Winter Park’s Earth Day in the Park this Saturday,
April 21, 2012 from 9 am to 2 pm.
The ceremony will begin at 11:00 and will end around 11:30.
Teri O'Conner's Green Team, from Audubon Park Elementary,
will be one of the groups honored for their work.
Please note: Jim Henson’s daughter, Heather Henson will
create a puppet/kite show in the park starting at 10:00 AM.
Her group will also hold workshops throughout the day to
teach students how to make kites. This should be a fun
experience for the children.
At 11:00 AM, Mayor Bradley and President Duncan will
address those gathered and then call each group on stage
for recognition by the City of Winter Park.
Baldwin Park
New Broad Street
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Freddie Mac sets new short sale timelines, Fannie to follow
McLEAN, Va. – April 18, 2012 – Freddie Mac, the federally owned company that buys mortgages from local lenders, says it wants to make the short sale process easier on home sellers by updating its timelines for short sales and requiring better communication from lenders. Last year, Freddie Mac completed 45,623 short sales.
The initiative is part of the Servicing Alignment Initiative (SAI) Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae launched in 2011 at the direction of their regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Yesterday, FHFA announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must adopt the new short-sale guidelines, and the latter announced compliance shortly after that.
“Freddie Mac’s new timelines are intended to help make the decision process more transparent and timely for short sales under the Obama Administration’s HAFA program or Freddie Mac’s traditional short-sale option,” says Tracy Mooney, Freddie Mac senior vice president, single-family servicing.
Freddie Mac proposals
• Loan servicers should make a decision within 30 days of receiving 1) an offer on a property under Freddie Mac’s traditional short sale program or 2) a completed Borrower Response Package (BRP) requesting consideration for a short sale under HAFA or Freddie Mac’s traditional short sale program. BRPs are standardized assistance applications developed under the Servicing Alignment Initiative.
• If a lender needs more than 30 days, it must give homeowners a status update at least weekly, and a final decision must be made in less than 60 days.
• If a servicer makes a counteroffer, the borrower must respond within five business days. The servicer then has 10 more business days to respond to the buyer.
Freddie Mac says it will use the new timelines to evaluate servicer compliance with the SAI and its own servicing requirements.
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The initiative is part of the Servicing Alignment Initiative (SAI) Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae launched in 2011 at the direction of their regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Yesterday, FHFA announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must adopt the new short-sale guidelines, and the latter announced compliance shortly after that.
“Freddie Mac’s new timelines are intended to help make the decision process more transparent and timely for short sales under the Obama Administration’s HAFA program or Freddie Mac’s traditional short-sale option,” says Tracy Mooney, Freddie Mac senior vice president, single-family servicing.
Freddie Mac proposals
• Loan servicers should make a decision within 30 days of receiving 1) an offer on a property under Freddie Mac’s traditional short sale program or 2) a completed Borrower Response Package (BRP) requesting consideration for a short sale under HAFA or Freddie Mac’s traditional short sale program. BRPs are standardized assistance applications developed under the Servicing Alignment Initiative.
• If a lender needs more than 30 days, it must give homeowners a status update at least weekly, and a final decision must be made in less than 60 days.
• If a servicer makes a counteroffer, the borrower must respond within five business days. The servicer then has 10 more business days to respond to the buyer.
Freddie Mac says it will use the new timelines to evaluate servicer compliance with the SAI and its own servicing requirements.
© 2012 Florida Realtors®
Monday, April 2, 2012
1643 Lakemont AVE - in Baldwin Park is a great town home that has gone under contract
This property is listed at $245,000 with 3 bedrooms 3 full bathrooms and 2 additional half bathrooms.
There is bedroom and a full bathroom on the ground floor in addition to a 4th floor loft with a closet and half bathroom.
Solid Surface counter tops, neutral colors, new paint and carpet.
Virtual Tour at http://www.tourfactory.com/829758
Courtesy of:
Justin Yvonne Wiechart, LLC
Top Producer and Certified Distressed Property Expert with Sandals Realty
www.FloridaHomeLeader.com
There is bedroom and a full bathroom on the ground floor in addition to a 4th floor loft with a closet and half bathroom.
Solid Surface counter tops, neutral colors, new paint and carpet.
