FHA Moves to Accept E-Signatures

It's about time that electronic signatures are accepted on mortgage loan documents and sales contracts.  This will help speed up transactions and communications and reduce our reliance on blurry faxed documents and meeting clients halfway between here and Timbuktu for a quick signature.



FHA Moves to Accept E-Signatures

4 Keys Identified for a Full Housing Recovery

I agree with this discussion of the factors involved in a real estate recovery.  This perspective is national and we here in Oregon and finally Jefferson, will follow the national trend, but at a slower pace.  I look to real estate values improving at a 5% rate this year.

4 Keys Identified for a Full Housing Recovery

Next Home Games! The Jefferson Girls and Boys basketball teams' next home games are January 24th, 2014 Friday when Jefferson faces Pleasant Hill.

Junior Varsity Boys 4:30 PM at Middle School
Junior Varsity Girls 4:30 PM at High School
Varsity Girls 6:00 PM at High School
Varsity Boys 7:30 PM at High School

It would be great to see the community turn out to support our school athletics!

Since I've had a challenge finding up to date information about the possibility of Congress extending the mortgage forgiveness tax break into 2014 I've included a link to govtrack which will show the latest status: This link will show the current status of the bill proposing to extend the mortgage debt relief law through 2014. What this bill does: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2014: the tax credit for purchasing health care insurance; the tax deduction for expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers; the exclusion from gross income of imputed income from the discharge of indebtedness for a principal residence; the equalization of the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided commuter transit and parking benefits; the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums; the tax deduction for state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes; the tax deduction for contributions of capital gain real property made for conservation purposes; the deduction from gross income for qualified tuition and related expenses; and tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) for charitable purposes.