December 5th Show
Guests this week are Amy Bohutinsky from Zillow.com and Jeb Smith from the National Association of Realtors.
Check back as I add details for the show this weekend.
Listen live by tuning in to WHLO 640 at 7am, 1340 WNCO at 8am, 1520 WQCT and 1350 WARF at 9am on Saturday. I will be there each time and so will Karaoke Bob.
November 21st Show
This Saturday I will cover the Commerce Department’s starts and permits numbers, the MBA delinquency report, and the mortgage application index.
Kate Berry, Reporter for American Banker, will tell us what she knows about these trial modifications and if they will make it to permanent modification. Kate lives and breathes this stuff.
Paul Muolo, Executive Editor for National Mortgage News and author of the book Chain of Blame, will shed some light on the health of the FHA.
Plus, I share with you the results of a National Association of Realtors survey, the builders confidence survey, and story about a couple who thought they modified their loan terms with their bank.
Listen live by tuning in to WHLO 640 at 7am, 1340 WNCO at 8am, 1520 WQCT and 1350 WARF at 9am on Saturday. I will be there each time and so will Karaoke Bob.
November 14th Show
Should you continue to make your house payment if you owe more on your mortgage than the value of your home? Brent T. White, University of Arizona Associate Professor of Law and Affiliated Professor of East Asian Studies, will give his thoughts on the topic. He’ll definitely make you think.
Tim Hefty, CPA, will discuss the extension and the expansion of the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit.
I will cover the third quarter Metro Home Sales Report from the National Association of Realtors. Are we stabilizing? I’ll compare the Realtor data against the data from Lender Processing Services regarding delinquencies. Speaking of delinquencies, I will give an update on how the Making Home Affordable modification program is coming along.
Listen live by tuning in to WHLO 640 at 7am, 1340 WNCO at 8am, 1520 WQCT and 1350 WARF at 9am on Saturday. I will be there each time and so will Karaoke Bob.
November 7, 2009 Show
Executive Director of the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, Doug Garver, will tell you about their latest programs available at OHFA. This is a must listen to interview because the people at OHFA are great to work with and offer tremendous programs.
Amy Bohutinsky from Zillow.com will tell us the latest with celebrities and their real estate. She is a lot of fun to listen to and provides us some interesting insights to real estate; celebrity style.
Plus, I will provide an update on the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit.
Listen live by tuning in to WHLO 640 at 7am, 1340 WNCO at 8am, 1520 WQCT and 1350 WARF at 9am on Saturday. I will be there each time and so will Karaoke Bob.
October 31st Halloween Show
Mortgage interest rates for the next 30 days are Topic A and who better to tell us than Sigma Research’s David Shirmeyer. He will tell us everything you need to know about rates. What moves them and why. David knows.
I have the latest First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit update too. Bob Hagerty of the Wall Street Journal gives the update on the tax credit extension as he is following it for the Journal.
Realtor, George Harvey discussed how you can help yourself avoid foreclosure. He’ll give tips that everyone should know to help themselves, friends, and family in need. Plus, there’s something different about George. Find out.
Plus, I’ll will cover the latest housing news of the past week and provide my analysis to help you understand what is happening with real estate.
Listen live by tuning in to WHLO 640 at 7am, 1340 WNCO at 8am, 1520 WQCT and 1350 WARF at 9am on Saturday. I will be there each time and so will Karaoke Bob.
What can you do if an appraiser low-balls your sale? President-elect for the Appraisal Institute, Leslie Sellers, gives some advice on how to deal with this issue.
Wall Street Journal reporter Nick Timiraos will tell us all the latest on extending the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit. Will Congress extend it? If so, what will it look like? Nick has all the answers.
I talk more about shopping for a mortgage and help you apply real life experiences to obtaining a mortgage. Plus, Troy the Intern sheds light on how we got in this mortgage mess in the first place.
Listen live by tuning in to WHLO 640 at 7am, 1340 WNCO at 8am, and 1350 WARF at 9am on Saturday. I will be there each time and so will Karaoke Bob.
This week I cover how to shop for a mortgage. Also, what are the predictions coming from the Mortgage Bankers annual meeting.
Barbara Corcoran gives advice to sellers. Lisa Scherzer from SmartMoney.com gives buyers advice.
Listen live by tuning in to WHLO 640 at 7am, 1340 WNCO at 8am, and 1350 WARF at 9am on Saturday. I will be there each time and so will Karaoke Bob.
This week I will have Lew Sichelman, syndicated real estate reporter, tell us about some of the legal hassles Realtors are reporting that they are encountering. This is not just a Realtor issue so you will want to listen to my follow-up guest, Scott Hastings, real estate lawyer with Krugliak Wilkins, who will give you pointers on how to avoid these legal entanglements.
Amy Bohutinsky from Zillow.com will share with us all the latest happenings with celebrities and their real estate. Surely, they have no issues with real estate….
And, with the positive real estate data we have seen this summer, find out if sellers are holding firm on their asking prices or reducing them.
Listen live by tuning in to WHLO 640 at 7am, 1340 WNCO at 8am, and 1350 WARF at 9am on Saturday. I will be there each time and so will Karaoke Bob.
October 3, 2009
This week, I’ll be talking about the pending home sales report. Also, we start tracking the First Time Homebuyers tax credit. Will they extend it or terminate it? Plus we’ll talk about other real estate related tax credits as well.
Real estate analyst Lloyd Morton will have some interesting observations for our listening area. Faith Scwartz from the Hope Now Alliance will talk about the latest foreclosure and loan modification data. Plus Tim Hefty, CPA, will give some final First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit advice.
The Case Shiller 20 City Composite provided us with hope of recovery, but what will the August data show next month? I will provide a peek ahead.
Karaoke Bob is out and Nick Andrews is in…at least for Saturday.
On the September 26th show, I will cover and analyze this week’s existing home sales data and explain the FOMC policy statement and what it means to housing. Also, I will give my plan what the FHA really should be doing to operate properly and turn a profit.
My guests this week are David Shirmeyer of Sigma Research and Kathy Chu from USA Today. Kathy will tell us all the latest you need to know about credit scores and what challenges banks are throwing at you. David will tell us what to expect in the next 30-45 days with mortgage rates.
Listen to all this just by tuning in to WHLO 640 at 7am, 1340 WNCO at 8am, and 1350 WARF at 9am on Saturday. I will be there each time and so will Karaoke Bob.
