</description><copyright>Powered by: LinkUBlog</copyright><item><title>Bank of America principal reduction- too little, too late?</title><description><![CDATA[It took a lawsuit for Bank of America to swing into action but is too little too late?? All the big announcements in the media and people getting excited that their bank is finally going to help but out of the millions of troubled loans on their file, they are going to help only 45,000 homeowners... are you kidding me?? Pulling the wool over the eyes is a forte with banks in our country.]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1605</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1605</link><pubDate>Wed, 7 Apr 2010 19:19:01 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>HAFA is finally here</title><description><![CDATA[The much awaited HAFA- Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternative- provides opportunities for homeowners who can no longer afford to stay in their home but want to avoid foreclosure to transition to more affordable housing through a short sale or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure.]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1604</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1604</link><pubDate>Wed, 7 Apr 2010 19:18:02 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>How Long will the Negative Equity Last? It may take years..</title><description><![CDATA[&bull;First American CoreLogic estimates that the typical U.S. homeowner who is in a negative equity position will not experience positive equity until late 2015 to early 2016.
&bull;In some depressed markets, the typical borrower in negative equity may not experience positive equity until 2020 or later.
&bull;For the foreseeable future, decline in negative equity is driven slightly more by amortization than by home price appreciation trends.]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1573</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1573</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:32:43 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Tax Implications in Short Sales</title><description><![CDATA[When a lender agrees to accept less for a property than is actually owed on a property this is called a short sale. When the lender agrees to accept the short sale they have a few options. They can choose to accept the loss, as a tax write off for themselves.]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1508</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1508</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:52:38 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Mortgage Principal Reductions- Truth or Myth?</title><description><![CDATA[New Obama Treasury Department program PAYS homeowners to avoid foreclosure..and do a short sale. In an effort to end the foreclosure crisis, the Obama administration has been trying to keep defaulting owners in their homes. Now it will take a new approach: paying some of them to leave.]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1507</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1507</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:48:22 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Recourse vs Non Recourse Loans</title><description><![CDATA[
A non recourse loan is a loan with no personal or business responsibility.If the loan is not paid off, the lender can not go after the borrower. At most, the lender can keep the collateral pledged as a warranty for the loan.]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1225</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1225</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:25:29 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Short Sales in San Ramon|Foreclosures in San Ramon|Investment Homes in San Ramon| Short sell my home</title><description><![CDATA[Investment Properties in San Ramon, Foreclosures and Short Sales in San Ramon]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=822</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=822</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 14:11:44 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Foreclosures - List of San Ramon Foreclosures &amp; Area Foreclosures</title><description><![CDATA[Foreclosures in San Ramon CA, Pleasanton,Danville,Dublin can make great homes and great investment properties. Free foreclosure lists! 
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