These days one of the biggest impediments to closing a real estate sale can be the buyer’s ability to get a mortgage.
Here are some tips for anyone who hopes to land a loan:

Turn to the government. The biggest source of loans these days is the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Veterans Administration (VA). These [...]

With the estimated number of foreclosures approaching 8 million, it seems like everybody has a plan for modifying mortgages, but no one can agree on which one could work.
One outspoken critic of most loan modification plans is Norm Miller, a professor at the University of San Diego’s Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate. He says he [...]

With home prices having dropped a painful 21 percent from their 2006 peaks, property owners everywhere could use a splash of good news in their New Year’s Eve cocktails. But as a nasty recession is now part of the picture, the chances of an aggressive housing market rebound next year are dim. “A lasting recovery [...]