Cited: ABC News

It was a dream according to George and Peytyn Willborn, not deferred but denied. They had found their dream house! An 80,000 ft.² property in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood that myth is asking is African-American couples requirements of big closets, basketball court, 5 bedrooms and a home theater.

Despite agreeing on a $1.7 million purchase price, owners Daniel and Adrienne Sabbia never signed a purchase contract with the Willborns, according to a complaint that is now part of a federal housing discrimination action. The U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development announced August 10 that it has charged the Sabbias, their real estate agent and a real estate broker with refusing to sell their home to a black couple, a violation of the Fair Housing Act.

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The complaint alleged that the Sabbias and Prudential real estate agent Jeffrey Lowe stalled negotiations and took the property off the market in January after receiving a $1.7 million offer from radio personality and comedian George Willborn and his wife, businesswoman Peytyn Willborn.

According to published reports, the house was back on the market by March and listed again for an asking price of $1.799 million.

According to the complaint, the Willborns’ offer was the highest the sellers had received in the two years the property had been on the market. However, when faced with signing the sales contract, the Sabbias refused.

Dylcia Cornelious, the Willborns’ agent, said while the Willborns have found another home and the closing is pending, the pain remains. “They are absolutely still reeling from this,” she said. “It’s hurtful, unacceptable in this day and age. You can’t choose who you can sell your home to.”

Cornelious said the Willborns loved the house. “It was perfect. The children had picked out their rooms.”

The complaint stated that real estate agent Lowe told Cornelious on Jan. 11 that the Sabbias had changed their minds and were taking the home off the market, despite it having been listed for sale for almost two years. Lowe gave various reasons as to why he said the Sabbias had decided not to sell, which included Adrienne Sabbia having changed her mind when the couple couldn’t find a suitable new home to move to, and wanting to keep the children in their current schools.

‘Unlawful Discrimination

“By refusing to sign the sales contract,” HUD said in its complaint, the Sabbias “committed unlawful discrimination” by refusing to sell the home to the Willborns “after the making of a bona fide offer because of their race, African-American.”

According to the complaint, during the negotiations, Lowe told Cornelious that his sellers had researched the Willborns. The complaint noted that Internet searches of George Willborn produced numerous images of him.

The Willborns filed a complaint with HUD Jan. 28, and after receiving the complaint, HUD said the Sabbias on Feb. 1 offered to sell their home and all its furniture to the Willborns for $1.799 million. The Willborns declined.

“I was appalled,” Willborn told the Chicago Tribune. “The feeling that my entire family has, it’s hard to describe. You’re talking about 2010. I don’t know if people realize it, but we elected an African-American president, so it’s not asking too much to be able to live where we want to live.”

Willborn said the couple found it difficult to explain to their children what had happened. So they bought a copy of the television miniseries “Roots” and watched it as a family. They then talked to their son and daughter about prejudice.

“I’ve had to talk to my kids about sex and drugs and all the things they need to arm them,” he said. “We talk about race, of course, like every family, but I never had to do what I had to do in this case,” he told the Chicago Tribune. According to the complaint, Lowe said in a HUD interview while under oath that while he was representing the Sabbias, Daniel Sabbia told him, “he would prefer not to sell the home to an African-American, though he qualified the testimony, saying ‘but if it was for the right price he did not care who bought the house.’”

The Sabbias, Lowe and Prudential will decide whether they want the case heard by an administrative law judge or a federal district judge in Chicago.

If discrimination is found, the Sabbias, their agent and his firm could be forced to pay civil penalties to HUD and financial damages to the Willborns and Cornelious.

The HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, John Trasvina, stated in a prepared press release, “Racial fairness is important at all income levels. Civil rights and for Schmidt must be the effective shield against housing discrimination that in this case wealth was not.”

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My Take: It is difficult to believe that this type of blatant racism is still active in this country. However, I am a realist and I know it is still there. I grew up in a family where the “N” was used all the time. But, in my family it was not used against just African-Americans. It was used against anybody who was an idiot and did stupid stunts. It took me a long time to stop using the word because of this. I consider it a cuss word that can be used on any person, no matter what the color of their skin.

