Category: Real Estate

Automatic Broker Commissions Going Away For Home Buyers Under New $418M Settlement

Automatic Broker Commissions Going Away For Home Buyers Under New $418M Settlement

SAN FRANCISCO - MARCH 23: Real estate signs are posted in front of homes for sale March 23, 2010 in San Francisco, California. Sales of existing homes fell for the third straight month, falling 0.6 percent in February. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

OAN’s James Meyers
11:00 AM -Friday, March 15, 2024

SEE: https://www.oann.com/newsroom/automatic-broker-commissions-going-away-for-home-buyers-under-new-418m-settlement/; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:

A massive settlement has been approved for home buyers in the United States. 

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has agreed to a Real Estate changing settlement that eliminates real estate brokers’ long-standing automatic commissions, which are typically up to 6% of the purchase price.

Home buyers and sellers would be able to negotiate fees with their real estate agents up front.

If the $418 million settlement is approved by a federal court, experts believe that the number of real estate agents will begin to decrease, which will continue to drive down commission prices.

“For years, anti-competitive rules in the real estate industry have financially harmed millions,” said Benjamin Brown, managing partner at the Cohen Milstein law firm and one of the settlement’s negotiators. “This settlement bring sweeping reforms that will help countless American families.”

The NAR acknowledged the pending settlement in a statement Friday and denied any wrongdoing.

“NAR has worked hard for years to resolve this litigation in a manner that benefits our members and American consumers,” said Nykia Wright, interim CEO of NAR, whose former chief stepped down late last year amid fallout from a federal lawsuit.

“It has always been our goal to preserve consumer choice and protect our members to the greatest extent possible. "This settlement achieves both of those goals,” Wright said in the statement.

Currently, a home seller has to pay a brokerage fee for listing their property on a Multiple Listing Service, which is usually 5% or 6% depending on where they are located on the map.

If the settlement is approved, brokerage commissions would be stripped from MLS sites and opened up to negotiation with sellers. Additionally, home buyers would be able to negotiate fees more easily if they choose to sign up with a broker. 

Furthermore, new brokerage-fee changes will begin to take effect in the next few months once they are fully approved. A preliminary hearing to approve the deal is slated to take place in the next few weeks. 

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Biden Paid $2.75 Million in Cash for Beach House After Chinese Shakedown

BY MATT MARGOLIS 3:25 PM ON OCTOBER 21, 2023
Biden Paid $2.75 Million in Cash for Beach House After Chinese Shakedown
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
Joe Biden’s summer beach house in Rehoboth, Delaware, where he has spent much of his presidency on vacation, may have been paid for with Chinese bribe money.

According to an investigation by DailyMail.com, Joe Biden bought the home in 2017 for roughly $2.75 million in cash. What makes this purchase suspicious is that it came mere weeks after Hunter Biden’s infamous text to Henry Zhao, an executive at the Chinese oil company CEFC. According to a WhatsApp conversation from July 30, 2017, Hunter threatened Zhao to pay a promised bribe while invoking his father’s name, insisting that Joe Biden was there with him as he wrote the message.

“I am sitting here with my father, and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight,” Hunter told Zhao. “And Z if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang or the chairman I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction.”

Hunter ended the call by saying, “Ok my friend – I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father. I sure hope whatever it is you are doing is very, very, very important.”

A photo from Hunter Biden’s laptop confirmed that Hunter was indeed at Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Del. home that day, making it extremely likely that Joe Biden was indeed at least at the home when Hunter sent the texts.

House Oversight Committee Chairman calls the cash purchase of the home suspicious.

“The fact that Joe Biden purchased a luxurious beach house around the same time his family was receiving millions from a CCP-linked company raises many questions that need to be answered,” Comer told The Daily Mail. “The House Oversight Committee will continue to follow the money trail to determine the extent of President Biden’s involvement in his family’s influence-peddling schemes and its impact on our national security.”

The White House long denied that Joe Biden ever even spoke with his son about his foreign business dealings, but evidence uncovered by the House Oversight Committee eventually prompted them to change their rhetoric and say instead that Joe Biden wasn’t “in business” with his son, conceding at the least that Joe Biden had indeed spoken with Hunter about his business.

According to the Daily Mail, it was originally claimed that the home was purchased with part of the Bidens’ advance from a multi-book deal.

