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Finally there are changes happening in short sales that are making since and helping homeowner. Watch the video to see if we can help you. Than call for a free consultation at 702-496-7416.
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Woman Fight HOA Charge
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Posted: May 22, 2013 5:05 AM PDTUpdated: May 22, 2013 11:10 AM PDT
"I'm going to make a pizza margarita. It's made with basil, mozzarella, tomato. I made it my own way," she said. "My hands are always in it. That's what it is to put love in your food. You got to use your hands. If you don't put love in your food while you are making it, it won't taste good."
Sardina has a lot of spunk. So, when she received a letter from her homeowners association Terra West, she was upset and offended.
"It made me feel like I was a dummy," she said.
Sardina accidentally shorted her HOA dues by 20 cents. "Don't ask me why I forgot the 20 cents," she said.
She offered to fix the error, by sending her HOA one dollar – more than enough to cover her $0.20 shortage. Her HOA responded by charging her a $10 late fee.
"That doesn't make any sense," she said. "I'm going to call Channel 8."
8 on Your Side called Terra West. After weeks of getting the runaround, 8 on Your Side got her results.
"They got kind of scared I think, because they knew they were wrong," she said.
The homeowners association wiped her debt. Now, Sardina can stop worrying about the charge and focus on her cooking.
Terra West representatives say they were glad 8 on Your Side brought this problem to their attention, and they had the opportunity to fix it.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Homeowner on Arby Ave in Las Vegas, NV has a successful short sale with Amanda Brown
Radhika Jain, past owner of 6255 Arby Ave was delighted that her short sale was over. She said she decided to use Amanda Brown because after interviewing many agents, she felt Amanda represented herself with honesty and integrity. Two areas that were very important to her when hiring a real estate agent. She said "it is hard to find people who aren't just after your money in Las Vegas and want to do the right thing.
When asked one word to sum up her experience with Amanda Brown she said, exceptional. Radhika feels that Amanda has a team that represents her core values of honesty, integrity and providing the best service they are capable of. She also said that she is very grateful to Amanda for all her assistance and support she and her staff provided through this stressful process.
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Monday, May 27, 2013
Economic Update - May 27, 2013
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Survey: Nevada Leads U.S. in Home Price Gains
Date: May 8, 2013, 7:22:47 AM PDT
Subject: Survey: Nevada leads U.S. in home price gains
Subject: Survey: Nevada leads U.S. in home price gains
The article, Survey: Nevada leads U.S. in home price gains, from the Las Vegas Review Journal, reports that the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported a median existing single-family home price of $167,000 in April, up 30.6 percent compared with April 2012. The median for condos and townhomes surged to $85,000, up 41.9 percent. What is more, real estate data provider CoreLogic said Nevada led the nation in appreciation in March, with an annual price gain of 22.2 percent. That is more than double the 10.5 percent national increase. Following Nevada were California, 17.2 percent; Arizona, 16.8 percent; Idaho, 14.5 percent; and Oregon, 14.3 percent. Higher prices filter through the economy in important ways, said Steve Brown, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. “It starts re-creating the incentive to build houses, and it’s also indicative of the fact that the Las Vegas economy is improving, and people are willing to spend money,” Brown said. Brown said the newest figures also may support estimates of population growth from the Census Bureau, which said in March that Clark County added 19,000 new residents in 2012, the county’s biggest increase since 2008. “If the Census Bureau is right, part of what we’re seeing happen here in the housing market is basically the creeping up of the population beginning to put pressure on the housing market,” he said. Brown called current appreciation rates “fairly sustainable” and said prices could grow significantly for at least the next 18 months. Homebuilders are out of developed lots for new construction, and it could be at least a year before they have more land for subdivisions. The median existing-home price here is still below construction cost. Values would need to jump another 20 percent to 25 percent for building to make sense, he said. A shortage of new-home inventory should help keep a lid on housing supplies, and put upward pressure on prices.Brown estimated the market could gain another 35 percent in its median home value over the next year and a half.
