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Local Home Values Buck National Trend

There are so many reasons why local news and statistics are more relevant than the national ones. This recent article from the Columbus Board of Realtors indicates local home values increasing. Just like the national information, the local information is different from area to area. The lesson is to have someone with access to the [...] Read more of this article

Foreclosure debacle explained

1. What is robo-signing is, and what all the fuss is about? The phrase robo-signing refers to what we’re now realizing has been a very common practice in the banks’ foreclosure document processing divisions, where one person was essentially given the job of signing as many 10,000 foreclosure documents per month, by hand. These individuals [...] Read more of this article

Supposed current foreclosure forecast

If the economy is improving, do we really have millions more foreclosures coming? According to the U.S. Treasury, the answer is yes. In written testimony to Congress, Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, Michael Barr said that, regardless of the success of mortgage modification efforts, we should still expect millions more foreclosures.   Mr. Barr’s testimony [...] Read more of this article