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Short sellers target Canadian banks, but one says, “This is not ‘The Big Short: Canada'”
A fund manager who profited during the U.S. financial crisis a decade ago is one of a growing number of short sellers betting that...
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House tax bill contains early holiday gifts for homeowners
December is mega-tax-bill time on Capitol Hill, when legislation loaded with gifts and goodies for special-interest constituents moves ahead...
Pilot bankruptcy program encourages short sales
Kenneth Welt, senior U.S. bankruptcy trustee for the Southern District of Florida, sees promise in a pilot program to sell...
Short sales getting scarcer in Broward, Palm Beach
The previous deluge of short sales has diminished to a trickle in South Florida’s residential real estate market. The...
Miami leads US in percentage of short sales, report says
Miami leads the country in the highest percentage of short sales, according to a November RealtyTrac report. ...
Short sales plummet in Palm Beach County
Once a life boat for struggling homeowners in a sinking housing market, short sales are now on the decline, according to a new report. An analysis conducted by CoreLogic showed that Palm Beach County...
Plaxico Burress takes $2M loss in short sale
Former Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress took a $2 million loss on the short sale of his Lighthouse Point...
For short-sellers, some good news
From the New York site: Policy changes by two of the biggest players in the mortgage market could open doors to home purchases this fall by thousands of people who were hard hit by...
Credit reporting snafu burdens borrowers with past short sales
Are large numbers of homeowners who have negotiated short sales with lenders at risk because of a startling omission...
Despite new guidelines, short-selling buyers’ FICO scores will take a hit
With generous new guidelines from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac likely to stimulate large numbers of short sales by...
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