Here is the link to the entire article: http://www.reviewjournal.com/ business/housing/survey- nevada-leads-us-home-price- gains
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The Las Vegas Short Sale Experts!: Short Sale and Stay!
The Las Vegas Short Sale Experts!: Short Sale and Stay!: No matter what your credit or financial position may be now, the Short Sale Leaseback Program may offer you a unique opportunity. Here is ...
Short Sale and Stay!
No matter what your credit or financial position may be now, the Short Sale Leaseback Program may offer you a unique opportunity. Here is why:
“Section 7.3 of Chapter IV of the Home Affordable Alternatives Program (HAFA) Handbook requires that a short sale be an arm’s length transaction. In March 2011 this provision was amended(see page 8) to allow servicers (banks) the discretion to approve sales to non-profit organizations with the stated purpose that the property will be rented or resold to the borrower, so long as all other HAFA program requirements are met.”
Have you been thinking of short selling your home? Many homeowners are unsure of what happens?
Homeowners new programs let you short sale and stay. Don't sell to a non profit trying to gouge you for 10%. There are several non profits that will compete to give you the lowest monthly payment and the lowest buy back. We represent you!
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The Las Vegas Short Sale Experts!: Short Sale success in Las Vegas with Amanda Brown
The Las Vegas Short Sale Experts!: Short Sale success in Las Vegas with Amanda Brown: Alan Leclerc who recently short sold his him on Wandering Winds, Las Vegas was very pleased with his short sale agent. He was very concer...
Short Sale success in Las Vegas with Amanda Brown
Alan Leclerc who recently short sold his him on Wandering Winds, Las Vegas was very pleased with his short sale agent. He was very concerned about the bank talking to us to get the short sale done. His bank's were Seterus and GMAC. Not only did Amanda Brown get both banks to talk to her regarding the short sale, but both banks also released the homeowner of all remaining debt. Wandering Winds was a second property for Alan and he also was very concerned about how the bank would feel that he had purchased another home and tried to rent out Wandering Winds. He was very pleased to see that that was not a problem at all. When Alan was asked, What is one word you could describe the experience he said "Seamless".
Call Amanda Brown at 702-496-7416 to see how she can help you.
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Economic Update - May 20, 2013
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Sunday, May 12, 2013
Mortgage defaults decline, but Nevada still ranks high
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LOS ANGELES — Six years after the start of the foreclosure crisis, American homeowners are paying their mortgages like the housing crash never happened although Nevada borrowers still rank in the top five for delinquencies.
First-time delinquent home loans fell to 0.84 percent of the 50.2 million mortgages in March, the first month below 1 percent since 2007, before a wave of defaults led to the financial crisis, according to a report Monday by Lender Processing Services. The rate of first-time defaults, defined as loans that went from performing to at least 60 days delinquent, peaked at 2.89 percent in January 2009.
Florida had the highest rate of non-current mortgages with 18.2 percent of loans either delinquent or having received a foreclosure notice, followed by New Jersey, Mississippi, Nevada and New York. While Florida’s problem loans declined over the last year, the number increased 5.8 percent in New Jersey and 6.1 percent in New York. All three are judicial states, where homes languish in foreclosure more than 1,000 days while waiting to be repossessed.
The decline in new problem loans shows that the recovering U.S. economy, falling unemployment and rising home prices, combined with more than four years of banks’ tightening lending standards, are propelling the worst real estate crash since the Great Depression into the rearview mirror.
“Mortgage quality is improving rapidly,” Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics Inc. said in a telephone interview from his office in West Chester, Pa. “Once we’re able to work through this last bulge of foreclosed property, which I think we’ll be able to do over the next 18 to 24 months, mortgage credit quality is going to look absolutely beautiful.”
Mortgages at least 30 days delinquent or in some stage of foreclosure fell to 5 million in March, down from a peak of 7.7 million in January 2010, according to Lender Processing Services, a real estate information service based in Jacksonville, Fla. That’s still more than double the 2.2 million non-current mortgages of January 2005, when the housing market was rising toward its peak.