At the time of Joe’s Rehoboth house purchase, local news site Delaware Online reported that it had been bought ‘using part of their advance from a multi-book deal’.

But even if the money for the home came from the $11 million he and Jill earned that year according to their tax filings, there are still large discrepancies in the President’s financial disclosures that remain unexplained.

An analysis published last year by DailyMail.com shows a $5.2 million discrepancy between his IRS filings and his Office of Government Ethics disclosures for the same period.

The discrepancy is awfully close to the $5 million Biden was allegedly bribed by the owner of Burisma back in 2016, while Biden was vice president.

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Witch-hunt Continues: Judge Undervalues Trump Estate, Alleging Tax Fraud

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Mar-a-Lago by Joe Raedle, Eric Trump by Drew Angerer, Donald Trump Jr. by Samuel Corum, NY AG Letitia James by David Dee Delgado (Photos via: Getty Images)
Mar-a-Lago by Joe Raedle, Eric Trump by Drew Angerer, Donald Trump Jr. by Samuel Corum, NY AG Letitia James by David Dee Delgado (Photos via: Getty Images)

OAN’s Sophia Flores
6:26 PM – Tuesday, September 26, 2023

SEE: https://www.oann.com/newsroom/witch-hunt-continues-judge-undervalues-trump-estate-alleging-tax-fraud/;

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A judge has found 45th President Donald J. Trump liable for fraud in New York City. Trump’s family was quick to come to his defense and call out the “corruption.”

On Tuesday, Judge Arthur Engoron refused to dismiss New York Attorney General Letitia James’s lawsuit against the former president.

She claims that Trump and his family business inflated their wealth on financial records in an effort to benefit from “better loan terms” and lower insurance premiums.  

According to Judge Engoron, the GOP hopeful’s primary estate, Mar-a-Lago, is worth “around $18 million.”

Eric Trump, the former president’s son, responded to the news on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, when it was revealed that Judge Engoron had placed a low valuation on Mar-a-Lago.

Eric Trump quickly refuted the judge’s assertion and provided images of other homes that are for sale in the same neighborhood as the famed Mar-a-Lago property.

All of the other properties that he included were much smaller and not close to the water, unlike his father’s home.

Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., also pointed out an empty lot in the affluent neighborhood that is down the street from Mar-a-Lago and how it is currently on sale for $150 million.  

The attorney general has had a lengthy history of claiming that the former president has committed money fraud. She first sued Trump in 2020.

At the time, James claimed that Trump was “exaggerating his wealth up by $3 billion.”

As part of his Tuesday ruling, Judge Engoron ordered that some of Trump’s business licenses be rescinded.

Doing so would make it nearly impossible for the Trump Organization to operate business in New York. Additionally, Trump would have to assign an independent, third-party monitor to oversee Trump Organization operations.

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Why Have Billionaires Bought Up Thousands of Acres of Land Around Travis Air Force Base?

By Rick Moran 12:55 PM on August 27, 2023
Why Have Billionaires Bought Up Thousands of Acres of Land Around Travis Air Force Base?
Travis Air Force Base and surrounding land in Solano County, Calif. Image: Google Maps
Since 2017, a shadowy Silicon Valley company has bought up 52,000 acres of farmland around Travis Air Force Base in Solano County, Calif., totaling about $800 million.Flannery Associates is a company run by Jan Sramek, a 36-year-old former Goldman Sachs trader. Beyond that, nothing much is known of the company except that some of the most famous names in Silicon Valley have invested in a project being promoted by Flannery. Some backers include Marc Andreessen, Powell Jobs, Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and others, according to the report.

The entire Air Force base is now encircled by land owned by Flannery. This caught the attention of the Department of Defense, who have since been investigating. According to the New York Times, in 2017, Flannery was trying to sell an idea to build an entire city — walkable and green. Its proximity to San Francisco suggests that the new city would be an escape hatch for those who are finding San Francisco unlivable. But others aren’t so sure.

“We don’t know who Flannery is, and their extensive purchases do not make sense to anybody in the area,” said Rep. John Garamendi, (D., Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee’s readiness panel. “The fact that they’re buying land purposefully right up to the fence at Travis raises significant questions.”

But the Wall Street Journal is now saying Flannery Associates is going to build that city.

