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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
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 In the next two to four years well see elective payments end for many option loans," I wrote in 2005. "Then Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time By Peter G. Miller Step right up folks.
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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
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures Inch Higher in May
The data show nationwide foreclosures inching up 2 percent from the previous month and 28 percent from May 2005. “Our May numbers echo the recent report by the Mortgage Bankers Association, which noted that delinquency and default activities were lower in the first quarter of 2006,” commented James J. While our report confirms that the number of properties entering foreclosure is still significantly higher than it was during the same period of 2005, we’ve now seen two months of decreasing foreclosure rates followed by May numbers that were essentially flat. RealtyTrac just released state and national foreclosure statistics for the month of May .
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Defaulting on the American Dream: A Troubling Trend
Foreclosure filings jumped 42 percent nationwide in 2006, accelerating a trend that began in 2005 as home sales started to cool. properties entered some stage of foreclosure, up from 850,000 properties in 2005, according to RealtyTrac research . A rising number of Americans — particularly those who took out riskier adjustable-rate and subprime mortgages — are increasingly defaulting on their loans, according to figures released this week by RealtyTrac , providing striking evidence that a growing number of borrowers are at risk of losing their homes. Last year,
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure Search: Lessons from Long Beach
A few days ago I spoke to a new RealtyTrac customer who was having trouble tracking down foreclosure property in Long Beach, Calif . havent had any success in pursuing properties." So we looked up some of the properties she was interested in, calledone of the property trustees and walked away with information that Ithink will be helpful both for her and for RealtyTrac. She said something like, "Is the information on your site accurate? I
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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First Quarter Foreclosure Stats
The report documents 323,102 properties nationwide entering some stageof foreclosure in the first quarter, a 38 percent increase from theprevious quarter and a 72 percent year-over-year increase from thefirst quarter of 2005. RealtyTrac released foreclosure numbers for the first quarter of 2006 yesterday, and they show the nations foreclosures moving higher forthe fourth consecutive quarter, despite a decrease in March. The nation’s quarterly foreclosure rate of onenew foreclosure for every 358 U.S.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures and Hurricanes: A Nasty Combo
The fallout that followed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 left many Gulf Coast residents homeless or facing foreclosure — or both. As opposed to the hurricanes causing the foreclosures, this time around the foreclosures already exist, and in much greater numbers than back in 2005. The potential for damage to other homes and personal property, along with the hazardous danger of bodily harm involved, may give support Temporary relief from the devastation was granted in the form of a foreclosure moratorium at the time. Given today’s economic climate, however,
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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2007: Housing Slowdown Good for Foreclosures
Housing starts are expected to remain down in many parts of the country, due to increased marketing time and inventories of unsold homes that grew from a 3.7-month supply in 2005 to a 7.3-month supply in 2006 at the national level. Mortgage rates increased 15 percent between 2005 and 2006, but economist and Chapman President James L. percent. The cooling real estate sector will continue to plague the national economy next year, but enough positive economic fundamentals remain in place to counteract forces threatening to push the U.S. housing market into a full tailspin, according
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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March Goes Out Like a Lamb
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. A glimmer of hope or the calm before the storm? Whichever way you choose to view it, the good news is that the national foreclosure rate dropped by 13% in March, according to the RealtyTrac U.S.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures Back on the Up and Up
And as they have been in each month so far this year, foreclosures were also up from a year ago, rising 18 percent from July 2005. A total of 92,845 properties entered some stage of foreclosure during the month, a foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 1,245 U.S. U.S. foreclosures in July rose to their highest level in three months, bouncing back 5 percent from June, when they hit their low point of the year so far.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures Don't Back Down in September
RealtyTrac’s monthly foreclosure report shows 112,210 properties entering some stage of foreclosure during September, a decrease of less than 1 percent from August but an increase of more than 63 percent from September 2005. Foreclosure activity in September didn’t back down much from the jump reported in the previous month, RealtyTrac reported today. September’s foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 1,030 households was the third highest monthly foreclosure rate year to date, behind only the foreclosure rates reported in August and February.
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- 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. If Adibi is right, the pool of potential properties 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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