18 Articles match "2005","2008","California"

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As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
We sold a condo and bought a single-family home.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Where to find the best deals on foreclosures
All five of the states with foreclosure markets most favorable to buyers and investors reported annual foreclosure rates of more than 1 percent of total households along with increasing foreclosures in 2005. For example, the average savings on a foreclosure property in California was less than 20 percent. And foreclosure rates in California, New York and Washington were well below It’s important for buyers and investors who are interested in the foreclosures market to carefully evaluate local market conditions before diving into foreclosures in any given area. Our analysis
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Dealing With the Affordability Quandry
Especially in light of the new consumer index just announced by the California Association of REALTORS®. First-Time Buyer Housing Affordability Index (FTB-HAI) , it is a wake-up call for first timers in that it measures the percentage of first-time buyers who can legitimately afford to purchase a median-priced home in California. As of Q2 2006 the index stood at 23 percent, down from 26 percent for the previous quarter and 30 percent for Q2 2005. In addition to real estate investors and agents, the RealtyTrac website can be a great help to first-time homebuyers looking for a way to get into a home at a price that is more affordable, even in areas where prices seem out of reach for most people.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosure Activity Up 7 Percent in March
    The March total — which includes default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — was the highest monthly total since RealtyTrac began issuing its report in January 2005 and resulted in a foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 775 U.S. Colorados foreclosure rate ranked second highest, followed by Californias foreclosure rate, which leapfrogged into third place thanks to a 36 percent jump in foreclosure activity. With 149,150 foreclosure filings reported nationwide in March, U.S. foreclosure activity was up 7 percent from the previous month and 47 percent
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  • Realtors '07 Forecast Looks Promising for Future Foreclosure Activity
    If California’s economic indicators stay at their present course, 2007 should be a very good year for investing and purchasing foreclosure properties at bargain prices. At Wednesday’s Opening Session of California Realtor EXPO 2006, Leslie Appleton-Young, Chief Economist for the California Association of Realtors, presented her housing forecast for next year , calling for the state’s median home price to drop for the first time in 10 years and the pace of home sales to continue to decrease. LONG BEACH, Calif. — The CAR forecast also calls for a 2 percent drop in the state’s
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosures Up Across the Board in November
    The national foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 961 households represented a 4 percent increase from the previous month and a 68 percent increase from November 2005. California reported more than 19,000 new foreclosure filings, the most of any state for the second month in a row. Foreclosures hit their highest level of the year so far in November, with 120,334 new foreclosure filings reported nationwide during the month, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report released last week.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • MBA Survey Confirms Q1 Foreclosure Surge
    The first quarter MBA National Delinquency Survey released today largely supports the findings of the RealtyTrac Q1 2008 U.S. The total number of properties with foreclosure filings in the RealtyTrac April report was the highest monthly total since RealtyTrac began issuing the report in January 2005. State trends The four states with the highest foreclosure rates in the RealtyTrac first quarter report — Nevada, California, Arizona and Foreclosure Market Report released at the end of April, which found overall foreclosure activity increased 23 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 and 112 percent from the first quarter of 2007.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Latest Census Data Suggest More Foreclosures Coming
    Census Bureau , based on 2005 data, suggests that the American public is spending more of their disposable income on necessities — especially owner occupied and rental housing. Foreclosure Market Report for August 2006 , the city also had the third highest number of foreclosures in California with a foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 745 households — 1.35 Moreover, the state ranked Will the thinly stretched finances of U.S. homeowners lead to a sharp rise in foreclosures and a collapse of the so-called housing bubble?
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  • 1 Million Foreclosures and Counting
    households — up 3 percent from September and 42 percent from October 2005. California recorded more than 16,000 new foreclosure filings during the month, the most of any state for the second month in a row and more than three times the number reported in October 2005. Foreclosures filings for the year surpassed the 1 million mark in October, when 115,568 foreclosure documents were recorded nationwide, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report , released today.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • 2006 Foreclosure Filings Surpass 1.2 Million
    million foreclosure filings were reported nationwide during 2006, up 42 percent from 2005 and a foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 92 households, according to the RealtyTrac 2006 U.S. The number of total foreclosure filings rose from about 885,000 in 2005 to 1,259,118 in 2006. California and Florida ranked second and third in total foreclosure filings for More than 1.2 Foreclosure Market Report released yesterday.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosures Exceed 100K for Fifth Month
    But the 109,652 new foreclosure filings during the month still represented a 35 percent increase from December 2005 and marked the fifth consecutive month with a foreclosure total above 100,000, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Texas foreclosure activity increased 4 percent, helping the state reclaim the top spot from California in terms of total foreclosures. U.S. foreclosure activity dropped 9 percent in December, backing down from a November foreclosure total that was the year’s highest.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosures Won't Break the Market Next Year
    Delivering the results of his research as part of an economists’ panel on the last day of California Realtor Expo 2006 in Long Beach last week, Christopher Cagan, Ph.D., Director of Research and Analytics for First American Real Estate Solutions, said that even with $1 trillion of adjustable-rate mortgages ready to reset to higher interest rates in both 2007 and 2008, he believes the number of defaults and foreclosures resulting from the increased mortgage payments will be “painful but won’t break the economy or the market.” Basing his comments on data collected on first mortgages
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Coastal Disasters = More Foreclosures?
    It doesn’t matter if you’re living in Florida or California — coastal property is expensive and so are the insurance premiums that go with them. Many insurance companies that WERE writing homeowner’s insurance policies pulled out of California altogether after that one. Florida had 124,721 foreclosures last year — a 2 percent increase from 2005, and a foreclosure rate of one new filing for every 59 households. For anyone who has lived through a natural disaster, the recent tornadoes in Central Florida and the horrific aftermath left behind — approximately 1,500 structures destroyed and 20 people killed — brings back memories of more than just the great need for disaster relief from the federal government (FEMA).
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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