9 Articles match "2005","List","Properties"

• The Best from RealtyTrac

  MORE

• Short sales rising
  
  Scanning the Southern California Multiple Listing Service (MLS) last week, the one thing that stands out is the growing number of short sales. Last year, you rarely saw the phrase “short sale” in the MLS property description. Today, approximately 10 percent of the listed properties are short sales. That indicates lenders are getting more eager to unload properties in foreclosure, even if it means selling them for less than is owed on the mortgage. Short sales occur when home prices fall and mortgage debt exceeds the value of the property.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
  READ MORE
• Where to find the best deals on foreclosures
  
  Our analysis of nationwide foreclosure property sales in the last seven months shows that while some areas of the country documented a plethora of properties in foreclosure and big savings on foreclosure purchases, other areas reported relatively low foreclosure inventories and smaller average savings on foreclosure purchases. 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. 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.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
  READ MORE
• Customers, Employees Credited for RealtyTrac's Deloitte Fast 50 Ranking
  
  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. Saccacio also thanked a hard working group of employees who are dedicated to servicing the needs of those customers to assure them of the most accurate and up-to-the-minute data possible, along with the most technologically advanced tools available to make researching and investing in foreclosure properties as seamless a process as possible. Based on five-year revenue growth of 4647 percent (2001-2005), RealtyTrac was ranked fourth .
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
  READ MORE
• Local Market Perspective: Lake Havasu, Ariz.
  
  In May 2008, there were 272 new listings, down 1.5 There were 134 sold listings in May 2008, down 15.52 The property was worth $550,000 in 2005, but today sold for $308,000. With a population of fewer than 55,000, the Lake Havasu, Ariz., real estate market is still declining. With our beautiful Lake
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
  READ MORE
• Extreme' Dream Gone Bust
  
  ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition came to the rescue, demolishing the Harper’s old run down home with a faulty septic tank and replacing it with a 5,300 square-foot, two-story dream home in Lake City, Georgia. When the show first aired back on February 20, 2005, the home was the largest ever built in a week by the show. Still, for a potential homebuyer or investor looking for a newer property in a suburb of Atlanta, this is probably one of those properties that will go back to the bank as an REO. Three years ago Patricia and Milton Harper received a gift courtesy of reality television.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
  READ MORE
• A Small Silver Lining in Q1 Foreclosure Storm
  
  in March, spurred by investors taking advantage of low prices on foreclosed properties." moratorium on all foreclosure sales scheduled in April there has now been replaced by a pilot program that delays foreclosure proceedings on owner-occupied properties until the homeowner and lender meet in a "conciliation conference," according to the Philadelphia Business Journal . on the list; up 294 percent in Phoenix; and up 249 percent in Orlando. While foreclosure activity in the first quarter of 2008 was up on a year-over-year basis in 90 percent of the nations 100 largest metropolitan areas, according to the RealtyTrac Q1 report issued today, there were a few notable exceptions that could prove to be a harbinger of hope for the nations battered housing market.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
  READ MORE
• Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
  
  With higher home values properties could be readily sold or refinanced with little risk. 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 source of foreclosure listings and data. "With Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time By Peter G. Miller    Step right up folks.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
  READ MORE
• No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
  
  Saccacio, chief executive officer at the country’s largest provider of foreclosure data and listings, RealtyTrac.com . “Instead, not far from Manhattan, Hudson City Bancorp has a lending philosophy that dates back decades: You can get a dull, boring, mortgage from Hudson at a very low rate — but only if you put equity into the property. As one example, Hermance says that of 50,000 New Jersey mortgages his bank bought back just two properties No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller     The news from Wall Street
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
  READ MORE
• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  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 households who live in rental properties, these renters will jump in and start buying. Of course, the other 30 percent of current homeowners will feel the pain financially. 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
  READ MORE