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Don't Dump Investors
After all, its in our national interest to protect investors — unless, of course, theyre folks who merely bought a house or two. These efforts are to help American families who both want to and can, through a loan modification or re-financing, stay in their homes.” 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. Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge companies and massive stock brokerages
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
home mortgages. If Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collapse the result would be the wholesale destruction of the national mortgage system; a virtual halt to home sales because few local mortgages would be available; soaring interest rates because few loans would be available and a level of losses throughout the economy unseen since the Great Depression. The same principle, of course, can apply to other special benefits now reserved for GSEs." While nationalization will harm innocent Fannie Mae and Freddie shareholders, privatization would force the GSEs to act Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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 a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today. quot; Las Vegas and Phoenix posted the two biggest annual declines in home prices of the 20 metro areas tracked in the report, followed by Miami with a 28.2 Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5 percent from their peak in July 2006. "There
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- 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 a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today. quot; Las Vegas and Phoenix posted the two biggest annual declines in home prices of the 20 metro areas tracked in the report, followed by Miami with a 28.2 Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5 percent from their peak in July 2006. "There
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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
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures: Chicken or Egg?
That slowing of demand had a domino effect, causing home sales to slow and home price appreciation to flatten and even go negative in the first quarter of 2007, according to Carney’s research. The slowing sales and stagnant home prices have in turn contributed to a sharp rise in defaults and foreclosures . His 2007 outlook included foreclosures and defaults It’s a classic chicken-and-egg question: are foreclosures a cause or a symptom of the slumping housing market? One Southern California economist believes they’re clearly a symptom. “I
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Credit Card and Mortgage Debt Fuels Foreclosure
Of course, that could change as interest rates on adjustable-rate mortgages rise next year and beyond. Rising interest rates have caught many homeowners in a “can’t pay, can’t sell, can’t refinance” vise, in which their ARM payments are outpacing their incomes and their homes have not appreciated enough to help cover the cost of a refinanced mortgage or to allow them to sell and walk away. Considering that the housing market is expected to continue to be slow through 2007, Debt! No word better describes why millions of Americans are now facing foreclosure.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Don't Dump Investors
After all, its in our national interest to protect investors — unless, of course, theyre folks who merely bought a house or two. These efforts are to help American families who both want to and can, through a loan modification or re-financing, stay in their homes.” 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. Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge companies and massive stock brokerages
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Two Heavy Hitters Slapped with Foreclosure Notices
Since 1990, Holyfield won the heavyweight title four times and has earned an estimated $100 million over the course of his career, according to BoxingScene.com . 13, 2007, in a 12-round loss to Sultan Ibragimov. The 3,000 square-foot home consists of two guest quarters, game rooms and a garage. Former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield is on the foreclosure ropes. Holyfield’s palatial 235-acre estate in Fayette County, Ga. —
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures Won't Break the Market Next Year
The severity of that impact, however, is open to discussion — depending, of course, on how you choose to massage the data to prove your point. Director of Research and Analytics for First American Real Estate Solutions, said that even with $1 trillion of adjustable-rate mortgages ready to reset to higher interest rates in both 2007 and 2008, he believes the number of defaults and foreclosures resulting from the increased mortgage payments will be “painful but won’t break the economy or the market.” Basing his comments on data collected on first mortgages — with an emphasis on those
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure "Megatrends"
Home prices are falling. Lawyers in California — for a fee, of course — will show you how to damage your credit history for a decade or more and “walk away” from your debt. Increasingly, homeowners who put little or no money down are walking away from their homes, mailing their keys — jingle mail — to lenders who gave them toxic loans, according to the New York Times . Foreclosures are rising. Sales are down.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
home mortgages. If Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collapse the result would be the wholesale destruction of the national mortgage system; a virtual halt to home sales because few local mortgages would be available; soaring interest rates because few loans would be available and a level of losses throughout the economy unseen since the Great Depression. The same principle, of course, can apply to other special benefits now reserved for GSEs." While nationalization will harm innocent Fannie Mae and Freddie shareholders, privatization would force the GSEs to act Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G.
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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July Foreclosure Report
foreclosure activity in July increased 8 percent from the previous month and 55 percent from July 2007, according to the RealtyTrac Foreclosure Market Report released today. View state-by-state details . That is in contrast to REOs accounting for just 16 percent of all activity in July 2007, while defaults in July 2007 were still at 41 percent and auction notices were at 43 percent. U.S. Bank Repossessions (REOs) accounted for 28 percent of all activity during the month, while defaults accounted for 41 percent and auction notices accounted for 31 percent.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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