http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:27:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.cnbc.com/id/46292003?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/46292003?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:27:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/46292003 Attorneys general from more than 40 states have signed on to a proposed settlement agreement with five of the nation's largest mortgage servicers over so-called “robo-signing” foreclosure processing abuses, according to the lead negotiator, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller.]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/forty-states-sign-on-to-foreclosure-%e2%80%98robo%e2%80%99-settlement/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/46284177?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/46284177?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:39:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/46284177 A potential $25 billion settlement between the nation’s four largest banks and the 50 state attorneys general over faulty foreclosure processing is imminent. ]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/running-robo-settlement-numbers/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/46238350?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/46238350?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:43:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/46238350 While homeownership may be a tenet of the “American Dream,” renting is today’s actuality for a growing number of Americans.]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/own-vs-rent-riles-government-housing-policy/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/46218849?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/46218849?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:45:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/46218849 It will go through the government mortgage insurer, the Federal Housing Administration and could cost between 5 and 10 billion dollars, according to senior administration officials. ]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/obamas-mortgage-refi-plan-to-go-through-fha/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/46206075?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/46206075?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:43:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/46206075 Anyone with any cash in hand should be buying a house right now. That’s what any real estate agent will tell you, obviously, but that’s also what many investors now believe. Unfortunately, the potential home-buying public…isn’t buying it. ]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/housing-demand-defies-fundamentals/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/46206075?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/46206075?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:43:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/46206075 Anyone with any cash in hand should be buying a house right now. That’s what any real estate agent will tell you, obviously, but that’s also what many investors now believe. Unfortunately, the potential home-buying public…isn’t buying it. ]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/housing-demand-defies-fundamentals/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/46193915?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/46193915?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:43:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/46193915 Late Friday the U.S. Treasury Department announced a major expansion of its Home Affordable Modification Program. Now taxpayers will pony up the cash, as Treasury is tripling the financial incentives to lenders and opening the program up to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and investors in rental properties.]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/us-treasury-forcing-mortgage-principal-forgiveness-2/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/46193915?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/46193915?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:43:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/46193915 Late Friday the U.S. Treasury Department announced a major expansion of its Home Affordable Modification Program. Now taxpayers will pony up the cash, as Treasury is tripling the financial incentives to lenders and opening the program up to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and investors in rental properties.]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/us-treasury-forcing-mortgage-principal-forgiveness/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/46162724?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/46162724?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:44:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/46162724 The number of new foreclosures in 2011 dropped nearly 40 percent, according to year-end numbers just released by Lender Processing Services; there is, however, little cause for celebration. ]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/robo-reality-final-foreclosures-fall-as-pipeline-swells/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/46133634?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/46133634?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:49:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/46133634 President Obama announced he was ordering the U.S. Attorney General to create a “Financial Crimes Unit,” its number one task being to go after the banks for faulty mortgage originations and securitizations.]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/new-financial-crimes-unit-could-throw-wrench-in-%e2%80%98robo%e2%80%99-settlement/feed/ 0