California’s first time home buyer and new home tax credit for 2010 that passed legislature and signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last week has raised questions, home buyers spirits and tax payers blood pressure. Low blood pressure is important to me, therefore, I will concentrate on maintaining high spirits for…

Well, he’s hitting the road again with some pretty hard hitting talk about making the $10,000 homebuyer tax credit a reality for potentially 20,000 California home buyers. Following is the video posted on the Governor’s website as well as all of the important excerpts regarding the credit from his…

New FHA guidelines have been announced to prevent short-seller sellers from buying replacement properties with an FHA mortgage. These new FHA loan requirements apply in cases where “a previously owned property was sold for less than what was owed (short sale)” or “there is principal write down of indebtedness…

Ok, so the home buyer tax credit was recently revised and extended through April 30, 2010.  And this time it includes extra provisions to allow repeat home buyers to benefit as well as first-time home buyers.  Let’s breakdown the most important features and illustrate how you can take advantage…

Ok, so the home buyer tax credit was recently revised and extended through April 30, 2010.  And this time it includes extra provisions to allow repeat home buyers to benefit as well as first-time home buyers.  Let’s breakdown the most important features and illustrate how you can take advantage…

YES! You could use an FHA loan to buy a home in San Francisco and many parts of the bay area today. Historically, most of the bay area has simply had home prices too high for FHA to make sense. Today, we have incredibly low rates combined with low…

For First Time Buyers, purchasing a Condo in Orange County is not the easiest thing these days, but for at least a another month, FHA has issued a bit of a reprieve for condo shoppers. Back on June 12, FHA Mortgagee Letter 2009-19 was released, providing guidance for the…

Mortgagee Letter 2009-19  was issued on June 12, 2009 and provided guidance for the new approval process for Condo’s. The changes are dramatic. Currently, FHA has a list of Approved Condo’s. If a project is on the approved list then FHA financing is allowed, providing the project meets (or…

Big changes are coming to the FHA Streamline Refinance program that will affect Orange County, CA home owners ability to take advantage of the program. the changes are set to take effect. According to the newly issued Mortgagee Letter 2009-32, these changes will take affect 60 days from the Letter…

A federal jury today convicted Lila Rizk, 42, of Trabuco Canyon and Kyle Grasso, 38, formerly of Santa Monica of conspiracy, bank fraud and loan fraud charges for their roles in a mortgage fraud scheme that led to more than $40 million in losses at federally insured banks, the…