Maybe this couple should have looked at Nyack NY real estate instead or even maybe Palisades real estate. They probably still would’ve been able to find their dream home without all the hassles. Maybe they should have even built their own house. Of course, they would probably need Denver CO construction attorneys make sure that everything was done correctly. And if anything was done incorrectly they would need Denver CO construction deficit attorneys. But instead they are now looking to hire a discrimination attorney.

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Cited: Reuters

On August 5, Freddie Mac released a survey that indicates mortgage rates fell last week of July adding to the series of record lows adding to concerns about the state of the economy. With the recent expiration of popular homebuyer tax credits, the rock-bottom rates offer a glimmer of hope for the housing market that is struggling to gain its footing once again.

Interest rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, the most widely used loan, averaged 4.49% for the week to August 5, down from 4.54% a week earlier and my .22% a year ago, according to the survey.

Thirty-year rates have fallen to fresh lows in six out of the last seven weeks. Freddie Mac, the second-largest U.S. mortgage finance company, started the survey in April 1971.

Fifteen-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 3.95%, down from 4.0% last week, the lowest since Freddie Mac began surveying this loan type in 1991. Fifteen-year rates have hit fresh lows in five of the last seven weeks.

With rates near their lowest since Freddie Mac started the survey, demand for loans to refinance or purchase homes has picked up, boding well for the market and the economy.

“Yet again, interest rates for fixed-rate mortgages and now the hybrid 5-year ARM (adjustable-rate mortgage) fell to … record lows this week following the second-quarter GDP release,” Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac vice president and chief economist, said in a statement.

Annual revisions cut cumulative growth in U.S. gross domestic product over the past three years to 0.6% from 1.4%, reducing inflationary pressures and allowing longer-term rates room to ease, he said.

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Mortgage rates are linked to yields on both U.S. Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities.

Home sales have fallen since the expiration of government tax credits. To take advantage of them, buyers had to sign purchase contracts by April 30. Contracts originally had to close by June 30 but that was extended by three months.

Cameron Findlay, chief economist at LendingTree.com in Charlotte, North Carolina, said the housing market is vulnerable, with a flood of foreclosures in the pipeline and high unemployment weighing heavily.

“The world essentially collapsed after the tax credits expired,” he said. “This baby cannot walk on its own without government intervention.”

Findlay said his biggest concern is that the economy is going to stall and believes there is a 30% chance of a double-dip recession.

“Low mortgage rates are certainly a positive, but jobs growth is more important and without that, a housing rebound will not emerge,” he said.

The U.S. Labor Department said on August 5 new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest since early April. On Friday it will release July U.S. payrolls data.

The Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday U.S. mortgage applications to purchase homes rose last week for a third straight week as rates tumbled.

Freddie Mac said the rate on the 5/1 ARM, set at a fixed rate for five years and adjustable each following year, was 3.63%, down from 3.76% last week, its lowest level since Freddie Mac began tracking this loan type in 2005.

For a year ARMs were at 3.55% are now down 3.64% as of last week. Only a year ago, 15 year mortgages averaged about 4.63% and the ARM was at 4.78% with the 5/1 ARM at 4.73%

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My Take: This is very encouraging! I am trying to buy a house so I am very happy about these figures. Of course, if I had the money I’d probably buy a one of the villas in Marbella because it’s beautiful in Spain. However, I cannot afford the Marbella homes. I’m looking to buy a home in Phoenix Arizona where I live. I need to write mortgage broker can be difficult though.

I have looked at Louisville Kentucky mortgage services as well as Phoenix Arizona mortgage services. A Louisville mortgage is a little bit more expensive some of the Phoenix mortgages. I plan on comparing his many mortgage brokers as possible to get the right mortgage.

There is one thing I know I will not need and that is landscaping. Landscaping Phoenix only heats up the house. Now New Jersey landscaping would be great if I lived in New Jersey because their summers are not like Phoenix. In fact, I have seen some pictures of NJ residential landscaping and it is beautiful.

