Cash for Keys, short sales, sub 2 and all the other ways a homeowner can avoid foreclosure will drive that difference, and given time, the industry of avoiding foreclosure (evidence the growth of scams in this area) will continue to grow as well.At the same time, there are a lot of buttons being pushed and levers being pulled, aka foreclosure moratoriums and loan mod programs aimed at slowing the pace of actual foreclosures.I don't think any reduction in foreclosures is a significant indicator, too many differences between this year and last.

Stick the new one in place, pushing the towel away as you do.

I just met with my r.e. attorney on saturday and I am meeting with him again tomorrow afternoon and he was telling me that they have now pushed the 3 month restriction to 6 months.I am meeting with him again to review this scenario a bit more along with other topics.

Creative investors who finance their own property will turn the creative juices on and find a way to legally and morally grow their business within the limits of that Congress and The Anointed one push down our throats.

Remember you said it Josh, If I/we get permission from the Man who doesn't do push ups but pushes the earth away from him, you'll name the award after him :)

Never has he shown aggression towards him in fact he smothers him with kisses til my son pushes him away.

That is what I am pushing here.

Here we go again....Now the same folks who pushed that owning a home is a right for everyone in the 90's ( we know how that turned out) is now asking fannie and freddie to loosen up the rules...It may be a good solution if it opnes up the doors to allow property to be sold quicker..

My question, should I keep working in that direction or push forward and try to tackle this giant mountain?

I take that back - I did hear about this today - the gist of it is"Expand the current First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit incentive from the lesser of 10 percent of the purchase price of the home or $8,000 to a higher limit of either 10 percent or $15,000 for all homebuyers, remove the income restrictions and include all primary residence purchases for one full year"More info can be found here...http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124460195604101021.htmlI heard in addition to the group pushing this that a member of congress has been found to sponsor a bill.