4 Articles match "2006","July","Real Estate"

• The Best from RealtyTrac

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• 5 States = 55% of July Foreclosure Pie
  
  foreclosure filings in July, according to the RealtyTrac 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. Californias foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 333 households slipped from third highest in June to fourth highest in July, behind foreclosure rates in Nevada, Georgia and Michigan. California, Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Georgia together accounted for 55 percent of all U.S. Foreclosure Market Report released today.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• What's Causing the Credit Crunch?
  
  Meanwhile, nervous lenders have responded by tightening their lending standards, making it more difficult and expensive for real estate investors and homeowners to borrow money, according to new survey conducted by the Federal Reserve in July. mortgage lender, reported that foreclosures reached a five-year high in July. Between A lively debate is ensuing as to why the mortgage industry is unraveling and who’s to blame for the growing credit crunch that is sabotaging the housing industry. Wall Street analysts, main street investors, corporate executives and government bureaucrats
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• The $3 Billion Foreclosure Payday
  
  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. And things are looking even better in 2008 for the doomsday trading titan as real estate prices tumble and foreclosures spread like wildfires. You may not know who John Paulson is, but you soon will. Last year, Paulson made $3 billion betting on foreclosures .
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from their peak in July 2006. "There percent from July 2007, the smallest annual decline among the 20 cities tracked in the report, followed by Dallas, which reported a 2.5 Does this make it a good time percent from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today. Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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