February 22, 2008

Tax Consequence for the Borrower from Foreclosure Proceedings

What is the income tax consequence for the borrower from a short sale or deed in lieu? This is a question frequently asked by borrowers facing foreclosure. Income tax may be imposed for a cancellation of a debt (“COD”) before Bush signed Foreclosure Tax Relief Bill into law.

Dec 20, 2007, President Bush signed Foreclosure Tax Relief Bill into law. The bill provides tax relief for homeowners facing foreclosure or bankruptcy. The bill eliminates federal taxes due from homeowners who have had mortgage debt forgiven as part of a foreclosure or the renegotiation of a loan. Before this law becomes effective, such debt forgiveness had been treated as taxable income. If your home is a primary residence, you will be covered by this law now. Read more

Filed under Stop Foreclosure by John W.
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February 19, 2008

World’s Most Expensive Homes for Sale

Have you ever seen homes for sale at such price? How do they look like? Following is a list of the world’s most expensive homes for sale.

  1. 4 bed 2 bath $81,000,000, HIGHWOOD RD, WEST ORANGE, NJ, 07052

2. 4 beds, 3 baths, 3,414 sqft $78,090,000 3041 ANDANA STREET, CORONA, CA, 92883, USA

  1. 29 beds, 11,400 sqft $74,500,000 Moscow, Russia

  1. 20,608 sqft $65,000,000 2845 Broadway St. , San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA

  1. 9 beds, 11 baths, $65,000,000 382 South Beach Road, Jupiter Island, FL, 33455, USA

  1. 3 beds, 4.5 baths $52,500,000 734 CANAAN VALLEY RD, SUCHES, GA, 30572, USA

  1. 11 beds, 8 baths, 12,562 sqft $39,500,000 Greenwich, CT, 06830, USA

  1. 7 beds, 8 baths $37,900,000 Beachside Ave, Westport, CT, 06880, United States

  1. 11 beds, 9 baths $30,000,000 Bridgehampton, NY 11932, USA

  1. 10 beds, 5 baths $29,000,000 Town Farm Road, LITCHFIELD, CT, 06759, USA

  1. beds, 2 baths, 1,400 sqft West Palm Beach, FL 33403, USA

  1. 4 beds, 4.5 baths $27,100,000 Bahamas
Filed under Celebrity Homes by John W.
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The Bush administration Tuesday announced an expanded plan for lenders to help homeowners by temporarily suspending foreclosures for people facing the imminent loss of a home.The plan, called Project Lifeline, will allow overdue homeowners to suspend foreclosures for 30 days while they try to work out more affordable terms with lenders. Read more

Filed under Housing Market News by John W.

February 5, 2008

Home Selling Tips on Videos

There are many good videos online giving tips to help you to sell your home fast. Here are some top videos on how to sell your home fast and get top dollars. Following videos giving tips on preparing home for sale, home staging, remodeling, hiring agent, marketing and many more….  

1. How to Stage Your Home 

a. Prepare You Home for Sale: Home Staging

See national television designer Martin Amado stage a home for EWM Realtor  Read more

Filed under Home Selling Tips in Video by John W.

February 4, 2008

Real Estate Forms for Sellers - Example Real Estate Forms

Here is a list of most frequently used real estate forms for home sellers. Those forms are the real estate example forms used in the state of Georgia. Because the real estate laws vary from state by state, you should use the real estate forms that are created specifically fitting into the real estate laws in your individual state. Here, I post those real estate forms just for the examples.

If you are selling your home with a real estate agent, your real estate agent will be able to get those forms for you. If you are selling your home for sale by owner, then you can eighter get your forms from a real estate agent friend from your state or buy the forms online. I also list those free example for your here and also the links that you can buy real estate forms online.

Links to download real estate forms (real estate example forms for Georgia):

1. Exclusive Seller Listing Agreement.

2. Non-exclusive Seller Listing Agreement.

3. Purchase and Sale Agreement.

4. Special Stipulations.

5. Counteroffer.

6. Earnest Money Held by Seller.

7. Seller's Property Disclosure Statement.

8. Lease Agreement (Not for lease option)

9. Lease Agreement for Lease Option or Lease Purchase

10. Lease Purchase Agreement

11. Option Agreement

To order real estate forms online, you can click following links.

Real Estate Contract Package for All 50 States


Real Estate Transactions: Statutes, Forms and Problems Supplement


Georgia Real Estate Forms With Updates: Practice


Real Estate Forms Simplified


Real Estate Forms Library: More Than 100 Essential Forms For, buying and selling property, Leasing residential property and managing tenants


California Real Estate Click Forms


Texas Commercial Real Estate Forms


Minnesota Legal Forms: Residential Real Estate 1998, Issue 14 : September 1998


Essential Guide to Real Estate Leases: With Forms


Virginia Forms Volume 3: Criminal Procedure Real Estate Tran

Related links:

Tools for selling home

Free short sale listing services

Flat fee listing services

Filed under Real Estate Forms for Sellers by John W.
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