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HomeEquityShare.com in the News:
Equity Sharing the American Dream: Proposed Law May Help Put the Brakes on Thousands of Foreclosures
Broderick Perkins, San Jose Mercury News, July 26, 2008
Federal legislative relief for the nation's housing crisis contains a provision that could turn a rarely used home-financing option equity sharing into a key steppingstone on the path of homeownership. Along with other provisions, the law would create a Federal Housing Administration-sponsored equity-sharing program to refinance loans at a discount for homeowners facing foreclosure. In return, homeowners would share future equity gains with the FHA. "The feds are about to take equity sharing to the next level," says Jeff Langholz, founder and CEO of HomeEquityShare.com, an online network that matches equity-sharing partners.Click here to view the article.
How to Break Into the Housing Market, Even Now (HINT: USE OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY)
Traci Hukill, San Francisco Chronicle, July 15, 2007
It was about as far as you could get from Jeff Langholz's and Karen Lowell's idea of a dream house and still have four walls and a roof: a ramshackle double-wide on a weed-infested lot in rural Monterey County. A trailer for $169,000. Was this a joke? Had real estate grown so cartoonish that two Ph.D.-packing graduates of Cornell were scrambling to move into a green-shag-carpeted mobile home in a community nicknamed "Prunetucky"? Click here to view the article.
Splitting the Cost of a Home When You Can't Go It Alone
Diana Ransom, Wall Street Journal, July 10, 2007
"We can do more when we join with other people's money" says Marilyn Sullivan... At HomeEquityShare.com, a Web site that matches prospective home buyers with real-estate investors, individuals making successful connections receive a free equity-share agreement. Custom-made agreements prepared by an attorney can cost around $1,000. Click here to view the article.
Alternative means are out there to afford your dream home
Terri Cullen, WSJ Interactive and Liz Claman, CNBC, July 9, 2007
This video doesn't mention us, but Liz Claman from CNBCs speaks with Wall Street Journal personal finance columnist Terri Cullen about home equity sharing. The message: equity sharing can help you afford your dream home. Click Here to view the video.
Radio interview with Pete Wilson at ABC Studios
Pete Wilson ABC Studios, July 9, 2007
The San Francisco Bay Area's popular television anchor, Pete Wilson, interviews Home Equity Share's founder, Dr. Jeffrey Langholz at ABC Studios in downtown San Francisco. For the entire KGO 540am radio interview, Click Here to listen.
Cash Strapped US House Buyers Team with Investors in Co-Ownership Deals
Marty Hope, CanWest News Service, June 6, 2007
"Equity sharing is an innovative strategy that buddies up homebuyer-occupiers who need a down payment with real estate investors who want to reduce risk, survive the the lull in the real estate market, and avoid negative cash flow," says Langholz. His company puts the two parties together and also helps locate real estate agents, mortgage lenders and lawyers... Click here to view the article.