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• Buying Bank-Owned REOs at the Auction - RealtyTrac
  
  Buying Bank-Owned REOs at the Auction Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Thanks to a sharp rise in foreclosure filings nationwide, homebuyers and real estate investors are increasingly likely to encounter bank-owned properties that are for sale at real estate auctions. The increased presence of lender-owned homes in the market — known in the banking industry as REOs, for "real estate owned" — is fallout from the recent real estate boom that marked the first half of this decade.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  percent from their peak in July 2006. "There Does this make it a good time to buy real estate? quot; And while modest appreciation could resume in late 2009, prices won't be back to their 2006 peak until at least 2016, possibly as late as 2020 in some markets, according to Shulman. (More We'd like to hear from you when and if you plan to step in and start buying. Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure bargain for summer home of JFK's grandfather
  
  28 foreclosure auction . The Hull, Massachusetts home of John F. Kennedy’s grandfather sold at auction at a steep discount Tuesday for the price of $950,000. It appears that foreclosure auctions arent an uncommon occurrence in Hull. A search today on RealtyTrac yielded 25 properties that have been scheduled for auction A post last week on The Real Estate Bloggers recounted how the former summer home of President John F. Kennedys grandfather sold for a bargain price at a Feb.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• FBI: Mortgage Fraud Begets Foreclosure
  
  The FBI recently came out with its 2006 Mortgage Fraud Report , which somewhat anticlimactically concludes that there is “a strong correlation between mortgage fraud and loans which result in default or foreclosure.” Six of those states also appeared in RealtyTrac’s list of states with the highest foreclosure rates in 2006. This is not what many legitimate The correlation is apparent in the report’s list of the top states for mortgage fraud: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Utah. The FBI also lists Arizona, Colorado, Maryland,
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Salvation: By Grace or By Works?
  
  The payment for those sins is often foreclosure, but Clinton wants the government to become a Messianic figure for homeowners facing foreclosure — and by default also for many lenders who approved problem loans for those homeowners — by forgiving these sins and bearing the transgressions of malevolent mortgages that no other lender or buyer is willing to touch. "That’s why I believe the Federal Housing Administration should also stand ready to be a temporary buyer — to purchase, restructure, and resell underwater mortgages," Clinton said in the speech at what was billed as the "Solutions for
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Gentle January Foreclosure Increase
  
  And in either case, does that make the current market a good one in which to buy or invest in real estate? Of course, the answer will vary from region to region, but provide supporting evidence from your area. View full report with state-by-state data. Posted 02-26-2008 2:01 AM by darenb Filed under: Pre-Foreclosures , Foreclosure Auctions , Bank-Owned/REOs , Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends Comments
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
  
  Already, there’s a glut of McMansions in the $500,000 to $1 million range that have been foreclosed by lenders — and many more are falling into foreclosure, according to an analysis of RealtyTrac foreclosure records in 2006 and 2007 (see graphic). Brady said the owners of high-end Hampton foreclosures tend to be “people who kept pulling money out of their houses for their business, using equity in their second homes to pay business debt, credit cards, buy cars, go on trips.” High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes By Octavio Nuiry, RealtyTrac Staff Writer    Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited briefly from favorable financing.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Is Eight Enough?
  
  The number of properties with some sort of foreclosure action against them (default notice, auction notice, bank repossession) has consistently risen for the past eight quarters (see chart). among the states in 2006, according to RealtyTrac. The bill also earmarks $4 billion in grants for local communities to buy up foreclosed properties that may be negatively affecting the communities. While there have been monthly fluctuations up and down during this time period, the quarterly numbers consistently have been up quarter over quarter, and the most recent quarter was no exception, according to the U.S.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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