“We are proud to partner on a project that aims to deliver good-paying jobs, affordable housing, clean energy, sustainable infrastructure, open space and a healthy environment to residents of Solano County,” Brian Brokaw, a spokesman for the group, said in a statement. “We are excited to start working with residents and elected officials, as well as with Travis Air Force Base, on making that happen.”

The revelation that Flannery’s backers include many well-known American tech titans and the group’s first public comments on how it plans to develop the land it has acquired provide some answers to the residents, local and federal officials, and the region’s congressional delegation. The questions surrounding Flannery’s purchases had fueled concerns of foreign ownership and prompted federal probes, the Journal has reported.

The Air Force has been investigating the identity of Flannery’s backers for months, and Reps. John Garamendi and Mike Thompson, Democrats who represent the area, called for a national-security panel known as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to investigate the land deals.

Rep. Garamendi said in an interview Friday that he still had many questions about Flannery’s intentions toward Travis Air Force Base. “There’s just a whole host of questions about their megacity,” he said. “What are you guys doing with Travis? What are your intentions here?”

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There’s a long way to go to make the “megacity” a reality. There are zoning issues that need to go to a vote, and there may already be some resentment building among the locals who don’t much like the idea of interlopers coming into their county uninvited.

“Flannery Associates has developed a very bad reputation in Solano County through their total secrecy and mistreatment of generational family farmers,” Rep. Garamendi said in a statement.

Not everyone is on board with this plan. But $800 million should go a long way in convincing people that a mega-city outside San Francisco is a fine idea.

Emergency: Hawaiian Fires Rage On, Forcing Some Locals To Flee Into Ocean

Emergency: Hawaiian Fires Rage On, Forcing Some Locals To Flee Into Ocean

Wildfires in Hawaii fanned by strong winds burned multiple structures in areas including historic Lahaina town, forcing evacuations and closing schools in several communities Wednesday, and rescuers pulled a dozen people escaping smoke and flames from the ocean. (Zeke Kalua/County of Maui via AP)

OAN’s Brooke Mallory
12:42 PM – Wednesday, August 9, 2023

SEE: https://www.oann.com/newsroom/emergency-hawaiian-fires-rage-on-forcing-some-locals-to-flee-into-ocean/;

Republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, & research purposes.

Wildfires whipped up by Hurricane Dora’s winds are wreaking havoc in Hawaii, requiring evacuations, rescues, and school closures, as well as an emergency proclamation from the acting governor.

Some locals also claim to have witnessed numerous power lines fall during the storm, which only strengthened the fires.

Acting Governor Sylvia Luke issued the proclamation for counties in Maui and the Big Island on Tuesday.

The hurricane’s eye was “churning far south of the islands,” but winds were still hitting much of the state.

“We are closely following the wildfires caused by the strong winds of Hurricane Dora,” Luke said. “The safety of our residents is paramount, and this emergency proclamation will activate the Hawaii National Guard to support emergency responders in the impacted communities.”

In addition to the Hawaii National Guard being activated to help contain the fires on Maui and the Big Island, the United States Army’s 25th Infantry Division will reportedly be sending helicopters to assist with fire suppression if the winds die down enough, according to Jeff Hickman, a spokesman for the Hawaii Department of Defense.

The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for the Hawaiian Islands’ leeward areas.

According to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (EMA), there have been no verified fatalities as of Wednesday morning. The state’s EMA also said that communication on the island is intermittent, and the 9-1-1 line is unavailable in parts of West Maui.

Six fires have burned over 1,800 acres throughout Maui and the Big Island as of Tuesday night.

“Multiple structures have burned and multiple evacuations are in place, as firefighter crews continue battling brush and structure fires in Upcountry and Lahaina areas,” officials said in a statement, later adding, “In West Maui, fire crews from Napili, Lahaina, Kihei, and Wailuku responded to the fast-moving fire, which was fueled by strong winds as Hurricane Dora passed well south of Hawaii.”

According to the statement, the governor’s proclamation also permitted necessary steps by the director of the state’s Emergency Management Agency and the administrator of Emergency Management.

The U.S. Coast Guard also responded to calls and joined in on the efforts.

“A @USCG 45-foot Response Boat Medium crew from Station Maui has successfully rescued 12 individuals from the waters off Lahaina,” the guard’s Hawaii Pacific patrol said on social media.