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Cited: The Associated Press

Is it a sign that the cost to taxpayers for bailing out the mortgage giant, Fannie Mae, could be less than once thought? Fannie Mae is actually asking for less money this quarter. On August 5, the government controlled mortgage buyer said they were able to set aside enough money to cover the majority of losses from bad loans made 2005-2008.

It requested $1.5 billion in additional taxpayer aid after posting the best quarterly results since the company was put under federal control in September 2008. It was also the smallest quarterly request for assistance since November 2008.

Analysts, however, cautioned that the company’s financial picture could still weaken. Anthony Sanders, a finance professor at George Mason University, said the numbers are artificially low because of the slow pace of the foreclosure process.

“These foreclosures are gathering up,” Sanders said. “The dam is going to break eventually.”

Fannie Mae said August 5 that it lost $3.13 billion, or 55 cents per share, in the April-to-June period. The company’s losses take into account $1.9 billion in dividends paid to the Treasury Department. They compare with a loss of $15.2 billion, or $2.67 a share, in the quarter a year ago.

“Across our industry, we are seeing a more realistic approach to housing and lending that bodes well for the future,” Mike Williams, the company’s chief executive, said in a statement. The company said loans made last year are faring slightly better than those made during 2001 through 2004, before the company lowered its lending standards.

The government rescued Fannie Mae and sibling company Freddie Mac from the brink of failure nearly two years ago. The new request means they have needed $146.4 billion to stay afloat.

Fannie and Freddie own or guarantee about half of all U.S. mortgages, or nearly 31 million home loans worth more than $5 trillion. They buy home loans from lenders, package them into bonds with a guarantee against default and sell them to investors.

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During the housing boom, Fannie and Freddie faced political pressure to expand homeownership and competitive pressure from Wall Street to back ever-riskier loans. When the market went bust, defaults and foreclosures piled up, and the government had to take them over.

There were some encouraging signs among Fannie Mae’s borrowers. As of the end of June, about 5% of the company’s borrowers had missed at least three months of mortgage payments. That’s down from 5.4% at the end of December, but still up from 3.9% in June 2009.

Fannie Mae had $218.2 billion in bad loans at the end of June, up only slightly from $216.5 billion at the end of last year. It owned more than 129,000 foreclosed properties, up from nearly 110,000 at the end of April.

Some analysts doubt that company has turned a corner. Once mortgage modifications made under the federal government’s $75 billion homeowner assistance start to go bad, they say, Fannie Mae will start to be hit with increased losses.

“They’re putting a rosy picture on it,” said Edward Pinto, a housing consultant who served as Fannie’s chief credit officer in the late 1980s. “Basically, they’re kicking the can down the road on these modifications.”

Edward DeMarco, the government’s chief regulator of the two companies, said in interview last week that the total cost to taxpayers for rescuing Fannie and Freddie should be less than $400 billion. That’s under most economic scenarios, he said.

Over the next year, lawmakers plan to review the entire system for providing mortgages to Americans. That could include a dramatic overhaul of Fannie and Freddie, or ultimately their elimination.

The financial overhaul signed by President Barack Obama didn’t address that issue, despite protests from Republicans that it was incomplete without such a plan. The administration is holding a public conference on Aug. 17 in Washington to discuss the mortgage system.

“The country needs lawmakers to come to an agreement on this,” DeMarco said. The mortgage market, he said, can’t operate indefinitely with the government providing life support. “We’re going to have to figure out a solution.”

According to Jim Vogel, an analyst at FTN financial, if Fannie Mae’s losses keep falling it could make finding a solution easier for lawmakers. “This is the 1st step toward really opening the dialogue about what comes next,” he stated. “You can’t talk about the future when you still have losses hanging over your head.”

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My Take: It would be a miracle if this actually occurred! I am sorry, any business that needs help in the form of a small business loan or tax cuts during a recession is not going to get out of trouble quickly. Business with financial problems would not even be able to get a merchant cash advance. Yet, these real estate corporations that federal bailout money. Go figure!

I understand that many homeowners have even asked for the services of a San Diego real estate attorney to help them get back on track with their mortgages. It seems that a lot of banks really don’t want to refinance bad mortgages. What these banks are forgetting is that a mortgage is equivalent to a contract. It is a document that 2 parties participate in one agreeing to make payment for the other. So if you happen to be arguing with your bank, you might try contacting a San Diego contracts attorney you can’t get all the real estate attorney.

