Courtesy: reader Randall Marquis Federal and local law enforcement agencies raided the United Law Group’s offices in Irvine today, as part of a loan modification fraud investigation, The Register’s Irvine reporter Sean Emery writes. Officials shut the office at 2525 Campus Drive … Read More

First, in recent foreclosure news: Appraisers: Obama plan encourages fraud Foreclosures are still ‘the hot ticket’ Which ZIP has biggest foreclosures hike? Every week, homes throughout Orange County go to foreclosure auctions. The owners can be millions of dollars in … Read More

The Pacific NW Housing Summit is an opportunity to bring together professionals from all aspects of the real estate industry with the intent to evaluate the current market conditions, forecast the coming years prospects and plan for the resurgence of … Read More

Real estate appraisers today announced their opposition to part of an Obama administration plan to pay homeowners in trouble to move if they agree to a short sale, saying the program will lead to mortgage fraud. . Under the plan, which takes effect April 5, … Read More

More than 1 million U.S. households have lost their homes to foreclosure since the end of 2008, new figures from Irvine-based Realty Trac show. About a fifth of those foreclosures occurred in California alone, according to figures from MDA DataQuick, … Read More

Homeowners who are in over their heads but have been unsuccessful at getting a loan modification may get some different help from Uncle Sam — $1,500 to move if they sell for less than they paid for the house, reports … Read More

The expected market time for foreclosures in Orange County is ”a mind numbing 1.14 months, a deep seller’s market,” says Steve Thomas of Altera Real Estate in his bi-weekly analysis of  local real estate. Foreclosures make up 33% of the housing inventory in … Read More

You may notice a few changes on our blog over the next week or so.  I realize that there are a few missing links and contributors, but this is still a work in progress. Just didn’t want anyone thinking we … Read More

Randy Johnson, president of Independence Mortgage Co. in Newport Beach, author of “How to Save Thousands of Dollars on Your Home Mortgage” and a mortgage broker since 1983, answers questions… Q. How does the foreclosure process work? What is the … Read More

One simple step everyone can take to make their mortgage marketing email efforts more compatible with their social media efforts is to link all of your emails to your social networking profiles or blogs. Most of us already have email … Read More