According to the state’s EMA, the victims are suspected to have leaped into the ocean to escape the fire.

There has been no formal shutdown of Kahului Airport, Maui’s principal airport, although there have been delays due to the smoke. The EMA urges travelers to verify the status of their flights with their carriers.

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Who’s Buying Up All That Land Around Travis Air Force Base?

Who's Buying Up All That Land Around California's Travis Air Force Base?

BY VICTORIA TAFT

SEE: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/victoria-taft/2023/07/25/whos-buying-up-all-that-land-around-californias-travis-air-force-base-n1713338;

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We know the name of the outfit buying up farmland all around and “up to the fence” of Travis Air Force Base in Solano County, Calif., but officials want to know who those “mysterious” people are and what their intentions are. The Air Force has been trying to figure out why Flannery Associates, LLC purchased 300 parcels comprising 52,000 acres of land and why it’s playing hardball in court to wrest control of the land from reluctant sellers. Now concerned politicians are asking questions.

Travis is home to three major air wings that supply and support U.S. military personnel around the globe, most recently bringing material to Ukraine following the Russian invasion. Travis Air Force Base hosts three of the Air Force’s largest “strategic airlift” Air Mobility Wing squadrons on its 6,455-acre reservation. The base, known as the “Gateway to the Pacific,” is home to 60th, 621st, and 349th Air Wings — a contingent of about 40 gigantic supply airships, the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III. The base’s approximately 30-jet fleet of KC-10 Extenders can refuel military planes in-flight around the world.

Anyone close to the base can tell if something is spinning up, which could be an important tell to our enemies. In short, the base is kind of a big deal, not least because my Dad served as a mechanic there and my sisters were born at the hospital on base.

Solano County officials, the Air Force, and congressional representatives are all asking questions. Is this similar to the Chinese company buying up a parcel of land abutting Grand Forks Air Base in North Dakota? They don’t know because the LLC is incorporated in Delaware, where there’s no requirement to reveal investor information. But Flannery Associates claims nearly all — 97% — “of its invested capital” comes from U.S. investors, according to the Wall Street Journal. The other three percent are based in the UK and Ireland.

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Congressman John Garamendi, (D, Calif.) a House Armed Services Committee member whose district covers Travis AFB, told the Journal, “The fact that they’re buying land purposefully right up to the fence at Travis raises significant questions.” He said, “We don’t know who Flannery is, and their extensive purchases do not make sense to anybody in the area.”

Travis Air Force Base. Image via Google Earth.

Though the land is between San Francisco and Sacramento, some don’t think the investment by the Folsom-based company makes much sense. County Supervisor Mitch Mashburn told the Journal that most of the land the investors bought for $800,000,000 is “dry farmland” and if they planned to develop it, they’d get in touch with local officials like him. But they haven’t. “I don’t see where that land can turn a profit to make it worth almost a billion dollars in investment,” he says.

The City of Rio Vista is now surrounded on all sides by Flannery Associates-owned property. Rio Vista City Councilwoman Sarah Donnelly says the mysterious deals have made her suspicious. She told KABC-TV News that, “Their intention isn’t to grow olive trees. It feels nefarious to need all of the land to the point where you’re going to sue them to intimidate to sell to you — those aren’t farmers.”

Flannery Associates attorneys have been spending a lot of time in court, accusing land owners of conspiring to raise prices and cheat the investment group. In May, Reuters reported the group is suing a group of land owners for $510 million in damages for conspiring to inflate “the price of real estate by hundreds of millions of dollars and overcharged the company in violation of U.S. antitrust law.” So, not only do they want to control a lot of the land around the Air Force base, but they are willing to use U.S. courts to help them.

The Air Force asked the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to get involved, but in the nearly a year it has been investigating, it hasn’t been successful in learning who the investors are.

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Biden Makes First Move Toward a Radical National Rent Control

Tenant activists from around the country rally outside the White House on Nov. 16. They want the Biden administration to regulate rent increases on federally-backed housing.

BY RICK MORAN

SEE: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2023/01/26/biden-makes-first-move-toward-a-radical-national-rent-control-law-n1665210;

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Responding to a letter sent earlier this month by congressional radicals like Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez urging the president to take executive action to prevent evictions and lower rent prices,  Joe Biden has initiated a series of actions that will eventually lead to a national rent control law.