Virtual Tour at http://www.tourfactory.com/829758
Courtesy of:
Justin Yvonne Wiechart, LLC
Top Producer and Certified Distressed Property Expert with Sandals Realty
www.FloridaHomeLeader.com
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Check out Justin Yvonne Wiechart, LLC's great Winter Park condo value. Neutral unit is ready for a new owner. http://ping.fm/Wh5A9?v=UnoV7rkmqPs
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Great Winter Park Condo for a terrific price of only $36,000
Justin Yvonne Wiechart, LLC just listed a terrific 1 bed 1 bath condo in Winter Park just off of Aloma. It has 763 square feet in a complex that was able to actually able to reduce their monthly fees (even in this economy). The unit has a screened porch, washer and dryer, and remodled kitchen with lower cabinets featuring terrific roll out shelving for wonderful functionality. Great neutral colors makes this ready for new owner.
Take a tour of the condo at http://youtu.be/UnoV7rkmqPs
Take a tour of the condo at http://youtu.be/UnoV7rkmqPs
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Justin Yvonne Wiechart, LLC just listed a terrific 1 bed 1 bath condo in Winter Park just off of Aloma. It has 763 square feet in a complex that was able to actually able to reduce their monthly fees (even in this economy). The unit has a screened porch, washer and dryer, and remodled kitchen with lower cabinets featuring terrific roll out shelving for wonderful functionality. Great neutral colors makes this ready for a new owner.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Builder confidence rises fourth consecutive time in January
WASHINGTON – Jan. 18, 2012 – Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes continued to climb for a fourth consecutive month in January, rising four points to 25 on the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). It’s the HMI’s highest level since June 2007.
“Builder confidence has now risen four months in a row, with the latest uptick being universally represented across every index component and region,” says Bob Nielsen, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). “Policymakers must now take every precaution to avoid derailing this nascent recovery.”
Each of the HMI’s three component indexes registered a fourth consecutive month of improvement in January. The component gauging current sales conditions rose three points to 25, which was its highest point since June 2007. The component gauging sales expectations in the next six months also rose three points, to 29 – its highest point since September 2009. And the component gauging traffic of prospective buyers rose three points to 21, its highest point since June 2007.
The HMI also posted gains in all four regions in January, including a nine-point gain to 23 in the Northeast, a one-point gain to 24 in the Midwest, a two-point gain to 27 in the South and a five-point gain to 21 in the West.
“Builders are seeing greater interest among potential buyers as employment and consumer confidence slowly improve in a growing number of markets,” says NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe. “That said, caution remains the word of the day as many builders continue to voice concerns about potential clients being unable to qualify for an affordable mortgage, appraisals coming through below construction cost, and the continuing flow of foreclosed properties hitting the market.”
Derived from a monthly survey NAHB has conducted for more than 20 years, the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index gauges builder perceptions of current single-family home sales and sales expectations for the next six months as “good,” “fair” or “poor.” The survey also asks builders to rate traffic of prospective buyers as “high to very high,” “average” or “low to very low.” Scores from each component are then used to calculate a seasonally adjusted index where any number over 50 indicates that more builders view conditions as good than poor.
© 2012 Florida Realtors®
“Builder confidence has now risen four months in a row, with the latest uptick being universally represented across every index component and region,” says Bob Nielsen, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). “Policymakers must now take every precaution to avoid derailing this nascent recovery.”
Each of the HMI’s three component indexes registered a fourth consecutive month of improvement in January. The component gauging current sales conditions rose three points to 25, which was its highest point since June 2007. The component gauging sales expectations in the next six months also rose three points, to 29 – its highest point since September 2009. And the component gauging traffic of prospective buyers rose three points to 21, its highest point since June 2007.
The HMI also posted gains in all four regions in January, including a nine-point gain to 23 in the Northeast, a one-point gain to 24 in the Midwest, a two-point gain to 27 in the South and a five-point gain to 21 in the West.
“Builders are seeing greater interest among potential buyers as employment and consumer confidence slowly improve in a growing number of markets,” says NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe. “That said, caution remains the word of the day as many builders continue to voice concerns about potential clients being unable to qualify for an affordable mortgage, appraisals coming through below construction cost, and the continuing flow of foreclosed properties hitting the market.”
Derived from a monthly survey NAHB has conducted for more than 20 years, the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index gauges builder perceptions of current single-family home sales and sales expectations for the next six months as “good,” “fair” or “poor.” The survey also asks builders to rate traffic of prospective buyers as “high to very high,” “average” or “low to very low.” Scores from each component are then used to calculate a seasonally adjusted index where any number over 50 indicates that more builders view conditions as good than poor.
© 2012 Florida Realtors®
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