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IRES - Help Desk for Short Sales

“We hope that our new relationship with Fannie Mae and the Short Sale Assistance Desk will streamline and speed up the process so that buyers and sellers both benefit,” Lauren [...]

Short Sales Soar

Short sales are up at least 48 percent of them, but many brokers think that they are being vastly [...]

Cisneros: 2nd home deduction out the door?

Mortgage deduction for primary homes is too embeded in America’s culture and economy to be eliminated, says Henry [...]

Refinancing could save Denver-area homeowners $600 mililon annually

“It really is giving yourself a pay raise without having to argue with your boss,” Tom Clark on the benefits of refinancing into record low [...]

Fannie Mae gets tough with 'strategic defaults'

Take a poll on strategic defaults at the bottom of this blog.

If you can afford to pay your mortgage, but you are contemplating a “strategic default” because your loan is worth more than your mortgage, you might think again.

Defaulting borrowers who walk-away from their mortgages who have the financial wherewithal to pay -  or did [...]

Obama Administration wants direction on housing

“This open process will help shape the future of our housing finance system,” HUD Secretary Shaun [...]

Spring home sales likely to surge from January levels

The Denver-area home market in January, while it did not book shoot-the-lights-out activity, appears to have set the stage for a much stronger spring season, as consumers are expected to take advantage of tax credit that are expiring, and lock in low mortgage rates, widely expected to shoot up in the coming months.

Colorado ranks No. 19 for loan modifications

“Our challenge now is to keep the pressure on,” William [...]

Tax credit extension welcome, but don't forget counseling

A little counseling along with the home buyer tax credits, can avoid the unintended consequence of creating more [...]

CHFA to get additional financing

The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority will be getting additional help from Uncle Sam to help low-and moderate income home buyers get mortgages and provide more affordable rental housing in the state, under a plan unveiled today by the Obama Administration.

Details of the plan – such as the amount available to CHFA and groups like [...]