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Las Vegas, NV - May 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Why would you pay a Nevada Attorney thousands of dollars to handle your short sale when short sales are free? There has never been a better time to do a short sale. Many banks are now waiving their rig...

LOS ANGELES, CA - March 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Los Angeles REALTOR® and Broker of Record Toni Patillo of Keller Williams Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades Market Centers has accepted a position of leadership in the Community by hosting a week...

IRVINE, CA - August 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- RealtyTrac® (realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure homes, today released its Q2 2011 U.S. Foreclosure Sales Report™, which shows that sales of homes that were in some stage of foreclosure or bank owned accounted for 31 percent of all U.S. residential sales in the second quarter of 2011, down from nearly 36 percent of all sales in the first quarter but up from 24 percent of all sales in the second quarter of 2010.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Trade Commission today issued a statement announcing that it will forbear from enforcing most provisions of its Mortgage Assistance Relief Services (MARS) Rule against real estate brokers and their agents who assist financially distressed consumers in obtaining short sales from their lenders or servicers.

Washington, DC - April 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A new bill to improve the process for approving short sales may soon bring relief to distressed home owners who are unable to keep their homes and hope to avoid foreclosure. The bill, introduced in the U.S. House yesterday and strongly supported by the National Association of Realtors®, would impose a deadline of 45 days on lenders to respond to short sale requests.