Under the Biden plan, the president is directing the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to look at limits “for future investments and actions promoting renter protections,” according to a report in Yahoo Finance.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have been enlisted to “root out practices that unfairly prevent applicants and tenants from accessing or staying in housing,” according to the report.

Please define “unfairly.” I don’t think that Senator Warren or AOC define the term the same way that you, I, or most landlords would define it.

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“In the absence of robust investments in fair and affordable housing, it is clear that additional timely executive action is needed to address the urgent issue of historically high rental costs and housing instability,” the lawmakers wrote. “We urge your Administration to pursue all possible strategies to end corporate price gouging in the real estate sector.”

Specifically, lawmakers had called on the president to direct the FTC to issue new regulations defining excessive rent increases and enforce actions against rent gouging, suggestions that are [morel ] aggressive than what the administration has so far put forth. The letter also asked to have FHFA put in place rent protection for tenants living in properties financed with government-backed mortgage properties, which is more closely aligned with what the president outlined on Wednesday.

In Wednesday’s announcement, the administration also sought to rally state and local governments — as well as the private sector — to protect renters.

Since the beginning of the republic, laws governing rent and leases have been local matters. If a landlord is cheating renters, local and state governments have the authority and the tools to punish the landlord. And being much closer to the problems of renters and landlords than anyone in Washington, local and state governments have a much better handle on the local rental housing situation.

But now, the federal government doesn’t believe that landlords should be compensated for owning rental property. They’re “gouging” renters. This is after more than two years of preventing landlords from evicting renters for non-payment of rent. And in a period of rapidly rising inflation, landlords are being accused of “profiteering” at the expense of renters.

“We believe that the administration can go significantly further to help tenants struggling to pay rent as soon as next week,” Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) said. “We need actions that will urgently address skyrocketing housing costs, keep people housed, and rein in corporate profiteering…I look forward to continuing to work with the Biden Administration on this issue.”

It’s a ridiculous charge given that 98 percent of all rental property owners, or 80 percent of all rental properties, are owned by small business entrepreneurs who own five units or fewer, according to a study in Business Wire.

These rules, and any legislation supported by AOC, would destroy the rental housing market and make it much harder to find affordable housing. What small business owner wants to be beholden to Washington for their business? Rental housing will disappear — perhaps the intended purpose of the new rules.

The narrative of corporate greed being responsible for rent increases is a far easier sell than small businesses struggling to keep their properties during an inflationary economy that Warren, AOC, and Biden are mostly responsible for.

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SEE ALSO: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/25/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-actions-to-protect-renters-and-promote-rental-affordability/

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Indiana Realtors Enraged At Colleague’s ‘Islamophobia’

Move Over, Monkeypox: ‘Islamophobia’ Breaks Out in Southern Indiana

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has condemned the post made by Southern Indiana...

UPDATE:

Chief Executive Officer

SEE: https://www.sira.org/index.php/about/board-of-directors

Glenda Gasparine RCE, ePRO
CEO Southern Indiana REALTORS ® Association

BY ROBERT SPENCER

SEE: https://pjmedia.com/culture/robert-spencer/2022/07/24/move-over-monkeypox-islamophobia-breaks-out-in-southern-indiana-n1615504;

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Inflation is skyrocketing, COVID Joe is more feeble and bumbling than ever, America is weak and rudderless on the world stage, Leftist authoritarianism is advancing, the next pandemic hysteria is breaking out (or trying to), and at the Southern Indiana Realtors Association (SIRA), they’ve got their priorities straight: they’re all upset about a display of “Islamophobia” by their president and CEO.

As the negative effects of Leftism are increasingly obvious everywhere, it becomes all the more important for the Left to enforce its restrictions on speech, and hence on thought: the more afraid people are of committing wrongthink, the easier they’ll be to keep in line. In the process, we are seeing, again and again, the Left’s ugly totalitarian heart.

The News and Tribune, which covers Southern Indiana, reported Thursday that “a Facebook post by the president and CEO of the Southern Indiana Realtors Association (SIRA) has been brought to the attention of the association’s board for review.” This would be fine and utterly non-newsworthy if the post had something to do with real estate in Southern Indiana, but it didn’t: “Glenda Gasparine made a post on her personal Facebook account this week that other SIRA members criticized for being discriminatory and Islamophobic.” So now apparently you have to love Islam to sell houses in Southern Indiana.

