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The US Department of Justice has issued a ruling about the MLS.

http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/reports/223094.htm

You can read the whole version of “Competition in the Real Estate Industry” at the above link

“Until today, most Internet-based real-estate brokers were considered second-class citizens, and their clients were left in the cold. But perhaps that will change with today’s news that the Department of Justice has reached a proposed settlement with the National Association of Realtors that requires NAR to let Internet-based residential real estate brokers compete with traditional brokers. NAR has agreed to be bound by a 10-year settlement, under whose terms NAR will repeal its anticompetitive policies and require affiliated multiple listing services to repeal their rules that were based on these policies.” (Posted at http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/27/2044207&from=rss)

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Unbelievable but true – more than two million citizens of the United States are facing foreclosure due to a missed payment or delay in repayment of there mortgages secured giants their property every year! The phenomenon of property foreclosure is escalating in the United States and more and consequently more people are selling off their homes at lower prices than their actual market value to avoid this unfortunate predicament of real estate foreclosure and seizure of the property by the lender organization. This is providing the real estate investors with magnificent opportunities of buying off property at much reduced prices and selling them at normal industry rates, thereby being able to keep a massive profit margin on each transaction.

The phenomenon is given more impetus by the property short sale option that more and more homeowners are availing these days, which helps them avoid foreclosure and losing home. Since the homeowners can conveniently avoid and overcome foreclosure and the consequent forfeiture of their property by the lender entity, short sale is coming by as a very viable option. Short sale in most cases equips the homeowners with the authority of selling their homes at a rate less than what they owe the lender institution, that is, less than the loan balance, thereby clearing off the mortgage balance at a single go. The homeowner, instead of losing one’s entire property to the bank or the mortgage company, becomes entitled to receive whatever remains excess from the short sale proceedings after paying off to the mortgage company.

This, combined with the bank’s willingness to short sale a property, has contributed towards the excess of short sale properties in the market. The bank, by encouraging short sale, also saves a lot of its effort and money, which otherwise would have been spent on conducting a foreclosure auction, refurbishing the property, finding an investor, and so on and so forth. The two factors have flooded the market with valuable property options, which provides the ideal platform for the US realtors and foreign investors to invest here. As a real estate investor, you can find yourself some good short sale companies, who will assist you in every aspect involved in closing a successful short sale deal.

The short sale experts also offer you assistance in negotiating with the seller party and save you the otherwise involved hassles. You can simply relax and take count of the money the industry can fetch you. All you need to do here is simply contact the best short sale expert company and supply him with all the needed information that will help them negotiate each aspect of the deal. You can initiate with buying some of these properties and see what benefits and profits each of them reaps you in no time at all. The further impetus is provided by the increasing demand of real estate in the United States, which foresees no decline in the recent future.

Possibilities are abundant in real estate in the US and greater are they if the property under consideration is a product of short sale. Massive interests and huge benefits – this is what the industry believes and this is what you to can get.

Article Source: http://www.realestateinvestmentarticles.net

Freddie Mac Cuts Maximum Number of Financed Properties

Freddie Mac recently announced guideline changes that will greatly affect residential real estate investors.

Beginning August 1st, 2008 the following changes will go into effect:

A borrower may not have more than four financed 1-4 unit properties, including the subject property.

For cash out refinances the borrower must own the property for at least six months prior to refinancing.

For a complete update on new Freddie Mac guideline changes go to: http://www.freddiemac.com/sell/guide/bulletins/pdf/bll042208.pdf.

What does this mean to the investor?

 

Under current guidelines for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae an investor is allowed to have up to 10 financed properties. This change will prevent an investor who has more than 4 financed properties from obtaining a mortgage with lenders who sell their loans to Freddie Mac.  
Currently Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae do not have loan seasoning requirements on investment properties.

The second guideline change would affect investors purchasing properties with hard money loans, lines of credit or cash with the intent of refinancing to pull cash out.  Under the new guideline an investor would have to wait 6 months in order to process a cash out refinance.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are for-profit, privately capitalized government-sponsored
enterprises that purchase the majority of conforming loans. Most all conforming lenders now underwrite strictly to Fannie/Freddie guidelines. 

Source: REIN USA

 Secluded Rancher
on 2 Wooded Acres
Buffalo Junction VAOnly 2 hours from Richmond VA
90 Minutes from Raleigh NC

Only $129,000!

  • 3 bedroom
  • 2 full baths
  • New floors,
  • New windows
  • New entry doors
  • Updated ceiling fans.
  • 3 enclosed outbuildings for storage
  • 1 Covered Outbuilding with 4 stalls.
  • Rear deck and lots of privacy
  • Circular driveway.
  • Lot shielded from main road by trees.
  • Truly private.
  • 2 acres of secluded wooded land.
  • Surrounded by 173 acres of forest.

VERY CLOSE TO KERR LAKE BOAT RAMPS

If you don’t want to see your neighbors, then this is the parcel for you!

If you want to be near the lake, but not pay lake front prices, this is for you!

You are less than 2 miles from a boat ramp to Kerr Lake, and only 5 miles from downtown Clarksville.

This place has a shed with 4 stalls so you can park the fishing boat and trailer. 

Has 3 outbuildings too for lots of storage.

This house features

  • Eat in kitchen
  • spacious rear deck,
  • vinyl siding.
  • Heated and cooled by propane Heat Pump.

Pictures of exterior / interior available.

Property Solutions of VA., LLC.

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interior and exterior pictures)

516 and 518 S Jefferson Street
Petersburg VA 23805

  • Each Side has 2 Bedrooms, 1 bath
  • Side 1:
    • Occupied and rented by long term tenant, $400 a month
  • Side 2:
    • Other side needs post rental cleanup, rents at $500 a month.
    • Was redone with new appliances and some replacement windows.
    • Currently tagged for electrical violation.  Work in progress, to complete before closing.
  • Total income at $900 a month.
  • Siding repair is almost complete and will be finished prior to closing.
  • Tax assessment about $800 yr.
  • Elem School: Blandford
  • Midd School: Peabody
  • High School: Petersburg

Your price: $59,000

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