Not exact matches
It was in mid-December when the National Association of
Realtors released some interesting figures: FHA loans accounted for the
financing used
by 39 percent of all recent buyers while the number of first - time home buyers continued to climb to 51 percent.
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This week the National Association of
REALTORS (NAR) and the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) sent an industry coalition letter to Acting Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Commissioner, Carol Galante, asking the agency to adopt a private transfer fee rule in harmony with the final rule recently adopted
by the Federal Housing
Finance Agency (FHFA).
The National Association of
Realtors ® applauds the Federal Housing
Finance Agency for moving ahead with a proposed rule to restrict government - sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks from investing in mortgages encumbered
by private transfer fee covenants.
Improving access to affordable mortgage
financing for qualified home buyers and investors and committing additional resources to loan modifications and short sales will help reduce current and future inventories of real estate owned (REO) properties held
by government agencies, according to the National Association of
Realtors ®.
Realtors ® applaud the decision
by Federal Housing
Finance Agency Director Mel Watt to delay increases in guarantee fees on loans purchased
by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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«Taken together, these actions could result in major changes to the way real estate transactions are conducted and
financed, and for that reason they shouldn't be implemented without full examination
by Congress,» says Jim Hamilton, CRS ®, GRI, chair of NAR's conventional
finance committee and president - elect of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS ®.
By mail: Make checks payable to the
REALTORS ® Relief Foundation and send contributions to
REALTORS ® Relief Foundation, Attn: NAR
Finance Division, 430 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 - 4087.
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LOS ANGELES — More than 30 percent of California's homebuyers in 1996 were nonwhite, according to the annual Housing
Finance Survey conducted
by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS ®.
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by reminding clients you care, saving on gifts for friends and family, and keeping your
finances in order while you're at it.
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Last Wednesday, HB 248, the First - Time Homebuyer and Second - Chance Savings Account
REALTOR ® bill, sponsored
by Rep. Kyle South (R - Fayette), received a favorable report from the Senate
Finance & Taxation Education Committee.
Send contributions
by mail to the
REALTORS ® Relief Foundation, Attn: NAR
Finance Division, 430 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611.
+ Designed for real estate professionals at all experience levels, the National Association of
REALTORS ® Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource certification, or SFR ®, gives you a framework for understanding how to: Direct distressed sellers to
finance, tax, and legal professionals, Qualify sellers for short sales, Develop a short - sale package, Negotiate with lenders, Tap into buyer demand, Safeguard commissions (paid
by lender so the seller or buyer does not owe any fee to agents), Limit risk, Protect buyers & sellers.
NAR Immediate Past President Chris Polychron said the condo
financing legislation championed
by NAR and signed into law
by President Barack Obama in July is an example of the ability of
REALTORS ® to influence the nation's housing agenda in ways that help home owners and real estate professionals.
Come up with a good price yourself (not
by asking a
Realtor for «free advice»), do your own due diligence on your property, measure your own house, know your buyer demographic to target market, negotiate your own contract and handle any
financing issues that your buyer may run into.
Ideally Banks, appraisers and
REALTORS simply devalue ALL current registered prices
by 5 % to arrive at a true value, then add in
REALTOR service fees, as applicable, to total the value to be
financed.