Tight lending standards have made it harder for borrowers to obtain mortgages, helping drive down default rates while reducing the homeownership rate in the first quarter to 65 percent, the lowest since 1995.
The Federal Housing Administration, which offers loans to buyers with downpayments as low as 3.5 percent, has steadily raised its credit scores. In the third quarter of 2012, the most recent available, 97 percent of FHA borrowers had credit scores above 620 of a possible 850. In the last quarter of 2006, only 53 percent had a score above 620.
New mortgage default rates are highest among so-called “underwater” borrowers, who have negative equity because they owe more on their home than the balance of their loan, said Herb Blecher, senior vice president at LPS Applied Analytics.
The new default rate was 4 percent for borrowers who owe at least 50 percent more than the value of their home compared with 0.6 percent for owners with equity, according to today’s report.
The number of home loans with negative equity fell to about 9 million or 18 percent of homes with a mortgage in January, the report said. That’s down 41 percent from a year earlier and 47 percent lower than the peak of 17 million loans in February 2011.
U.S. home prices climbed at the fastest pace since May 2006, rising 9.3 percent in February from a year earlier, according to an April 30 report by the S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values.
There’s a “feeding frenzy in housing” as Americans seek to take advantage of prices about 29 percent below their 2006 peak and mortgage rates near record lows, said Ross Perot Jr., 54, chairman of Dallas-based real estate company Hillwood Development Co., in a telephone interview. Perot’s father, H. Ross Perot, twice ran for president as an independent candidate.
“The big picture: this economy is coming back,” Perot said from Newport Beach, Calif., where he was breaking ground on a condo project backed by his Dallas-based company. “The American people are very shrewd and they realize it’s a great time to borrow to buy a home because pricing is very cheap.”
The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage dropped to 3.35 percent last week, down from 3.84 percent a year ago as the Federal Reserve has bought $85 billion of bonds to stimulate the economy. The average 15-year rate is a record low 2.56 percent.
Demand is also rising as more Americans find jobs. The unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent in April, its lowest rate since December 2008, the Labor Department reported May 3.
While new defaults have declined, loans that are at least 90 days delinquent account for a growing share of the non-sperforming mortgage pie: 62 percent this year compared with 30 percent in 2005, according to Lender Processing Services. The late-stage delinquency loans are increasingly concentrated in so-called judicial states that require court approval for foreclosures.
“The new problems coming into the system have alleviated,” Blecher said in a telephone interview. “It’s really about addressing what’s still in the pipeline.”
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Returning to the Housing Market After a Short Sale, Foreclosure
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Things are starting to look up for Americans who lost their homes during the recession
By SUSAN JOHNSTON
For the millions of Americans who lost their homes in a foreclosure or short sale during the recession, things are starting to look up. In addition to receiving a piece of the $3.6 billion settlement that banks are distributing to borrowers who were wrongfully foreclosed on, some homeowners are now becoming "boomerang buyers" and re-entering the market after a foreclosure or short sale.
Neal Katz, a mortgage agent at All Western Mortgage in Las Vegas, says he fields calls from a number of people wondering how long they have to wait before qualifying for another mortgage. "The biggest hurdle is time," he says. "Time is the only thing that makes things better."
Wait times vary depending on individual circumstances such as the size of the down payment and whether the buyer's home was foreclosed or sold in a short sale. Those who've gone through foreclosure might wait three years for a Federal Housing Administration loan or seven years for a conventional loan, according to Katz. The wait time may be closer to two or three years after a short sale. In rare cases, a homeowner who sold in a short sale may be able to get a new loan right away if he or she hasn't fallen behind on mortgage payments.
Programs aimed at helping borrowers re-enter the market through second-chance mortgages are popping up throughout the country, especially in cities like Las Vegas that were hit hard by the housing bust. Buyers who've left the market for several years and meet income requirements may be eligible for first-time buyer programs as well.