Makenna Hall of the News and Tribune didn’t want to offend his readers’ delicate sensitivities, so he didn’t reproduce the offending post but summarized it thusly: “The post falsely states that imams, Muslim worship leaders, follow the idea that killing people who do not follow Islam will ensure Muslims a place in Heaven.” This was Gasparine’s crime: pointing out an aspect of Islam that non-Muslim Westerners, particularly Leftist ones, would prefer to assume did not exist.

And indeed, the post as Hall summarized it was crudely put. In fact, Hall was correct in his unsupported assertion that it was false: Islam doesn’t teach that “killing people who do not follow Islam will ensure Muslims a place in Heaven.” However, Islam does teach that those who are killed while killing people who do not follow Islam will be ensured a place in paradise: “Indeed, Allah has bought from the believers their lives and their wealth, because the garden will be theirs, they will fight in the way of Allah and will kill and be killed.” (Qur’an 9:111)

That’s the impetus behind suicide bombing, and we have seen enough of those around the world to know that this isn’t some esoteric view among Muslims but an all too common one. So Gasparine was more right than wrong, but the question of whether or not she was right doesn’t enter into this controversy, which rages even though she has deleted the post from her Facebook page. SIRA member Paul Kiger is out for blood (figuratively), saying: “My hope is that our board of directors calls an immediate emergency meeting and then they ask for her resignation.”

It’s virtually certain that Kiger and Gasparine’s other critics aren’t aware of Qur’an 9:111, or of anything else about Islam. They just know that Gasparine has said something that people aren’t supposed to say nowadays. They’re worried that she will now discriminate against Muslims, which is just more of the woolly thinking and victimhood mentality that is all-pervasive nowadays. Kiger asked: “What would happen if a Muslim buyer who lost out on a house with a multiple offer situation and then they later read a statement from the CEO that supports this kind of culture that she posted?” What would happen indeed?

The idea that your realtor has to approve of all your beliefs, life choices, and practices, before he or she can sell you a house, is ridiculous on its face and wouldn’t even be asked in other contexts. If Gasparine had criticized Christianity, would her outraged colleagues be saying that she couldn’t treat Christian customers fairly? Almost certainly not. But hating Christianity is acceptable today to the Leftist intelligentsia and thus to indoctrinated sheep such as Kiger and Gasparine’s other critics; saying something largely accurate but critical about Islam is not.

The fact that Gasparine was expressing her views on her own Facebook page, and not on SIRA’s account or its time, is not enough to exonerate her: “Though the post was made on her personal account, SIRA members still think Gasporine [sic] was in the wrong.” However, they don’t think that they can bring the feds in on this: “Neither Kiger” nor another SIRA member, Lincoln Crum, “were aware of any federal regulations specifically regarding posts made on personal accounts.” At the very least, they hope to get rid of Gasparine: “Crum said that he plans [to] run for the board of directors because he wants to ensure that behavior like Gasparine’s does not continue.”

Yes, that’s very important. We can’t have people committing thoughtcrime right in the middle of Southern Indiana. Get back in line, you lemmings. Nothing to see here.

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What ITIN Mortgage Loans Offer

Below are some of the advantages that ITIN mortgage loans offer:

No social security number required!

You are NOT required to be a U.S. citizen.

Loan amounts available from $150,000 to $7,500,000.

75% Max LTV – Purchase or Cash Out Refinance.

Option to use tax returns or bank statements to document income.

JUST FILL OUT AN IRS W-7 FORM, WAIT A MONTH OR SO, BRING DOCUMENTATION TO A "SUB-PRIME LENDER"

ITIN Lending in America

What Bank Or Mortgage Companies Do ITIN Loans?

SEE: https://houseofdebt.org/what-bank-or-mortgage-companies-do-itin-loans/;

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Financing can be difficult for people with no established credit standing. Aside from credit standing, there are also other relevant factors considered in getting loans. In the United States, most loans require a Social Security Number (SSN). However, not all people in the US have an SSN. Why? Probably, these people are immigrants.

Immigrants usually do not possess true American citizen privileges, and one exclusive privilege that Americans enjoy is the SSN. How can immigrants find greener pastures in the US if they can’t even acquire a house? Well, things like ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) loans allow immigrants to improve their lives in the Land of the Free.

