8 Articles match "2005","Press","Real Estate"

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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). Yet despite lower sales volume, FAR also reported that the states median home price continues to go up -- 11 percent on a yearly basis from May 2005, and 15 percent year-to-date, giving some credence to the 71 percent of homeowners surveyed by The Fund who believe that affordability is the biggest obstacle to homeownership in
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• March Goes Out Like a Lamb
  
  See the full report on the RealtyTrac website at http://www.realtytrac.com/news/press/pressRelease.asp?PressReleaseID=100 Even with the drop, over 100,000 new properties entered some stage of foreclosure in March, and the foreclosure rate still represented a 63% increase over March 2005. rsharga Posted 04-18-2006 6:37 PM by Rick Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate A glimmer of hope or the calm before the storm? Whichever way you choose to view it, the good news is that the national
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Forecasters Change Housing Estimates for '07/'08
  
  The worst of the downward national housing price spiral is not over,” said economist and Chapman President James Doti in a press release distributed Tuesday . “Our According to their latest figures, Doti noted that price appreciation on resale housing peaked during the third quarter of 2005 at 14.2 With the housing market languishing on the downslide, Doti expects export sales — which are forecasted to increase The nation’s housing market is not cooperating the way analysts at the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University in Orange, Calif.,
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• Negative Savings Rate Portends More Defaults
  
  percent in 2005. Not since the Great Depression has the personal savings rate registered in negative territory for two consecutive years, according to an Associated Press article on the report. More tips on preventing foreclosure. Posted 02-05-2007 1:02 PM by darenb Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends Comments A Commerce Department report released last week confirmed that Americans are continuing to spend more than they make, setting the stage for more increases in foreclosure activity in 2007.
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• 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. A published report by the Associated Press says that in addition to building the home with $450,000 worth of donated labor and materials, the partners and employees at Beazer also contributed $250,000 for the family, including scholarships for the
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• A Small Silver Lining in Q1 Foreclosure Storm
  
  The Detroit Free Press reported that "Detroit home sales shot up 30.8% View full Q1 2008 foreclosure report . Posted 04-29-2008 2:00 AM by darenb Filed under: Pre-Foreclosures , Foreclosure Auctions , Bank-Owned/REOs , Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends Comments
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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 Bill Richardson — taking aim at President Bush and the GOP — called the current financial crisis the “the Katrina of the mortgage-lending industry,” referring to the 2005 hurricane that devastated New Orleans. 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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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  Blitzer, Chairman of the Index Committee at Standard & Poor's, in a press release issued to announce the numbers. "Little 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 Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from a year ago, according
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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