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The real estate market has profoundly changed. We remember the absolutely crazy year not long ago when prices soared, multiple offers were common and sellers called the shots.

No more. Now we’re hearing the constant drumbeat in the media of the sub-prime mess, declining home prices and the potential for the dreaded “R” word.

So – is this a good time to be thinking about buying a home? I cover that scenario in my article "Buyers-is this a good time to buy?" But for those thinking about their first home, this tutorial will cover: Read more.

Sellers - are you a short pay? What IS a short pay?

A short pay simply means you owe more on your home or property than what it’s worth. Many people who purchased a home in the past several years (with little or no down payment) now find themselves “upside down” in their homes, and maybe the financing on that purchase money loan or loans has reset to substantially higher payments. Read more.

Hope Alliance for troubled homeowners

Last October, as the sub-prime mess was beginning to roil the mortgage backed securities market (and real estate obviously), Treasury Secretary Paulson announced a consortium of lenders (and others) under the banner HOPE NOW.

Recognizing the spiraling out of control mess of foreclosures, bad teaser loans re-setting to potentially higher interest rates, a softening economy with deflating home prices, the Feds needed to “do something”. Read more.