Black & LoBello on AM720 KDWN

Click here to listen to the Legal Hour on KDWN AM720 from January 11th, 2012 in which Managing Partner, Tisha Black Chernine, Esq., discusses breach-of-contract issues (3:05), short sale approval during the foreclosure process (5:34), if quit claiming fix credit issues (11:00), how safe is it to refinance (15:20), New York’s investigation forced placed insurance policies (19:50)(31:10), how the […]

Case-Shiller Index Reports Home Prices Fall 4%

Even with a seasonal increase in the month of July, home prices are 4% lower than a year ago according to data released today, September 27th, by Standard & Poor’s. The 20-city and 10-city composites of the S&P/Case-Shiller index rose 0.9% between June and July. However, each month shows a decrease by 4.1% and 3.7% […]

Double-Dip in Home Prices Nationwide

Today Case Shiller housing data confirmed that there is a double-dip in home prices nationwide. The National Index hit all new lows and is down 5.1% from last year. In March 2011, Las Vegas was amongst 12 cities (Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Las Vegas, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Phoenix, Portland, Ore., and Tampa) that […]

Homes Projected to Remain Underwater until 2020

According to the latest research by First American CoreLogic, average Las Vegas area homeowners will not return to positive equity in their homes until the year 2020.  Negative equity, also referred to as “being underwater,” refers to a homeowner owing more on the mortgage than the home is worth.  In the U.S., the typical underwater […]