Real Estate Update in Palo Alto & Los Altos

You see the Day-Glo signs everywhere these days: We buy houses! Cash for your home! Fast refi now!
Chances are, you mentally filed these come-ons under good old-fashioned American entrepreneurship in action. Maybe you even think kindly toward companies that would offer a hand to debt-ridden homeowners on the brink of foreclosure.
Fat chance. The majority of [...]

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In the beginning of the foreclosure process, homeowners can still save money, their credit or their house if they act quickly. Even when declaring bankruptcy, avoiding a foreclosure on your credit report can salvage your ability to rebuild credit and buy another house, which makes the struggle against a possible foreclosure well worthwhile.
1. Sell the [...]

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Mortgage companies say that the last thing they want to do is foreclose, because seizing a delinquent borrower’s house costs money. It follows, then, that the key to keeping the house is to make it less expensive for the lender to work with you than to foreclose.
How does one go about working out a plan [...]

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Mortgage companies say that the last thing they want to do is foreclose, because seizing a delinquent borrower’s house costs money. It follows, then, that the key to keeping the house is to make it less expensive for the lender to work with you than to foreclose.
How does one go about working out a plan [...]

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Can’t sell your house? Use persuasion — in the form of money or lucrative handouts. Here are some popular buyer incentives available in today’s buyer’s market:
• Down-payment help: As home prices hold steady and credit tightens, more buyers are hard-pressed to put money down on a home. A little help with the down payment can [...]

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