Month: July 2011

Hooray For Good Guys?

From cnbc.com: As home values continue to fall and more borrowers fall into a negative equity position on their home loans, those who stand to lose, banks and investors, are working to keep borrowers current. To date, they have focused on delinquent borrowers,...

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Were the Bums Complaining?

Hat tip to shadash for sending this along, from the nctimes.com: San Diego County court administrators will end the decades-old practice of selling foreclosed houses on the courthouse steps in downtown San Diego on Aug. 31, administrators said Monday. Trustee sales,...

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Actives/Pendings

Back in the day when there weren't loads of short sales, we used to compare the actives to pendings to get a read on the relative 'health' of the marketplace.  With banks pushing harder to close the short sales (though the timelines are still uncertain), and because...

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Costa Rica

SPG Architects transformed an abandoned steel frame and concrete slab structure into a five-level, 18000 SF, indoor-outdoor residence on a rain-forested mountainside overlooking the Golfo Dulce. This house’s total usable area sits on approximately 6000 SF of forest...

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