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High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
In a lot of the bubble markets — like Miami, Palm Beach, San Diego, Las Vegas, Orange County and the Inland Empire in California — we are going to see an increase in the number of high-end foreclosures in relatively wealthy communities. The rising trend of prime delinquencies among the wealthy poses a new threat to a battered housing market, which McCabe and others specialists claim is in a recession or heading towards one. “The next two years are going to be pretty ugly in South Florida,” predicted McCabe, saying that Florida real estate will drop by another 10 to 15 percent in 2009
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 Blitzer, Chairman of the Index Committee at Standard & Poor's, in a press release issued to announce the numbers. "Little 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 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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Foreclosures up 13 percent in February
RealtyTrac released our February 2006 foreclosure numbers today, and they show U.S. Saccacio, had to say about the numbers: "This is the third straight month the U.S. 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 foreclosures increasing for the third month in a row. We show 117,259 properties nationwide
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Florida Homeowners Overconfident Despite Foreclosures?
    Results of a new study released last week by Attorneys Title Insurance Fund (The Fund) suggests that Florida homeowners are feeling pretty good nowadays about the value of their homes and the potential for those values to rise further in the future. 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). Their biggest concern: being hit by a hurricane. Between those two extremes,
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • 2006 Foreclosure Filings Surpass 1.2 Million
    million foreclosure filings were reported nationwide during 2006, up 42 percent from 2005 and a foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 92 households, according to the RealtyTrac 2006 U.S. The number of total foreclosure filings rose from about 885,000 in 2005 to 1,259,118 in 2006. The 2006 total represents more than 1 percent of U.S. More than 1.2 Foreclosure Market Report released yesterday.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Two Counts Show Foreclosure Activity Rising
    But whether you count by total foreclosure filings or number of properties affected by foreclosure, foreclosure activity is up more than 55 percent from the first half of 2006. “The It’s interesting to note that the total foreclosure filings and unique property counts reveal almost identical trends on the national level: foreclosure filings are up 39 percent from the previous six months and 56 percent from the first half of 2006; unique property counts are up 32 percent from the previous six months and up 58 percent from the first half of 2006.” More than 925,000 foreclosure filings were reported on more than 573,000 properties in the first half of 2007, according to the RealtyTrac Midyear 2007 U.S.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • 5 States = 55% of July Foreclosure Pie
    California, Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Georgia together accounted for 55 percent of all U.S. The states foreclosure activity was actually down a half a percent from the previous month but still up 289 percent from July 2006. Florida foreclosure activity in July decreased almost 9 percent from the previous month, but the state still reported the second most foreclosure filings and a foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 431 households — the nations seventh highest state foreclosure foreclosure filings in July, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • U.S. Foreclosure Activity Dips in February
    February foreclosure activity was down 4 percent from January but up 12 percent from February 2006. million foreclosures for 2007, which would be a 33 percent increase from 2006 — still below the 42 percent year-over-year increase documented between 2005 and 2006. It appears that as subprime and FHA loans default at higher than anticipated rates, and lenders tighten their underwriting standards, we’re going to continue to see a spike in the number of homeowners facing foreclosure," he said. RealtyTrac released its February U.S. Foreclosure Market Report today, and the report shows
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • US Foreclosures a Mixed Blessing in Q2
    As the most recently collected data reported today in RealtyTracs Q2 2006 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report suggests, there is both an upside and a downside to the latest numbers. On the positive side, foreclosure activity nationwide during Q2 2006 rose 25 percent over the same quarter last year to 272,109 properties . This is good news for real estate investors, agents and home buyers looking for a piece of the American Dream at a potentially more affordable price. On the flip side, however, foreclosure activity nationwide decreased 16 percent between the first and second
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosure Activity Backs Off 30-Month High
    Despite the month-over-month decrease, however, foreclosure filings were still up 87 percent from June 2006. California also reported the highest number of foreclosure filings among all the states, with 38,801. Floridas total of 21,035 foreclosure filings ranked second and Ohios total of 11,879 foreclosure filings ranked third. Foreclosure activity decreased 7 percent in June, backing down from a 30-month high reached in the previous month, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report issued today.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Coastal Disasters = More Foreclosures?
    For anyone who has lived through a natural disaster, the recent tornadoes in Central Florida and the horrific aftermath left behind — approximately 1,500 structures destroyed and 20 people killed — brings back memories of more than just the great need for disaster relief from the federal government (FEMA). It doesn’t matter if you’re living in Florida or California — coastal property is expensive and so are the insurance premiums that go with them. It also brings back bad memories of dealing with insurance companies and very slow claims service. Back in 1994 something called “The
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosures up 13 percent in February
    RealtyTrac released our February 2006 foreclosure numbers today, and they show U.S. Saccacio, had to say about the numbers: "This is the third straight month the U.S. 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 foreclosures increasing for the third month in a row. We show 117,259 properties nationwide
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • More Powerful Than a Foreclosure
    rdquo; So much for old ‘60s TV shows! In today’s world where foreclosure numbers are running rampant, especially in parts of Florida (where 37,364 properties with foreclosure filings were reported in May), distressed homeowners could use a superhero of their own to help them avoid or stop the foreclosure process. Florida posted the second highest foreclosure total and fourth highest foreclosure rate in the nation for May, with one in every 228 households receiving a foreclosure filing during the month. “Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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