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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 year for
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Foreclosures Mount, Candidates React to the Credit Crisis
  
  Clinton also wants the government to impose new disclosure requirements on mortgage brokers and curb their ability to dictate lending terms. “We need to act now with smart, practical solutions to strengthen our housing and mortgage markets,” Clinton told The Associated Press. “We They are the ones that are causing this to go under, and there’s no transparency, no accountability,” Biden told The Washington Post . 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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• No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
  
  percent of all loans outstanding according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The Hudson down payment numbers contrast strongly with national averages: The National Association of Realtors reports that in 2007 the typical first-time buyer put down just 2 percent, repeat buyers had 16 percent down payments and 25 percent of all purchasers bought with nothing down. As Hermance points out, “we make loans we’re willing to live with.” The performance at Hudson has not gone unnoticed: The No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller  
  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. We sold in 2005 when we realized we could not buy in our neighborhood nor could any of our neighbors. Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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