Washington, DC - The League of United Latin American Citizens National Housing Commission (LNHC) today announced that it has received $25,000 from Countrywide Bank, FSB, the third largest federal savings bank in the U.S. and a member of the Countrywide (NYSE:CFC) family of companies. Countrywide Bank’s financial support will allow the National Housing Commission to continue to promote educational programs on home buying, foreclosure prevention, financial literacy, credit and other areas for Latinos, especially for young people and the elderly.
January 10, 2008
http://www.lulac.org/advocacy/press/2008/homebuyer.html
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
The Real Real Estate Crises
As a real estate agent, I am suppose to sound optimistic about what is going on in the real estate industry. However, the reality is that I don't think things will get better until late 2010 or 2011. Also, I think that what is going on is more than just real estate problem. It is only the beginning. Our economy is going through structural changes.
Here are some things I think contribute to what is going on:
1. the oil consumption : we now have billions of new people who can buy cars, washers, dryers and therefore, need energy: India, China, Latin America, Africa....where having a clothes washer was a luxury it is pretty much becoming a common item, as a car, motor bike.
2. US and world real estate prices exploded. I think this is primarily due to an increase of credit (credit card, mortgages) being more easily available.
Now, I don't think it is because people are getting richer. Yes, people may getting paid more (eg. India, China, Mexico for example). I think it is because the big banks are making credit more available.
And, the forthcoming, credit crises as the mortgage crisis today.
That's globally. Locally,
In San Francisco, who really can afford to make a mortgage payment of $800,000 without a minimum of 2 salaries?
How many service jobs pay well enough to pay a $4,000 mortgage? Plus property taxes, etc.
Add a car payment of at least $400 per month.
Again, what's the problem credit. We are no longer willing to safe to buy something. We want it now using credit. I recently was talking to friend who has stopped making his mortgage payments, and bought 3 LCD TVS....He spent $7,500 on 3 othem and bought them on credit.
I asked why not just 1, or save up to buy them. His response that he wants TODAY, will enjoy them TODAY, and if he goes bankrupt tomorrow at least he enjoyed already.
wow.
Here are some things I think contribute to what is going on:
1. the oil consumption : we now have billions of new people who can buy cars, washers, dryers and therefore, need energy: India, China, Latin America, Africa....where having a clothes washer was a luxury it is pretty much becoming a common item, as a car, motor bike.
2. US and world real estate prices exploded. I think this is primarily due to an increase of credit (credit card, mortgages) being more easily available.
Now, I don't think it is because people are getting richer. Yes, people may getting paid more (eg. India, China, Mexico for example). I think it is because the big banks are making credit more available.
And, the forthcoming, credit crises as the mortgage crisis today.
That's globally. Locally,
In San Francisco, who really can afford to make a mortgage payment of $800,000 without a minimum of 2 salaries?
How many service jobs pay well enough to pay a $4,000 mortgage? Plus property taxes, etc.
Add a car payment of at least $400 per month.
Again, what's the problem credit. We are no longer willing to safe to buy something. We want it now using credit. I recently was talking to friend who has stopped making his mortgage payments, and bought 3 LCD TVS....He spent $7,500 on 3 othem and bought them on credit.
I asked why not just 1, or save up to buy them. His response that he wants TODAY, will enjoy them TODAY, and if he goes bankrupt tomorrow at least he enjoyed already.
wow.
como calcular su tasa de interes cuando no es fijo
Hay various tipos de prestamos hipotecarios....se pueden categorizar en 2 sectores:
prestamos figos y prestamos adjustables....
Son los prestamos adjustables la razon de muchos de los problemas de cual los proprietarios no puedan pagar su casa.
Como se calcula el interes de un prestamo adjustable? Tiene que leer la Nota o hablar con "customer service" y conseguir la informacion seguiente:
1. la fecha en cual se combierte en adjustable: el premier dia, en 6 meses en 2 anos?
