8 Articles match "2007","Journal"

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• The $3 Billion Foreclosure Payday
  
  In one year, Paulson made more money than The Donald made in a lifetime, according to the Wall Street Journal . As the more and more subprime mortgage giants tumbled throughout 2007, Paulson’s funds racked up even more gains. “Mortgage Mortgage experts were too caught up” in the housing boom,” Paulson told the Wall Street Journal. “I’ve 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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• Subprime Market Sinking Further Into the Abyss
  
  which just last month was boasting an increase in loan production for January 2007 over numbers reported for the same month a year earlier. The Orange County Business Journal reported Monday that Wall Street analysts are now predicting possible liquidation or bankruptcy for the once high flying subprime lender. The latest developments in the subprime lending market should have the entire real estate industry up in arms (figuratively and literally). The problem has gone far beyond the $1 trillion worth of so-called “exotic” adjustable rate loans resetting in each of the next
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Celebrity Foreclosures
  
  for $6,225,000, according to The Wall Street Journal . In March 2007, the Hearst mansion — known locally as the Villa Venezio — was put on the market by the Corcoran Group for $27 million. Rich people, it turns out, are just as vulnerable as poor folks to foreclosure. New York Post celebrity real estate columnist Braden Keil today reported that Veronica Hearst, the widow and third wife of Randolph “Randy” A. Hearst, is fighting foreclosure proceedings on her 5.1
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• A Small Silver Lining in Q1 Foreclosure Storm
  
  Foreclosure activity in Detroit was down nearly 4 percent from the first quarter of 2007, although the citys foreclosure rate still ranked No. moratorium on all foreclosure sales scheduled in April there has now been replaced by a pilot program that delays foreclosure proceedings on owner-occupied properties until the homeowner and lender meet in a "conciliation conference," according to the Philadelphia Business Journal . The 1 in While foreclosure activity in the first quarter of 2008 was up on a year-over-year basis in 90 percent of the nations 100 largest metropolitan areas, according to the RealtyTrac Q1 report issued today, there were a few notable exceptions that could prove to be a harbinger of hope for the nations battered housing market.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures Won't Break the Market Next Year
  
  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 originated between 2004 and 2005 — Cagan said, “We have to figure out who has equity and who doesn’t. In fact a recent Wall Street Journal
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
  
  percent from February 2007, although the median home price of a new home increased 8.2 Wall Street Journal article today reports that many buyers are already doing that in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla., Still, on a yearly basis existing home sales were down almost 24 percent from February 2007, and the national median sales price for all housing types for the month was down 8.2 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 are released, if Wall Street perceives
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
  
  government, Fannie and Freddie dont need to be solvent," says the Wall Street Journal. "They billion that the industry earned in the second quarter of 2007. Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G. Miller    Its been a rough year for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Share values have
  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 June Fletcher of The Wall Street Journal sagely advises that the answer is "For some people, yes. In my opinion, we are going to see around 50% home price drop from peak in 2007(for south land) before price can stabilize. If you move westward other cities like Upland, Claremont, La Vern, San Dimas, 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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