11 Articles match "2005","Find","Real Estate"

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• Will Homeowners Sink or Swim?
  
  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. 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. 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.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Customers, Employees Credited for RealtyTrac's Deloitte Fast 50 Ranking
  
  Saccacio credited the company’s continued success to a loyal customer base of real estate investors, home buyers and real estate professionals who continue to see the value of the information and research tools RealtyTrac provides to successfully take advantage of foreclosure opportunities where they present themselves. 500 list for 2006 was based on three-year revenue growth from 2002 to 2005 of 1158 percent. RealtyTrac was named to the Technology Fast 50 list for 2006 by the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP at an awards ceremony held Tuesday.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Thanksgiving a Time to Reflect . . . on Foreclosures Too!
  
  We live in a country where we have the freedom to do almost whatever we want. — including the opportunity to own and invest in real estate. In fact we have only reported foreclosures through October and the national total has already topped 1 million with two months left to report — way ahead of the 885,000 foreclosures reported for all of 2005. As a legitimate real estate investor, professional, or potential home buyer, the next Traditionally, Thanksgiving is a time we take to reflect on our lives and what we can do to make the world a better place in which to live.
  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. It’s too early to say that the lower foreclosure numbers in states such as Ohio and Michigan represent a light at the end tunnel for the 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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• Dealing With the Affordability Quandry
  
  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. As of Q2 2006 the index stood at 23 percent, down from 26 percent for the previous quarter and 30 percent for Q2 2005. Affordability is the key here. Especially in light of the new consumer index just announced by the California Association of REALTORS®.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• 2006: An Adjustable' Year for Foreclosures
  
  And that is why RealtyTrac has been warning that many home buyers maybe find themselves in financial distress this year or next. Home buyers who utilized these loans to finance a home purchase in either 2005 or 2006 are probably at the greatest risk of going into foreclosure if they cannot afford a mortgage payment that could be 25-50 percent higher when the interest rate adjusts upwards. million properties entering foreclosure nationwide during The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (better known as Freddie Mac) has just released the results of its 23rd Annual Adjustable-Rate Mortgage survey of prime loans.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• BK' Doesn't Stand for Burger King
  
  The federal government clamped down on that “loophole” with the passage of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. Whether the net result is a short sale, a walk away or going through the whole foreclosure process, it seems like the foreclosure fires are likely to be fanned still higher, with more properties being available for home buyers and investors looking to find a bargain in many parts of the country for the foreseeable future. Posted 04-24-2008 3:30 PM by joelc Filed under: Foreclosure
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
  
  Lastly, we have the real attraction of option ARMs, the option payment itself, a payment which is insufficient to even pay off the monthly interest cost. Because Fitch says that a 40-year loan term represented 4 percent of all option ARMs in 2004 -- but 38 percent by 2007. A loan with four payment options may seem fairly understandable, but in the real world a lot of borrowers did not take out option ARMs because they wanted to make fully-amortizing payments. Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time By Peter G. Miller    Step right
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  Does this make it a good time to buy real estate? have access to credit have fat cash reserves aren't already over-exposed in real estate have a secure job or income stream expect to hold the property for at least two years" But be forewarned, prices are expected to fall further, and will take awhile to rebound, according to many economists. "I Now, in 2009, or will you wait until 2020 when everyone has forgotten about this housing slump and is raving about skyrocketing home prices? Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
  
  Hudson has deposits of $49 billion, a network of 125 branches in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut and just 1,350 employees — a fraction of the workforce one would find with banks of similar size. But the real story with foreclosures is different: The fact that a loan is delinquent does not mean foreclosure is sure to follow. As Hermance points out, “we make loans we’re No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller     The news from Wall Street in recent weeks has not been good, especially in the world of mortgages.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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