Going from owning a home to renting isn't an easy transition for most people. "It's very hard on homeowners when they have to go out and ask someone to rent them a house," says Dianne Langston, a real estate broker in Solano County, Calif. "They're ready to get out of the rental situation and be a homeowner again."
Despite the ego blow, that transition time between mortgages offers a chance to save for another down payment and clean up any credit issues. Some people who've experienced foreclosure or a short sale also let other financial obligations slide out of frustration or resignation, Katz explains. Now's the time to tackle those issues. "If you have a small collection account from a credit card, settle it," Katz says. "Take care of all the other things you can to show the underwriter that you did the best you could. That way, the delinquencies are so long ago that it shouldn't have an impact on your credit score anymore."
[Read: Secrets of Successful House Flippers.]
Still, the fact that someone may qualify for a mortgage doesn't mean they'll immediately jump back into homeownership. Historically, only 30 percent of borrowers who defaulted on their mortgage in 2001 had taken out another mortgage within 10 years, according to researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The researchers also found that borrowers who terminated their mortgages not due to a default (for instance, paying off the house or switching to a larger or smaller house) returned to the mortgage market about two-and-a-half times faster.
Heather Harmon, a Redfin agent in Sacramento, Calif., sees some buyers waiting longer than they need to before buying again because of emotional reasons. "They've had to recover psychologically from the experience as much as they've had to recover financially," she says. "You definitely see the buyers who are just mad about what happened. They blame it on circumstances, and they're afraid of it happening again. In other cases, they're really embarrassed. They feel exposed, and they've got to drag their financials back out again."
Many people are depressed or discouraged after a foreclosure or short sale, according to Langston, because a house symbolizes their hard work and oftentimes the American Dream. "They don't understand that it's not the end of the line," she says. "I always encourage people by letting them know that they can re-enter the marketplace."
[In Pictures: 10 Ways Your Home Can Pay You Money]
Harmon recently worked with a couple in their 60s who bought a new home with a Department of Veterans Affairs loan two years after selling their previous house in a short sale. "They weren't proud of it, but they're picking themselves up again," she says, adding that younger homeowners often have a harder time bouncing back from a short sale because of the impact on their kids and the desire to keep up with the Joneses.
While buying a house seemed nearly impossible for the couple thanks to the competitive local market and the longer closing time for a VA loan, Harmon says building a relationship with the seller and the seller's agent helped the deal close. "We strategized our offer in a way to give the seller everything we possibly could give him because we were bound by the terms of the VA," she says.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Great Interview
This is probably the most honest interview I have ever seen. Thank god there was a happy ending and everyone is safe.
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
Prices going up in Las Vegas
Home prices are going up in Las Vegas according a recent article in the Review Journal. The question is will this last? Or will their be another wave of foreclosures? Banks are saying they don't have any shadow inventory. They say they are not holding homes and waiting to put them on the market. However, there are thousands of vacant homes in Las Vegas that don't have any power on. As long as our inventory stays low we will continue to have a rise in our prices. If you have more questions on the Las Vegas Real Estate Market please feel free to call Amanda Brown, with Platinum Real Estate Professional, 702-496-7416. lasvegasshortsalesnow.com
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Short Sale your home and stay!
There are new government programs allow you to short sale and stay. Home Owners can now short sale their home, get released of the debt through the HAFA program and stay in their home. The governement is allowing non profit organziation help home owners stay in their home and buy it back. We will work for you to make sure you get the best deal possible. Call the brokerage that has closed more short sales than any other company in Las Vegas, Platinum Real Estate Professionals, 702-496-7416.
Click here to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-6DBqahLsE
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Click here to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-6DBqahLsE
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
STARBUCKS!! WOW!!! GREAT DEAL!
Going on right now till May 12, Las Vegas Starbucks is offering Happy Hour from 3pm - 5pm on all their Frappuccino’s. It’s an amazing deal. I took the kids their on Friday after school and it would have normally cost me almost $13 for my order only cost me $6. I told the kids we can come here everyday until the promotion is over!!!! Don’t miss out.
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Economic Update - May 6, 2013
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