Videos by Russ Boyd are syndicated across the internet by Last week I attended an invitation only audio conference that included panelists from Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank and Freddie Mac. Based on my experience with representing clients in short sales last year, the idea 2010 will be “the year of the short sale” [...]
Videos by Russ Boyd are uploaded to Youtube, MetaCafe, Veoh, Vimeo and Yahoo Video by Remember back in mid 2007, just before the housing bubble burst? At that time most buyers and borrowers opted of ARM loans with a fixed rate period, typically 3, 5 or 7 years. Conforming fixed rates were in the high [...]
Videos by Russ Boyd are uploaded to Youtube, MetaCafe, Veoh, Vimeo and Yahoo Video by While it’s quite clear that there has been steady market improvement during the past year, there is still a missing piece of the puzzle for homes priced above $1,000,000. Now let me be clear, there are some large lenders that [...]
Videos by Russ Boyd are uploaded to Youtube, MetaCafe, Veoh, Vimeo and Yahoo Video by We often hear the question, “is this a good time to buy”. It occurs to me that what is really being asked is, “are prices going to go down further?” We know that buyers have been blessed with low mortgage [...]
Videos by Russ Boyd are uploaded to Youtube, MetaCafe, Veoh, Vimeo and Yahoo Video by We’ve all seen examples of what looks like a “sweetheart” government deal that benefits Wall Street at the expense of Main Street, right? Well have I got a story for you….a deal made by the FDIC when it sold [...]
Videos by Russ Boyd are uploaded to Youtube, MetaCafe, Veoh, Vimeo and Yahoo Video by The number of sales of new and existing single-family houses and condominiums increased13.6 percent increase in December from a year ago said a report released MDA DataQuick. Last month’s median sales price for the nine-county Bay Area represented a 15.2 [...]
Videos by Russ Boyd are uploaded to Youtube, MetaCafe, Veoh, Vimeo and Yahoo Video by Three news reports caught my eye in the past week that shed light on the state of the real estate market. The California Association or Realtors ® reported that homes sales increased 1.7 percent in December in California compared with [...]
Videos by Russ Boyd are uploaded to Youtube, MetaCafe, Veoh, Vimeo and Yahoo Video by Every year, Remodeling Magazine publishes the Remodeling Cost vs Value Report. You can now view the 2009-2010 Bay Area Remodeling Cost vs Value Report available under Quick Links on our website, www.aboutbayareahomes.com. You can also access the report by clicking on [...]
Real Estate and Mortgage Market Updates and Commentary Videos by Russ Boyd are uploaded to Youtube, MetaCafe, Veoh, Vimeo and Yahoo Video by As we begin the New Year there are several pieces to the real estate and mortgage market puzzle that I think will be helpful to home buyers, sellers and home homeowners. Let’s [...]
HAFA (Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternative) is coming to town!
By Russ Boyd on March 15th, 2010
Videos by Russ Boyd are syndicated across the internet by As I reported in a recent post, up until now, short sales have had a high rate of failure, leading to frustration by buyers, distressed sellers, real estate agents and escrow officers. HAFA (Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternative) is a new federal program which becomes effective [...]