Working Short Sales And Foreclosure Timeframes—Important To Understand

So you are doing a short sale and you have received a Notice of Default or maybe even a Notice of Trustee Sale.  You panic, and start looking for a moving truck.  Sound familiar?  Well that is how homeowners feel and it is important for us as default advocates to put their minds at ease [...]

TEMECULA: City named second safest in America

Temecula and Murrieta are the second and fourth safest cities in America, respectively, according to a business news website. Business Insider used FBI statistics to rank the southwest Riverside County cities among the 13 safest in the nation; they were the only Inland cities ranked. Irvine was No. 1. The New York-based website reported that [...]

Short Sales Closing Continue To Be The Norm For Cravens Realty Group

With the recent closing of three more Short Sales, two being HAFA (Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives) Short Sales, Cravens Realty Group headed up by Lee and Nanci Cravens continues to help home owners that are in trouble find alternatives to just walking away and avoiding foreclosure. We closed  HAFA Short Sale in Temecula, CA where [...]

Cravens Realty Group Has Gone Live

Its been almost two weeks now since we started our brokerage.  Cravens Realty Group is not just a mom and pop shoppe its much more than that.  Lee Cravens has the personal touch that is needed in todays short sale and foreclosure laden market.  We are constantly striving  to be on the leading edge of the short sale and foreclosure [...]

Why Foreclosure?

With all the programs that are available to homeowners I still cannot believe how many opt to just let their house foreclose before they exhaust every option available to prevent a foreclosure. Here is a perfect candidate for the HAFA program and he wants to just let his house go to foreclosure.  I am trying [...]

1st HAFA Short Sale Closed In Murrieta, CA

Hey great news!!!  Well as great as it can be after a homeowner is forced to sell their home as a short sale.  So what is the great news?  Well in this case we were able to negotiate a short sale using the HAFA  (Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives program).  If you are not familiar with [...]

Short Sale vs. Foreclosure vs. Loan Mod

With short sales, foreclosures, and loan mods. at the forefront of our industry today I spend a lot of time knocking on doors and talking with people who are upside down on their mortgages and/or are behind on their payments.  The number one response that I get from homeowners is that they want to stay [...]