Other people have actually given up and turn to property auctions to get some of the money out of their homes before the banks close. From what I understand, auction home buyers actually get better deals on real estate. And I think I’m actually trying to buy a home in this market.

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Knowing the Area is Key

These Phoenix AZ realtors are experienced in all facets of the Phoenix Area’s real estate needs. From Phoenix AZ condos, buying foreclosures, negotiating short sales to selling your luxury home these realtors can handle the challenge of buying and selling in this current market. They take pride in integrity. The most important element of each real estate transaction is the relationship with you. This relationship is built on trust and and for getting the job done from the first meeting to the closing and beyond.

With property management companies, the key to maintaining clients and their tenants is communication. Do not put prospective residents at the top and residents, the people that are paying rent, at the bottom. Those at the bottom of the heap tend to ignored. To increase the likelihood of renewal of residents you should respond to their calls and e-mails promptly.

By not responding promptly, you are pushing them out the door before they have even made the decision. Most of the time you will not hear from your residents, however when they have a need it is extremely important that you get a detailed work order to the maintenance staff so they know exactly what to do.

If you have Minnetonka homes for rent, you want to make sure that the maintenance staff talks with the office staff when there are delays getting the work done. The office staff and let the client know what is going on keep them in warm and in the loop. For example, “Hello Mrs. Smith, our maintenance staff is waiting for the cooler part to come in. It is scheduled to be delivered tomorrow. We are sorry for this inconvenience. We will get it taken care of as soon as the part comes in.”

You need to make the resident number one priority. This means keeping more than 50% of the residents phone numbers, which is typical in many communities. If the residents have e-mails, cell phones and/or home phones, this information must be kept up to date. Otherwise, a knock on the door will be needed by one of the office staff, which most of the time they do not have time to do.

People who are selling their homes and offer mortgage notes as seller financing to buyers can sell their homes at a higher price and more quickly in a slow market. Those who are looking to buy from someone offering owner financing are also different from those looking at the typical bank or lender financing.

The other difference is that the down payment a seller would require may be either larger or smaller than what a bank or lender would require. Usually the property owner that is utilizing seller financing has an immediate need for cash that may be available. This need is usually because the owners are looking to purchase another piece of real estate and needs the money for a down payment themselves.

Once the deal has been finalized, the seller has the option of selling the real estate note to obtain a lump sum of cash. This will allow the seller to have cash in hand for a down payment or any other financial need when they locate someone who is willing to buy the note.

The best place to look for someone who may be interested in buying your real estate notes is the Internet. Those who buy cash flow notes will not usually advertise in your local classified section of the newspaper. You can easily Google the keywords of “sell real estate notes” or “buy real estate notes” or “cash flow notes“.

Now, to answer the question, which is better? It all depends on what you are looking for. Do you need cash in hand right now? Do you want additional monthly income? Answer these and you will know the answer to the question.

Are you considering refinancing your mortgage? You can find out what your home equity loan rate will be by using a mortgage home equity loan rate calculator online and it is usually free!

Whether you are interested in a Louisville KY purchase mortgage, refinancing or a Louisville KY home mortgage you should run the numbers through loan calculator to help you determine how much money you can borrow.

Depending on what you are looking for, here are a few things you should look for in each.

A KY refinancing loan calculator can tell you:

• How much can you qualify for?
• What is your current credit rating?
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• What your payments will be?

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• How much do you qualify for?

A Louisville Kentucky mortgage calculator will tell you:

• How much can you borrow?
• Whether a 15 or 30 year term mortgage better?
• What your payments will be?
• How much can you afford?
• Whether fixed or adjustable rate is better for you.
• What will your total costs be?

These calculators will help you decide which loan is best for you. By estimating the costs of each loan, you can determine how much you can afford. Mortgage calculators can help you learn about and get the lowest cost mortgages, refinancing or home equity loans.

According to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), the typical Realtor® is a 51-year-old white female, college educated, married, single-family homeowner, with a combined household income of more than $100,000.

