Some Foreclosures and Evictions postponed for the holidays

Freddie Mac  and Fannie Mae  are postponing foreclosure evictions on mortgage loans they own or back from December 20th to January 3rd. Wells Fargo will freeze foreclosure sales for the holiday.  The lender’s freeze will run the same two week period as that of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  It will only postpone sales of […]

Nationstar’s New Short Sale Requirements for Buyers

If a homeowner is “underwater” on the mortgage, meaning that the fair market value of the house does not equal the amount owed on the loan note, then the homeowner cannot sell the house through traditional means.  A traditional sale recoups sufficient funds to pay off the amount owed to the homeowner’s mortgage company or […]

Foreclosure – Will it affect your security clearance and therefore your livelihood?

There are approximately 850,000 Americans with top secret security clearance and hundreds of thousands of others who have varying degrees of clearance as the result of government, quasi-government or contract employment.  In order to obtain security clearance, one’s credit score and financial stability are considered by an administrative board.  These clearances are renewed several times, […]

Private Mortgage Insurance Provides Woes for Lenders and Consumers Alike

When one hears the word “insurance,” you automatically think you are “covered” from any and all “qualified” loss that exists under the umbrella of that coverage.  Unfortunately, that does not appear to be true as all types of insurance from medical to long term disability have been the subject of movies and articles slamming the […]

MBA Asks for Exemptions to Dodd-Frank Act

The Dodd-Frank financial reform, which passed this summer, requires lenders to retain a five percent stake in loans it packages and sells to investors.  The goal of this retention is for lenders to have a stake in the future of these loans, making the lenders accountable for the quality of the loans they packaged and […]

Tisha Black Chernine, Esq. on AM720 KDWN

Tisha Black Chernine, Esq. speaks on the Heidi Harris Show about mortgages that could be “frozen” by the government and the process of loan modification.   Click here to hear the audio clip.

Tisha Black Chernine, Esq. mentioned in LV Business Press

To the Boom and Back: Locals debate how rapidly once-thriving Las Vegas will recover By TIM O’REILEY For several years as the economy soared Las Vegas-style, obtaining financing for a business often involved little more than signing a home equity line of credit. To read the full story, click here.

What Will Replace Fannie and Freddie?

With the recent election results and the increase in Republican politicians promising to abolish Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the topic of what will replace these government sponsored entities is being discussed now more than ever.   Fannie and Freddie have been in a state of uncertainty since the government seizure but a recent Wall Street […]