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No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
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 during a recent 12-month period. percent of 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.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
You say monthly payments are unaffordable but you want to buy anyway. The problem is what happens when required monthly payments change. According to Fitch "the potential average payment increase on this recasting population is 63 percent, representing on average an additional $1,053 due each month on top of the current average payment of $1,672." You dont have to be a math major to figure out what will happen next: Huge numbers of option ARMs will fail in the next 24 to 30 months with results that will Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time By Peter G.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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
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Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
You say monthly payments are unaffordable but you want to buy anyway. The problem is what happens when required monthly payments change. According to Fitch "the potential average payment increase on this recasting population is 63 percent, representing on average an additional $1,053 due each month on top of the current average payment of $1,672." You dont have to be a math major to figure out what will happen next: Huge numbers of option ARMs will fail in the next 24 to 30 months with results that will Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time By Peter G.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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For Some, Mortgage Meltdown Means Opportunity
Although the trend started late in 2005, it accelerated to 1.2 During the height of the housing boom, homeowners avoided foreclosure by refinancing to more risky adjustable-rate mortgages with lower monthly payments. Now, however, those homeowners — and the many investors who used the same mortgages to buy multiple houses — are struggling to hold on as their payments begin to increase. Cracks are appearing in the foundation of the housing market as shock waves — triggered by concern over a surge in bad subprime mortgages — jolted the stock market this week, sending the Dow Jones industrial average downward by more than 243 points, amid fears that a mortgage meltdown in the subprime lending sector could have broader economic implications.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Rise in Home Values Keeps Foreclosures in Check
While this is good news for anyone who owns a home, there is a potential downside to this forecast for anyone interested in foreclosure property. The run-up in home prices has resulted in a windfall to homeowners - their “household net wealth,” as the forecasters at Chapman call it, has grown by 36 percent in just three years – from $39 trillion at the beginning of 2003 to $53 trillion at the end of 2005. So anyone who has owned a home for more than Economics 301 – Home Price Appreciation and Household Net Wealth According to the Business & Economic Review June 2006 released last week by the A.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Short sales rising
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 Scanning the Southern California Multiple Listing Service (MLS) last week, the one thing that stands out is the growing number of short sales. A
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures Won't Break the Market Next Year
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 — with an emphasis on those originated between 2004 and 2005 — Cagan said, “We have to figure out who has equity and who doesn’t. In fact a recent Wall Street
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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
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Will Homeowners Sink or Swim?
RealtyTrac™ ( www.realtytrac.com ), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, released its September 2006 U.S. 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. The next big wave of news may be a true real-estate slump, as hundreds of billions in adjustable-rate 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.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure Fouls Up Sports Stars
The property has since gone back to the lender as an REO. Canseco bought the property back in April 2005 for almost $2.8 Citizens Bank filed foreclosure proceedings against Sprewell because he failed to make his mortgage payments of $2,593 per month since last September and owed the bank $320,284. The home was assessed at $610,000, according to RealtyTrac , and It’s not just average Americans who are losing their homes to foreclosure these days. Even rich and famous athletes who earned millions of dollars during their careers can be subjected to the emotional
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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2006: An Adjustable' Year for Foreclosures
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 2006 — a large increase from 2005 when approximately 850,000 properties went into foreclosure. 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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Foreclosures up 13 percent in February
We show 117,259 properties nationwide entered some stage of foreclosure in February, a 13 percent increase from the previous month and a 68 percent increase from February 2005. In addition, bank-owned properties accounted for 39 percent of the total number, which is a higher percentage than usual and indicates that fewer homeowners in default have been able to stop the foreclosure process by selling or refinancing during pre-foreclosure." Georgia reported the nations highest foreclosure rate for the second month, with one new foreclosure for every 329 households. RealtyTrac released our February 2006 foreclosure numbers today, and they show U.S.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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