Newsflash! HUD (the Department of Housing and Urban Development) has declared June as National Home Ownership Month! Some believe the hype is a way of trying to generate better economic figures and arguments for the incumbent party to convince voters that the incumbent party deserves another four years in the White House. According to DS…
On occasion we lose great employees, lawyers, staff, and friends of the firm as they go on to new callings or perhaps to meet their Maker. Thankfully, this edition’s ‘WHERE ARE THEY NOW” is about the former. Matt Pittman, former law firm digital maintenance expert, network and computer guru, file scanning department leader and firm…
A client recently inquired of our law firm: “Hello – . . . My father has just passed away and his house was foreclosed on in a manner that raises questions. Below is a glimpse into our story: Early in the year we initiated a Loan Modification and were told that our application was being…
These are some very helpful recommendations that one of our long time clients took the time to compose and share. The client prefers to remain anonymous but you should know that this gentleman has an incredible resume’ which includes running multi-million dollar businesses and overseeing commercial construction campaigns as well as several of his own…
The reason we must sometimes encrypt your email from our office is “NPPI”. “Non-public personal information” about you is just about the most precious commodity we handle. You entrust us with this information to enable us to represent you and protect your interests in suits, closings, and all kinds of legal processes. What kind of…
For those of you that check back on this website and blog periodically to find out whether your forgiven debt from your short sale in 2015 will be taxable or not . . . . the year is 3/4th complete and we still don’t know. As you may recall from 2014 . . . it…
At the intersection of Inventory, Income and Interest rates, we find the biggest pool of eligible buyers of new homes. New road projects at that point on the map appear to be moving to a place that will reduce the pool of eligible buyers. Take a minute and listen to the Real Estate Industry Blog…
Our firm was recently contacted by a borrower who formerly took advantage of our free consultation on foreclosure prevention cases. The homeowner ultimately decided to allow his home to go into foreclosure and not fight for a short sale or other remedy. I don’t remember all the details why the decision was made to take…
The good news is that according to the Wall Street Journal the current temporary spending bill passed by the House of Representatives DOES have a provision to extend the Mortgage Debt Relief Act for another year! Call your Representative and thank them if you completed a Short Sale in 2014. The bad news is that…
In our blog earlier this month we included legislative contact information so that you could let your Senators and Congressmen know how important you feel it is to extend the taxable income exclusion for forgiven debt on your primary residence. That exclusion was originally part of a tax relief package begun in the Bush era…