The women who dominate the real estate industry rely on one of their strongest assets to get ahead: their networking skills.  And, it is not hard to find a useful real estate networking group for women out there catering to the profession, providing women in real estate with access to invaluable information about their industry; business trends; women and financing issues; how to sell and market in a “man’s” world; and even tips and strategies for part time women Realtors® who have small children at home and want to hone their ability to balance home life and their careers.

NAR’s Web site is chock full of information for and about women in the industry, offering links to several articles and blogs written for and about women agents and brokers; links to the leading non profits and organizations created to help women in business, including real estate agents; and links to e-books on women .

The Internet is loaded with information on home renovation projects, ranging from how to install an organic vegetable garden and raising worms for compost, to replacing a water heater and replacing a bathroom floor.

Some of these tips and “how to” sites are useful, providing expert advice and pictures to get you started on a home project, whether it’s replacing entry doors for home or turning your laundry room into a state-of-the-art home-gym.

Here’s one site that tips the scales when it comes to information: The folks at Dailyhometips.com have posted a 34-installment blogathon detailing their plans to put in a new front entry door at their home.

Be warned: this is not so much a “how to tips” blog, but rather a Kafkaesque epic traversing the door buying and installation experience, beginning in September of 2008, when the couple first saw an ad for new wood entry doors in the paper offering discounts and no-finance fee enticements.

You’ll learn, or perhaps be reminded, that the fine print does need to be read carefully; the five-to-seven business day rule may or may not apply; and that “customer” and “service” are two words that many home repair retailers really ought to take a closer look at before putting side-by-side in their store policies and advertisements.

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First, these doors are built under the toughest building code in the country, the Florida Building Code. There are also certified to hold up to 75 lbs. square foot. There is absolutely no way anyone can break into your home. The iron doors come with a clear glass panel that is a 5/8″ double pane, tempered and insulated. The glass panel is operable for cleaning, ventilation and extra security. There is an upgrade option for privacy glass as well. Another option is push/pull hardware and cylindrical locks. And if you happen to decide to sell your home, the warranty on the doors is transferable.

If you are contemplating buying North Georgia property, you should consider getting to know all there is to know about the area before you start looking.

Realtors who specialize in North Georgia real estate can walk you through the ins and outs of how to compare home prices for the area; track development plans; link you to helpful resources such as schools, hospitals, home repair vendors and other useful companies.

If you don’t know anything about the region, including how to purchase Georgia National Forest real estate,  check out the Blue Ridge Highlander, which offers a comprehensive list of all North Georgia counties and towns.  You can link into the official Web sites for each county or town to get detailed property and living information.

Despite the growing popularity of the area the area, many of the towns have managed to maintain their small-town allure, including Fannin County’s Lake Blue Ridge communities, with picturesque waterfront cabins and close proximity to the North Georgia National Forest.  There is a heavy tourism industry shaping here that is being driven by the success of the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway.

Whether you are searching for a fabulous mountain area retirement home in Blue Ridge, or a get-away vacation log cabin along the banks of the Toccoa River, you should do your homework and get to know the history and cultural background of the people who have made this area their home before you.

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Many of the owners of the gorgeous and historic Rockland County waterfront homes are now anxiously awaiting final approval of long-sought plans to replace the historic Tappan Zee Bridge, which is now 52 years old and showing its age.

It had been thought that, following the devastating collapse of Mississippi Bridge in 2007 that killed seven people that those who own choice Piermont real estate and other Rockland County taxpayers would hear about repairs for the old Tappan.  But county officials have other plans.

It was decided in late 2008 that roughly 80 percent of the three-mile bridge, which spans across the Hudson River and serves as a major commuter route to and from New York City, is outdated and would have to be replaced, not repaired, in order to bring it up to standards.

The price tag, however, is significant: $6.4 billion.  Officials want the new bridge new bridge to accommodate four lanes of traffic in each direction, and be able to handle high-speed bus service between Port Chester, in Westchester County, and Suffern, in Rockland County.   Plans for the replacement of the bridge are expected to be finalized by spring of 2010, with construction to commence by 2012, according to Tappan Zee Bridge project manager, Michael Anderson.