2. El "margin"
3. el index y el nombre de index: existen muchos indicis: labor, 12th, etc.
el nuevo interest es Interest = Index + Margin
ejemplo:
Hoy tengo la tasa de 6.9, y se adjustable april 1, 2008, el margin es 4.1, y el indice es el Labor 6 Meses
su nueva tasa (usand el indice de 2/08) seria Interest = 3.1 + 4.1= 7.2%
prestamos figos y prestamos adjustables....
Son los prestamos adjustables la razon de muchos de los problemas de cual los proprietarios no puedan pagar su casa.
Como se calcula el interes de un prestamo adjustable? Tiene que leer la Nota o hablar con "customer service" y conseguir la informacion seguiente:
1. la fecha en cual se combierte en adjustable: el premier dia, en 6 meses en 2 anos?
2. El "margin"
3. el index y el nombre de index: existen muchos indicis: labor, 12th, etc.
el nuevo interest es Interest = Index + Margin
ejemplo:
Hoy tengo la tasa de 6.9, y se adjustable april 1, 2008, el margin es 4.1, y el indice es el Labor 6 Meses
su nueva tasa (usand el indice de 2/08) seria Interest = 3.1 + 4.1= 7.2%
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The real estate meltdown and life changes -a private note.
Hi everyone. I want to share parts of an article I wrote recently for LatinoWebWatch on online marketing for Latinos. I was reflecting on the current state of real estate and my career as a Broker and an Online Real Estate Marketing:
I work as a real estate broker in San Francisco, but I am hoping that I can make Online Marketing my full time profession(ie. money making job). Online Marketing is my passion and my hobby but until recently I have been so busy with real estate and mortgages. I am still quite busy, however, I see the writing on the wall--the home buying and home financing industry has dramatically changed. And I think that these industry/consumer changes are economical and STRUCTURAL. You see, with the high number of foreclosures, the short sales epidemic, the credit crunch and election year politics the real estate and mortgage industry has changed. New laws are being created that may over regulate, that may eliminate hard working and willing to pay home buyers from buying, and home owners from refinancing.
Oh, I forgot to add that although I am still quite busy, a lot of my work seems more like non-profit counseling trying to help customers either to refinance, renegotiate with their lenders or just try to comfort them and help them move out.
Although I like helping people, and this is one of the reasons I got in real estate [being a member of the communities I serve] I see that it will be very hard to make a living. I think that what has helped me "survive" this long is that all throughout my real estate career I have been very proactive in real estate online marketing.
Coming from an eCommerce background before getting into real estate I knew and still believe that the Internet/eCommerce will completely change the Real Estate & Mortgage business...and it has, see move.com, zillow.com, realtor.com, ziprealty.com, trulia.com, etc.
And this is all happening real time and now.. So I hope to focus more on my passion of Real Estate Online Marketing and Latino-Hispanic Online Marketing, and I hope to make a living out of my dream.
I work as a real estate broker in San Francisco, but I am hoping that I can make Online Marketing my full time profession(ie. money making job). Online Marketing is my passion and my hobby but until recently I have been so busy with real estate and mortgages. I am still quite busy, however, I see the writing on the wall--the home buying and home financing industry has dramatically changed. And I think that these industry/consumer changes are economical and STRUCTURAL. You see, with the high number of foreclosures, the short sales epidemic, the credit crunch and election year politics the real estate and mortgage industry has changed. New laws are being created that may over regulate, that may eliminate hard working and willing to pay home buyers from buying, and home owners from refinancing.
Oh, I forgot to add that although I am still quite busy, a lot of my work seems more like non-profit counseling trying to help customers either to refinance, renegotiate with their lenders or just try to comfort them and help them move out.
Although I like helping people, and this is one of the reasons I got in real estate [being a member of the communities I serve] I see that it will be very hard to make a living. I think that what has helped me "survive" this long is that all throughout my real estate career I have been very proactive in real estate online marketing.
Coming from an eCommerce background before getting into real estate I knew and still believe that the Internet/eCommerce will completely change the Real Estate & Mortgage business...and it has, see move.com, zillow.com, realtor.com, ziprealty.com, trulia.com, etc.
And this is all happening real time and now.. So I hope to focus more on my passion of Real Estate Online Marketing and Latino-Hispanic Online Marketing, and I hope to make a living out of my dream.
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