In this article, we’ll briefly discuss the nature of ITIN loans and where you can get them. And more importantly, we’ll give the top 3 ITIN lenders that we deem to be the best companies in ITIN loans.

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3 Best Mortgage Lenders for ITIN Loans

Of all the mortgage lenders out there, we found three companies that reached our expectations in terms of four different criteria:

  • Loan products
  • Convenience
  • Rates and fees
  • Transparency of rates

Disclaimer: Take note that rates are not publicly disclosed on the company’s websites to keep a competitive environment against competitors. If you want to know the rates, you’ll know the quoted rate once you follow through with the application process.

Covid-19 Advisory: Due to the ongoing pandemic, the usual lead or processing time of loan applications is affected. More likely than not, loan applications will take longer than usual. Moreover, some loan products may not be available as well.

1. Better.com

First on the list is Better.com. One unique feature about this mortgage lender is that they operate entirely online. They don’t have brick-and-mortar stores where borrowers can go when applying. What we liked about Better.com is their fully-automated, online, and 24/7 services to their clients.

Upon application, Better.com has a drop-down list of all the loan products available, including ITIN loans. So you have to go through the process to see their products. We can give Better.com a 10/10 score in terms of online convenience, especially now that there’s a pandemic. Going out is a big threat to everyone’s health and obtaining financing online is a big plus.

Better.com says that they don’t charge application, origination, and underwriting fees. Lesser fees mean good news because borrowers can fully maximize the loan amount. If you want to see generalized rates, click this link. However, personalized rates are given only during the application process. The minimum credit score for Better.com loans is 620.

2. SunTrust

Next on the list is SunTrust Mortgages. Just like Better.com, SunTrust offers a variety of mortgage options, including ITIN loans. SunTrust also offers government-backed loans amid the ongoing pandemic. But since our main concern here is ITIN loans, SunTrust caters to immigrant borrowers as well.

The online application is also available at SunTrust. However, their online application is not as comprehensive as Better.com’s online system. They offer an easy online application process, so you should not have a hard time with the loan application process.

Generalized rates are available on their website. You can click this link to check it out. However, personalized rates are available only upon completion of the application form. The minimum credit score for SunTrust is 620.

3. Bank of America

Known as one of the biggest banks worldwide, Bank of America is your go-to choice in terms of financial stability and reputation. In terms of loan products, Bank of America has a wide variety of home mortgage loans depending on the consumer’s needs, with ITIN loans included.

As a popular and well-established bank, Bank of America’s online system is streamlined from customer service to the loan application process. We can say that they are on par with Better.com’s online system in terms of features. Existing customers of this bank will fully enjoy their online banking features.

Generalized rates are available on their website to give you an idea of the cost of financing. But just like Better.com and SunTrust, personalized rates are available after the application process. If you want to see their generalized rates, click this link. The minimum credit score for Bank of America is 620.

Can I Get an ITIN Loan if I Don’t Have a Credit Score?

The financial institutions above mention a minimum credit score of 620. However, you should remember that they’re the cream of the crop in this industry. If you don’t have a high credit score, you can still get an ITIN loan. You just need to look for lenders who (1) accept ITIN in lieu of SSN and (2) offer loans that don’t put too much consideration on your credit history.

What is an ITIN?

ITIN stands for Individual Taxpayer Identification Number. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the issuer of ITIN. The IRS gives ITINs to taxable individuals without SSN. An ITIN has nine digits that always begin with a nine and include a 7 or 8 as the fourth digit.

Who needs an ITIN?

Since ITIN holders don’t have SSN, these individuals do not qualify for the Social Security Administration requirements. Thus, the following individuals require an ITIN when in the United States:

  • Resident Aliens filing a tax return with the IRS
  • Non-resident Aliens filing a tax return with the IRS
  • Dependent(s) or spouse of Citizen or Resident Alien
  • Dependent of a spouse of a Non-resident Alien visa holder

Take note the ITIN doesn’t consider your immigrant status. As long as you’re required to file tax returns, you need to ask for an ITIN from the IRS. To know more about the alien tax status, click this website to see the various tests that the IRS uses.

What are ITIN Loans?

