8 Articles match "2005","Associated","Houses"

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• Foreclosures Inch Higher in May
  
  The data show nationwide foreclosures inching up 2 percent from the previous month and 28 percent from May 2005. “Our May numbers echo the recent report by the Mortgage Bankers Association, which noted that delinquency and default activities were lower in the first quarter of 2006,” commented James J. While our report confirms that the number of properties entering foreclosure is still significantly higher than it was during the same period of 2005, we’ve now seen two months of decreasing foreclosure rates followed by May numbers that were essentially flat. RealtyTrac just released state and national foreclosure statistics for the month of May .
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Florida Homeowners Overconfident Despite Foreclosures?
  
  Their least concern: falling victim to mortgage fraud -- even though the survey says that Florida is the top state in the nation for such fraud (something that is, unfortunately, always associated with real estate investors working in the foreclosure arena). Between those two extremes, other concerns included: a burst of the housing bubble, rising mortgage rates and depreciating home values. Results of a new study released last week by Attorneys Title Insurance Fund (The Fund) suggests that Florida homeowners are feeling pretty good nowadays about the value of their homes and the potential for those values to rise further in the future.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Realtors '07 Forecast Looks Promising for Future Foreclosure Activity
  
  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. Moreover, sales of California homes are expected to sink 23 percent this year compared to 2005 and fall another 7 percent next year. LONG BEACH, Calif. — If California’s economic indicators stay at their present course, 2007 should be a very good
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Will Homeowners Sink or Swim?
  
  But as the rising tide of mortgage debt grows, many of those homeowners will unfortunately sink, drowning in foreclosure red ink. For the thousands of homeowners who jumped into turbulent housing waters via these easy-to-qualify-for loans, they are now succumbing to a riptide of bad news. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows 112,210 properties nationwide entered some stage of foreclosure during the month, a decrease of less than 1 percent from August, and a 63 percent increase from September 2005. Many American homeowners — initially attracted to low teaser rates on those “exotic” ARMs and sub-prime loans — now find themselves swimming upstream in a desperate attempt to remain financially afloat.
  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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• As Foreclosures Mount, Candidates React to the Credit Crisis
  
  Sensing an opportunity to win votes, the major presidential candidates have come out swinging; proposing a variety of prescriptions to ease the worsening housing slump.Both the White House and Democrat leaders in Congress agree that something must be done to stop the foreclosures. Yearning to retake the GOP-controlled White House next year, the Democrats are clamoring for the federal government to do something, anything, to contain the crisis. With mortgage foreclosures at historic highs, Democrats and Republicans are fighting over a political issue that could have major implications in the 2008 presidential campaign.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
  
  The ability to afford a bigger mortgage also meant the ability to buy a bigger and better house. In the case of 40-year option ARMs issued in 2005, Fitch says such loans can recast after 28 months — a little more than two years if a borrower makes only minimum monthly payments. "Option With real roulette when gamblers lose the house wins. Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time By Peter G. Miller    Step right up folks.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  quot;I think this time residential housing is in the 100-year flood, and I think it's going to take a long time to recover," said David Shulman, senior economist at the UCLA Anderson Forecast , at the Zelman & Associates Housing Summit in Dallas on Sept. Now, in 2009, or will you wait until 2020 when everyone has forgotten about this housing slump and is raving about skyrocketing home prices? Posted 09-30-2008 11:27 AM by darenb Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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