November 21, 2009

I cover the Commerce Department’s starts and permits numbers, the MBA delinquency report, and the mortgage application index.

Kate Berry, Reporter for American Banker, tells 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 sheds 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 a story about a couple who thought they modified their loan terms with their bank.

November 14, 2009

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, gave his thoughts on the topic. He’ll definitely make you think.

Tim Hefty, CPA, discussed the extension and the expansion of the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit.

I covered the third quarter Metro Home Sales Report from the National Association of Realtors. Are we stabilizing? I compared the Realtor data against the data from Lender Processing Services regarding delinquencies. Speaking of delinquencies, I provided an update on how the Making Home Affordable modification program is coming along.

November 7, 2009

We examine the definition of the word stabilize and give an update on the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit

Executive Director of the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, Doug Garver,  tells us 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 shares 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.

October 31, 2009 Halloween Show

Kudos to Karaoke Bob for putting together an eerie 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 told us everything you need to know about rates. What moves them and why. David tells us.

I have the latest First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit update too. Bob Hagerty of the Wall Street Journal gave 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 gave tips that everyone should know to help themselves, friends, and family in need. Plus, there’s something different about George. Find out.

October 24, 2009

What can you do if an appraiser low-balls your sale? President-elect for the Appraisal Institute, Leslie Sellers, gave some advice on how to deal with this issue.

Wall Street Journal reporter Nick Timiraos updated us on all the latest news regarding 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 talked 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.

October 10, 2009

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.

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.

September 26, 2009

On this show, I cover and analyze the August existing home sales data and explain the FOMC policy statement and what it means to housing.  Also, I give my plan what the FHA really should be doing to operate properly and turn a profit.

My guests are David Shirmeyer of Sigma Research and Kathy Chu from USA Today. Kathy  tells us all  the latest you need to know about credit scores and what challenges banks are throwing at you. David tells us what to expect in the next 30-45 days with mortgage rates.

September 19, 2009

There is a lot of talk about the end of the recession and positive GDP numbers. Is this good news? Plus I will talk about the home builder confidence index and new construction data from the Census Bureau.

My guests are Bob Hagerty of the Wall Street Journal. He has been reporting on the Taylor Bean & Whitaker blow-up and he shares an update on them. 

Can’t obtain a refinance? Then tried to get a loan modification and been denied for that too? Sylvia Alayon from the Consumers Mortgage Audit Center will share some very interesting ways to save your home from foreclosure. My interview with her will give you tips on how to save your home from foreclosure when it appears there is nowhere to turn.

September 12, 2009

My guests for this week’s show are: John Collins Rudolf, a freelance business reporter, who will tell us a great story about a woman’s ordeal with Wells Fargo, loan modification, and a bankruptcy judge.

Last year there were 2.3 million foreclosure filings and yet only 33% actually made it all the way to the end. Why? Kate Berry, a reporter for the newspaper American Banker, will tell us why banks are so slow to foreclose.

So, are real estate values recovering as the latest reports indicate or is there more to the story? I’ll sprinkle clues throughout the show and in the final segment, reveal what two real estate tracking firms have to say about future values. And, I’ll add a real estate value prediction of a famed banking analyst as well.