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Don't Dump Investors
Introducing the Hope Now program in 2007, President Bush said “weve got a role, the government has got a role to play — but it is limited. Because investor properties lost to foreclosure will continue to flood the market, driving down all home values. Long-term holders of real estate have commonly benefited from property prices which have increased faster over time than the rate of inflation, thus creating increased buying power and real Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing out giant banks,
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
not far from Manhattan, Hudson City Bancorp has a lending philosophy that dates back decades: You can get a dull, boring, mortgage from Hudson at a very low rate — but only if you put equity into the property. percent of all loans outstanding according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. As one example, Hermance says that of 50,000 New Jersey mortgages his No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller The news from Wall Street in recent weeks has not been good, especially in the world of mortgages.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
Because Fitch says that a 40-year loan term represented 4 percent of all option ARMs in 2004 -- but 38 percent by 2007. A loan with four payment options may seem fairly understandable, but in the real world a lot of borrowers did not take out option ARMs because they wanted to make fully-amortizing payments. For option ARMs originated in 2006 and 2007 LoanPerformance says that 85 percent of all borrowers are paying no more than the minimum monthly payment (MMP), according to Fitch. Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time By Peter G. Miller
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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MBA Numbers Mirror RealtyTrac Data:
The number of delinquent mortgage payments and foreclosures jumped in recent months, according to a new survey released today by the Mortgage Bankers Association . Looking ahead to 2007, the mortgage association expects delinquencies and foreclosures to continue on the rise at a “modest increase” over the next several quarters “as the housing market bottoms.” More than 120,334 properties nationwide entered The MBA’s quarterly report — surveying more than 42 million mortgages nationwide — found that the rate of delinquencies and foreclosures rose to 4.7 percent from
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Realtors '07 Forecast Looks Promising for Future Foreclosure Activity
If California’s economic indicators stay at their present course, 2007 should be a very good year for investing and purchasing foreclosure properties at bargain prices. At Wednesday’s Opening Session of California Realtor EXPO 2006, Leslie Appleton-Young, Chief Economist for the California Association of Realtors, presented her housing forecast for next year , calling for the state’s median home price to drop for the first time in 10 years and the pace of home sales to continue to decrease. LONG BEACH, Calif. — The CAR forecast also calls for a 2 percent drop in the state’s
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Lenders Asked to Clean Up Unhealthy Foreclosures
Kelley, sent out an official notice last Tuesday requesting that all state licensees in the financial services industry clean up any stagnant water located around vacant properties — many of which are foreclosures. So far in 2007 four people have died from West Nile Virus — two in Kern County, one in San Joaquin County, and one in Colusa County — prompting Gov. Not only are foreclosures unhealthy for the economy, apparently they can be unhealthy for people as well. At least unhealthy enough that, in an unprecedented move, California State Commissioner of Financial Institutions,
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Too Soon For a Comeback
Even the National Association of Realtors, which has come out with its latest report documenting a two percent decline in existing home sales for March 2008, down 19.3 percent from March 2007, can’t be certain. percent from $217,400 in March 2007 to $200,700 last month. At present it does not appear that there is enough evidence yet to declare that a market comeback is in the offing. The bottom line is that no one can say anything with 100 percent certainty given the current state of our national economy.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Waning Confidence a Concern That May Help Foreclosures
Results of the most recent member survey conducted by the National Association of Home Builders shows the level of builder confidence in the nation’s housing market at its lowest point since 1995. Declining numbers are being felt across the board in residential building permits, housing starts (projected to be down 10 percent for 2006 and another 6 percent in 2007) and completions, resulting in a total $64 billion drop in residential construction. Economics 401 – Effects of a housing ‘slump’? When James L. Doti, president of Chapman University, updated his 2006 economic
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Local Market Perspective: Las Vegas
Shari Springer Springer Realty The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported May 6 that 1,794 single-family homes were sold in April, a 21.4 percent higher than April 2007. Properties owned by banks and other lenders are accounting for more than half of all the homes sold each month. percent jump over the 1,478 homes sold in March. The sales are 29.9
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Fannie: Q1 a Swift Kick in the Rear
It may have been created and chartered by the federal government, but Fannie Mae (the Federal National Mortgage Association) is first and foremost a private company responsible to shareholders for running at a profit. billion loss reported for Q4 2007, it pales in comparison to the $961 million profit the GSE reported for the same quarter a year ago. Credit-related And as with many corporations in this country, the national economy is kicking Fannie around…fast and hard! One of the nation’s two Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), Fannie reported a first quarter net loss of $2.2
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Don't Dump Investors
Introducing the Hope Now program in 2007, President Bush said “weve got a role, the government has got a role to play — but it is limited. Because investor properties lost to foreclosure will continue to flood the market, driving down all home values. Long-term holders of real estate have commonly benefited from property prices which have increased faster over time than the rate of inflation, thus creating increased buying power and real Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing out giant banks,
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Legislating Lower Foreclosure Rates?
An Illinois law intended to help reduce foreclosures is drawing cries of discrimination from some of the people it is trying to protect, according to the Chicago Defender newspaper. “Nearly 60 days after Illinois House Bill 4050 went into effect to supposedly protect consumers from predatory lenders, a coalition of Black and Latino city residents say the new law is actually destroying property values in select minority communities.” The law is a pilot program that is being applied in 10 Chicago zip codes chosen for their high foreclosure rates, among other factors. But opponents
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
1) The National Association of Realtors announced Monday that existing home sales nationwide were up for the month of February compared to January. percent from February 2007, although the median home price of a new home increased 8.2 What does all this mean to anyone looking to the nation’s foreclosure market for a home purchase? It means that there has never been a better time in recent history to get off the fence When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. When reports of telltale economic indicators
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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