Strategic Default Calculator

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You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, and know when to fold ‘em. As strategic default talk continues to pick up steam, experts have started to look into what’s behind this new phenomenon. An article recently hit the blogosphere which claims that the majority of those that strategically default do so “out of anger, [...]

Kissing the Pig with Lipstick

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An interesting article was published yesterday. It was a report on a keynote session given by Ivy Zelman at the Urban Land Institute’s Washington Real Estate Trends Conference. The speaker likened the shadow inventory of foreclosure homes as “the pig in the python” and that “the pig has lipstick”, basically claiming that government efforts are [...]

Life After Foreclosure: Moving on and preparing to get back in the game

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Many families in the Silicon Valley who have lost homes due to foreclosure are looking to return to a real estate market that is much more appealing than the one from which they departed. The following is a quick guide for how best to cope with the loss of a home, and how to prepare [...]