ITIN loans are financing agreements that don’t require an SSN. It is a mortgage option available to immigrants or people who are still processing their US citizenship application. With an ITIN loan, immigrants can access additional financing sources and acquire houses even with the absence of an SSN.

Advantages of ITIN Loans

Apart from SSN, ITIN loans don’t require a residency requirement. In other words, it won’t need a Green Card to prove legal residency. Aside from acquiring mortgages, you can also access mortgage refinancing with an ITIN.

In fact, mortgage refinancing happens in reality to most ITIN holders, especially if the real estate market makes interest rates more favorable. Lastly, ITIN loans can also help in credit building. If you’re still new in America, building a credit score is vital if you want to be eligible for prime mortgage offers. Thus, starting with an ITIN loan is a good stepping stone.

Disadvantages of ITIN Loans

The major disadvantage we can think of is if you don’t have an ITIN yet. If you already have one, then there’s no problem. However, the problem arises if you don’t have an ITIN. Applying to the IRS is easy, but it will take about four to six weeks to get your number.

Thus, if you badly need money now and have no ITIN, you’re in a major predicament. Another disadvantage is the high denial rate in ITIN applications. But, don’t be discouraged. Most denials are due to inadequate requirements and unacceptable identification proofs. However, as long as you comply with the needs and present valid documents, you’ll have no problem here.

Third, most banks don’t offer ITIN loans. The financial institutions mentioned above are the famous companies that provide loans to immigrants. Unfortunately, most commercial banks don’t provide ITIN loans. You can most likely find ITIN loans in private financial institutions and credit companies.

And finally, ITIN borrowers are vulnerable to predatory lending. Why and how? It’s because many immigrants in the US come to the country illegally. Predatory lenders use this opportunity to impose higher down payments and interest rates with a threat of exposure to US Immigration. If you want to learn more about the lending practices in the immigrant community, check out this study from the Kirwan Institute at the Ohio State University.

How Can I Get a Loan with an ITIN Number?

First and foremost, you need to have an ITIN number. If you already have one, you can proceed to the financial institution that offers ITIN loans. You can start with the companies mentioned above. However, you can also shop around and look for better offers. In the meantime, here’s a quick run-through of the ITIN application process.

  1. Apply before April 15. The deadline for tax filing is April 15. So if you plan to submit after the current tax season, you have until April 16 of the current taxable year until April 14 of the following taxable year. However, it’s recommended to accomplish your application before or after the busy tax season.
  2. Submit via mail the W-7 form, including proof of identity documents in the address indicated in the form.
  3. Wait for the IRS to mail you within four to six weeks.

You can contact the IRS at their toll-free number 1-800-829-1040 or visit this page for written instruction for detailed guidance on the application.

Conclusion

An ITIN loan is a great financial assistance to immigrants in the US. It is an excellent opportunity for them to discover greener pastures in the land of milk and honey. However, whether we like it or not, the sad truth is that America is not equally green for everyone. Even if ITIN loans are available to immigrants, it’s still hard to access this type of financing due to its limited supply in the financial services market.

But with proper guidance and skepticism, you can find a genuine and honest ITIN lender. Overall, there’s nothing bad about ITIN loans. It’s just hard to get one, considering that many applications get rejected due to insufficient documents of proof. But as long as you follow the requirements, there’s a high assurance that you’ll get the loan. What do you think of the ITIN loan? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

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SEE ALSO:

https://www.nonprimelenders.com/itin-mortgage-loans/

https://www.nonprimelenders.com/itin-mortgage/

https://dreamhomefinancing.com/ITINMortgageLoans.aspx

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IRS Acceptance Agent Program FOR FORMS W-7

SEE: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/acceptance-agent-program;

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Section 203 of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act, enacted on December 18, 2015, included provisions that affect the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) application process. Taxpayers and their representatives should review these changes, which are further explained in these Frequently Asked Questions, before requesting an ITIN.

The following is a public list of Acceptance Agents for Forms W-7. This list is updated quarterly.

National/International CPA Firms *

  • Deloitte and Touche, LLP
  • Ernst & Young LLP
  • KPMG LLP
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  • BDO

* Check local telephone directory for nearest location.

* Acceptance Agents are denoted with an asterisk. Certifying Acceptance Agents are not denoted with an asterisk.

Acceptance Agents Outside of the U.S.

U.S. Acceptance Agents by State

 

 

 

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