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Distressed home sales growing

A snapshot of distressed activity. Source: The Genesis Group

Distressed property sales inNorthern Colorado and throughout the Denver area greatly increased in the first half of this year, compared with the first six months of 2010, according to an analysis by the Genesis Group.

Integrity trumps spreadsheet analysis

“It all boils down to integrity,” Francis M. [...]

Scottsdale cancels free expo

“Short sales, loan modifications, foreclosure, debt settlement and credit repair are some of the things that are available to homeowners,” Kristi [...]

Lawyer helps homeowners in short sales

Real estate attorney learned from his own experience how difficult a short sale can be. Now he is “of counsel” with Phoenix-based Scottsdale Law Group to handle short sales in [...]

Frascona on MARS

“They’re not going to go after the broker who pays a couple of hundred bucks upfront to a short-sale company that needs the money to cover its overhead,” Oliver [...]

Foreclosure falling: lull or trend?

“We’re not coming out of this mess anytime soon,” Ron [...]

NAR on MARS

“We do not believe that real estate brokers are in the heart of the bull’s eye,” which led to the creation of MARS, Laure Janik, NAR [...]

Short sale rule from MARS

“Hopefully, it will help put the brakes on most of the scams out there where people are paying thousands of dollars upfront for mortgage modifications that never happen and were never going to happen, anyway,” Ron Woodcock, on [...]

Crisis not over, despite foreclosure drop

“We are still in the midst of a really bad situation,” Ryan [...]

HAMP flat in Colorado

“The fact that they are showing any increase – whether it is 1 percent or 10 percent – it shows that HAMP is working for those it is suited for,” Zachary [...]