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High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
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 construction loans, mortgage payments, property taxes, auto loans and credit cards at an alarmingly fast pace, according to industry analysts, economists and real estate brokers . Seven-figure foreclosures — once a rarity in 2007 — are starting to pop up with more frequency in some of the wealthiest communities nationwide. 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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As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
percent from July 2007, the smallest annual decline among the 20 cities tracked in the report, followed by Dallas, which reported a 2.5 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
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Big Ben Is Finally Talking Foreclosures
Speaking at the Independent Community Bankers of America Convention in Orlando, Bernanke noted that 1.5 And the fact that the number of vacant homes had risen to more than 2 million units at year-end 2007. Bernanke said he wants to institute measures that will reduce “preventable” foreclosures to stave off the erosion of property values and municipal tax bases in communities across the country. Big Ben Bernanke, that guy at the top of the nation’s financial food chain, finally admitted Tuesday in an address to a group of the nation’s community bankers that foreclosures are not going to go away anytime soon. The Fed Chief gave two reasons for the bleak forecast (both of which have been espoused in previous posts in this blog): 1) further declines in housing prices are expected; and 2) significant resets of adjustable interest rates to unaffordable levels for many borrowers who were convinced to take out the more risky loan products of the past few years.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Big Ben Is Finally Talking Foreclosures
    Speaking at the Independent Community Bankers of America Convention in Orlando, Bernanke noted that 1.5 And the fact that the number of vacant homes had risen to more than 2 million units at year-end 2007. Bernanke said he wants to institute measures that will reduce “preventable” foreclosures to stave off the erosion of property values and municipal tax bases in communities across the country. Big Ben Bernanke, that guy at the top of the nation’s financial food chain, finally admitted Tuesday in an address to a group of the nation’s community bankers that foreclosures are not going to go away anytime soon. The Fed Chief gave two reasons for the bleak forecast (both of which have been espoused in previous posts in this blog): 1) further declines in housing prices are expected; and 2) significant resets of adjustable interest rates to unaffordable levels for many borrowers who were convinced to take out the more risky loan products of the past few years.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
    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 construction loans, mortgage payments, property taxes, auto loans and credit cards at an alarmingly fast pace, according to industry analysts, economists and real estate brokers . Seven-figure foreclosures — once a rarity in 2007 — are starting to pop up with more frequency in some of the wealthiest communities nationwide. 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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  • As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
    percent from July 2007, the smallest annual decline among the 20 cities tracked in the report, followed by Dallas, which reported a 2.5 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
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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