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The Government Goes After Loan Officers
That said, whats plain is that the SEC has opened a new front in the mortgage responsibility debate. Interstate Commerce At first it may seem odd that mortgages are a federal matter since loans are secured by real estate and nothing is more local than dirt. But both real estate and mortgages have been considered within the stream of interstate commerce for decades. The Government Goes After Loan Officers By Peter G. Miller One of the most galling aspects of the mortgage meltdown is the sense that folks who
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
You say you want to buy a home but have no money. You say monthly payments are unaffordable but you want to buy anyway. Lastly, we have the real attraction of option ARMs, the option payment itself, a payment which is insufficient to even pay off the monthly interest cost. Because Fitch says that a 40-year loan term represented 4 percent of all option ARMs in 2004 -- but 38 percent by Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time By Peter G. Miller Step right up folks.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
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. But increasingly there are signs that the foreclosure problem is spilling over into wealthier areas, where prime borrowers — and even high-end real estate developers — are rapidly falling behind on their
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Tips for Buying Short Sales from the Lender
Real estate investors can find good deals as long as you are aware of the extra time and work required to make it happen. The lender, on the other hand, will be considering many factors in deciding whether to approve a short sale, including: • Whether the seller is deserving of a break, due to financial hardship caused by unforeseen circumstances such as layoffs, divorce or illness; • Whether it would be cheaper to simply repossess the house, make any necessary repairs and sell it through a real estate agent or broker ; • How many other properties the mortgage
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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? 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 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
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Waning Confidence a Concern That May Help Foreclosures
Doti, president of Chapman University, updated his 2006 economic forecast for the nation, he did have one question that could throw a monkey wrench into the equation, and he called it, THE BIG IF . If housing prices plummeted like they did back in the early 1990s, the loan-to-value ratio on many mortgages might force homeowners into foreclosure, providing new opportunities for real estate investors, speculators, real estate agents and anyone looking to buy a home from the foreclosure pipeline. Economics 401 – Effects of a housing ‘slump’? When James L.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures: the Coming California Crash?
California foreclosure investors now have an opportunity to tap the knowledge of a 25-year real estate investing veteran who correctly predicted the last two major swings in the California real estate market and is on the verge of correctly predicting another. “Bruce Bruce Norris was dead right” about home prices in California doubling in the early 2000s after hitting bottom in 1997, said Michael Carney, Director of the Real Estate Research Council of Southern California. Carney went on to say that he thinks Norris’ latest prediction, made in early 2006, that foreclosures will soar and home prices will plummet in the next few years is also likely to be correct.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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All Aboard, Take a Ride on the Foreclosure Bus Tour
How do buyers find foreclosures in a downward real estate cycle? real estate agent Cesar Dias has it all figured out. While many Stockton agents have hit a bump on the road in this slow real estate market, Dias is riding high. In September, for example, Stockton had 2,422 foreclosure filings, compared to 330 foreclosure filings That’s easy. In Stockton, Calif.,
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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For Some, Mortgage Meltdown Means Opportunity
million foreclosure filings in 2006, up 42 percent from the previous year, according to RealtyTrac . As the market for risky mortgages collapses, dragging home values and stock prices down with it, many real estate investors and home buyers are seeing opportunities emerging on the horizon. One of the biggest reasons for increases in foreclosures comes from borrowers buying more house than they can afford. 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.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Stumbling Subprimes Spell Opportunity
The subprime mortgage industry is stumbling under a heavy burden of defaults, watching profits dwindle as lenders are forced to buy back loans that have turned sour. Those people are of course real estate investors or homebuyers who have been looking for an opportune time to enter the market. They buy low with the knowledge they can rent in the short term and sell high when the market recovers. This bottom-line reality is forcing many lenders to tighten their lending requirements. Wells Fargo, the biggest originator of subprime loans, according to National Mortgage
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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And the Hits' Just Keep On Coming!
All well known names in the world of finance, and all are now feeling the pinch due to an unstable real estate mortgage market and the lasting impacts the subprime mortgage crisis is having on their bottom lines. For Countrywide , the second quarter of the year was a real let down with the company drawing from an $11.5 Citigroup came out with a press Countrywide. Citigroup.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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The $3 Billion Foreclosure Payday
During the last housing slump, Paulson was a foreclosure investor, buying two distressed properties; a New York apartment and a large home in the Hampton on Long Island. In 2006, Paulson started another hedge fund solely to bet against risky mortgages. In July 2006, the ABX index began with a value of 100, but it soon fell to 60 and Paulson’s profits began to pile up. You may not know who John Paulson is, but you soon will. Last year, Paulson made $3 billion betting on foreclosures .
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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