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Real Estate Market Update
August 5, 2016
Vail Valley real estate market already over $1B The local real estate market isn’t on the rocket ride it took in 2006, but it may be riding in a pretty fast car. The most recent data from Land Title Guarantee Co., which…

REO Brokerages
October 16, 2006
This interview was originally published on RealtyTimes.com. Realty Times editor, Blanche Evans, recently interviewed Tom Di Mercurio, owner and broker of The Mercury Alliance, LLC of Denver, Houston and Tulsa, who also plays a strong role with The Freedom…

A Tsunami of REO
September 26, 2005
I see a tsunami of REO heading in the direction of United States. Unlike a real force of nature, the tsunami that I foresee will likely hit the heartland before it hits our coast. But regardless of the initial…

Whatever You Buy… Whenever You Buy Real Estate: A Buyer’s Guide
December 17, 2004
With respect to residential real estate, certain “rules of the road” or real estate buying truisms make sense and offer guidance whenever one buys for whatever one buys. Here are, in my opinion, the most important of these rules.…

Find A Foreclosure — Find A Bargain... Well, Maybe
May 13, 2004
Not so long ago, in the mid eighties to early nineties, in a number of cities and metropolitan areas, residential real estate foreclosures were an opportunity to “kiss the landlord goodbye” and move into home ownership with seemingly incredible…

Happy (Subprime) REO Tales
April 1, 2000
This was orginally published in xxx xxxxxxxx. Tom F. DiMercurio is executive Vice-president, Chief Operating Officer, of Castle Advisors and Castle Advisors Mountain States, Inc. (a Chicago Title Company); National Default Strategies Advisors, Chicago Title…

A loan Servicer’s Perspective on the Subprime Market
April 1, 1998
This article was written for TD's Loan Servicing Review, Spring-Summer 1998 issue. Of all the many challenges facing the B & C industry today, maintaining profitable production volumes while simultaneously preserving credit quality (thus controlling credit losses) seems to…

Guide to Buying Foreclosed Properties
April 1, 1997
This guide was originally written for and published by Fannie Mae. Introduction As a prospective home buyer, you face many options in your search to find an affordable home. One of those options today is the purchase of a home…

Boring? Not For A Minute!
January 1, 1995
This profile by Ruth Guillet Fields was orginally published in publication in 199X. You might say that Tom Di Mercurio finds performing loans boring. He doesn’t actually say that, but you sense it when talking to him about his…