Susan Hilton College Station Real Estate
Realtor & Vice President of Sales
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Avoid Foreclosure-Prevention Scams in College Station/Bryan
June 17th, 2010 Categories: Foreclosures
With mortgage delinquencies across the nation at an all time high, many desperate homeowners are seeking to avoid foreclosure at any cost. The problem is, there are plenty of scam artists out to take advantage of that fact. For scam artists, this high level of foreclosures is seen as an opportunity to profit off of others’ misfortunes. Between October 2009 to April 2010, community development groups handled over 10,000 reports of foreclosure-prevention scams. 
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Mortgage Problems in College Station or Bryan?
August 28th, 2008 Categories: Foreclosures, Selling Real Estate
Behind in your home mortgage payments in College Station or Bryan? Why do people wait to let a Realtor
help?
I find it difficult to understand why home owners who find themselves behind in the home mortgage payments wait and don’t contact a Realtor for help before they lose their homes to foreclosure. We see if over and over and I find it terribly sad.
If a home owner will contact a Realtor when they find they are getting behind on their mortgage payments a Realtor can help. There are options! Read the rest of this entry »
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How Do You Avoid Foreclosure in College Station Tx?
August 6th, 2008 Categories: Foreclosures
Every homeowner should know the basics of avoiding foreclosure. Whether you purchased real estate in College Station Texas or Denver Colorado – foreclosure is NOT what you want!
When you purchased your home you never thought you’d get behind on your payments. You never thought you’d have the bank sending you letters about late payments or past due payments. Below are a few ideas on how to prevent Read the rest of this entry »
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Behind in Your House Payments?
July 26th, 2008 Categories: Foreclosures
What do you do if you fall behind in your home loan payments? DON’T WAIT!!!! TALK WITH YOUR LENDER NOW!!!
FHA Loans -
If you are in a home with an FHA loan contact a HUD approved housing counseling agency (1-800-569-4287 or TDD: 1-800-483-2209) and work with them to help you out of this mess. They are there to help you! FHA loans have a few options -
1. Special Forbearance – This is where your lender arranges for you to arrange for a repayment plan which could include temporary reduction in payments or Read the rest of this entry »
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Foreclosure – Short Sale – Is There Really a Difference to Me?
July 22nd, 2008 Categories: Foreclosures
As we see more and more on the national news about foreclosures I am asked more and more questions about the difference between a foreclosure and short sale. Agents, buyers and sellers are forming opinions of how things work in Bryan/College Station based on what they heard…. Believe me, the foreclosure laws are NOT the same in Texas and Michigan! The process is very very different! But, with our unhealthy desire to watch cable news (yes, it is on my television as I type – I’m listening to another story about IndyMac’s takeover by the FDIC) we often take pieces of information and assume that it will apply to us in Bryan/College Station.
How do you know what is fact and what is fiction? Talk with a Realtor that specializes Read the rest of this entry »
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