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Mortgages

Linda Earns Certified Distressed Propery Expert Designation

October 23, 2010

Linda Johnson with Coldwell Banker Burnet (612)-834-1444 Linda@Home2MN.com has earned the prestigious Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) designation, having completed extensive training in foreclosure avoidance and short sales. This is invaluable expertise to offer at a time when the area is ravaged by “distressed” homes in the foreclosure process.  Short sales allow the cash-strapped seller [...]

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Is Now the Time to Sell Your Home?

October 22, 2010

Perhaps the next few weeks will be the best market for the “traditional or retail sellers” in a long time.  With fewer foreclosed properties-or bank-owned as we say-are coming on the market, this might be the perfect time to snag some of those buyers who lost out on purchasing a home because of the mortgage [...]

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Does Buying a House Now Really Make Sense?

September 28, 2010

Buying a home in Minnesota now can make a lot of sense for people with a realistic version of the American Dream.  Check out the comparisons below and consider it an investment. First, you live in a house to become an owner, a member of the community, to find a place to call home and [...]

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Fannie Mae is Watching!

September 3, 2010

Fannie Mae, the nations’ largest mortgage company, is going to be cracking down on loan servicers who take too long to complete foreclosures and there could be fines involved. In an announcement earlier this week, Fannie Mae alerted servicers that it will be monitoring delinquent loans to ensure foreclosures will be handled within specific time [...]

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Can’t Qualify for a Bank Mortgage? Self-Employed? How About a Contract for Deed?

April 15, 2010

Numerous people have always dreamed of owning their own home, but for reasons such as not being able to qualify for a mortgage, problem credit, divorce, no credit history, poor credit history, and other reasons they feel as though they will never be able to experience the dream of owning a home.  Because of recent [...]

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