This Week’s Real Estate News from The Cutting Edge – March 9,2009

The week’s real estate posts of interest from The Cutting Edge.  For up-to-date real estate posts, subscribe, free, to The Cutting Edge  or subscribe to the Cutting Edge RSS Feed

 Why FHA Loans won’t be getting cheaper or easier…..  – bloodhoundrealty.com

Chinese Drywall Cited in Building Woes – WSJ.com – online.wsj.com

Homeowner’s Dilemma: Zillow’s Spencer Rascoff Addresses Obama Housing Plan – zillow.com

Luxury condos shifting to apartments : Real Estate : Memphis Commercial Appeal – ommercialappeal.com

BloodhoundBlog.com | “If I never make a single payment on my super-cheap FHA loan, do I still get my $8,000 tax credit?”  – bloodhoundrealty.com –  “The spike in quick defaults follows the pattern that preceded the collapse of the subprime market as some of the same flawed lending practices that contributed to the mortgage crisis are now eroding one of the main federal agencies charged with addressing it.”

Stay in your home as a renter after foreclosure Thursday at 3:11 pm – estateofthings.com –

The victims of ‘spamvertising’ Thursday at 8:18 am – inman.com

Struggling homeowners: Lower your monthly mortgage payment if you qualify for a loan modification Thursday at 8:17 am – blog.frontdoor.com

Brief links: Todd Carpenter at REBarCamp Virginia, Active Rain versus Move and why the Kindle iPhone app is too-little, too-late Thursday at 1:07 am – bloodhoundrealty.com

Tell Todd Carpenter to stand down. “The Social Media Marketing Institute” is how the RE.net will be sold to the NAR. March 3 at 6:01 pm – bloodhoundrealty.com – Bloodhound on The Social Media Marketing Institute –

Govt. Tries to Help Consumers, for a Change: Tech Ticker, Yahoo! Finance March 3 at 5:38 pm – finance.yahoo.com

Even ‘Dr. Doom’ Is Scared: Economy Much Worse Than Roubini Predicted: Tech Ticker, Yahoo! Finance – March 2 at 11:09 pm – finance.yahoo.com