Blog Archive: May 2009
Welcome to Ilyce Glink's blog! Here you'll find Ilyce's latest insights on personal finance advice, real estate advice and consumer issues. Come back often for timely and interesting posts on a wide variety of topics.
Added May 12, 2009 by Jennifer A. Freeman
Today at a meeting of the National Association of Realtors, Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is going to permit its lenders to allow homeowners to use the $8,000 home buyer tax credit as a down…
Topics:
first time home buyer,
national association of realtors,
HUD,
tax credit,
FHA loans
Added May 12, 2009 by ThinkGlink.com Staff
First-time home buyers responding to improved affordability conditions, and lower prices of foreclosures and short sales, impacted metropolitan area median home prices in the first quarter, while existing-home sales remained sluggish in many parts of the country, according to the latest survey by…
Topics:
real estate,
foreclosure,
short sale,
first time home buyer,
real estate market,
national association of realtors
Added May 11, 2009 by Jennifer A. Freeman
If you're on the market for a condo, make sure you're up to speed with the latest rules and regulations from Freddie Mac regarding condo mortgages.
Download the PDF titled "Freddie Mac Condominium Unit Mortgages" from Freddie Mac. and look at all the other resources available from Freddie Mac to make…
Topics:
mortgage,
condominium,
freddie mac
Added May 10, 2009 by Ilyce R. Glink
Happy Mother's Day to tall of the moms, aunts, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters listening to the Ilyce Glink show. I hope this Mother's Day is a good one for you.
Because it's Mother's Day, I'll make these show notes short and sweet. On the show today, I talked at length about the Ilyce Glink…