8 Articles match "2007","Real Estate","Survey"

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• MBA Survey Confirms Q1 Foreclosure Surge
  
  The first quarter MBA National Delinquency Survey released today largely supports the findings of the RealtyTrac Q1 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report released at the end of April, which found overall foreclosure activity increased 23 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 and 112 percent from the first quarter of 2007. percent reported in the fourth quarter of 2007 and up 93 percent from the 1.28 That closely mirrored the trend in MBA’s foreclosure rate, which put the percentage of loans in the foreclosure process at 2.47 percent at the end of the first
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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 . The MBA’s quarterly report — surveying more than 42 million mortgages nationwide — found that the rate of delinquencies and foreclosures rose to 4.7 Looking ahead to 2007, the mortgage association expects delinquencies and foreclosures to continue on percent from July through September. Among subprime borrowers, the rate of delinquencies and foreclosures were much higher, rising to 12.6
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Lending Standards Continue to Tighten
  
  The results of a new survey released today by the Federal Reserve confirms what many people looking to buy or refinance already know — it’s hard to get approved for a loan. The Fed’s July 2008 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey , which covered 52 domestic banks and 21 U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks, found that 75 percent of those banks had tightened lending Standards were tightened even more for “nontraditional” loans — 85 percent of banks that originate that type of loan said they had tightened standards on those loans. And six
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Waning Confidence a Concern That May Help Foreclosures
  
  If housing prices plummeted like they did back in the early 1990s, the loan-to-value ratio on many mortgages might force homeowners into foreclosure, providing new opportunities for real estate investors, speculators, real estate agents and anyone looking to buy a home from the foreclosure pipeline. 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. Economics 401 – Effects of a housing ‘slump’? When James L.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• You Too Can Predict the Future...Maybe
  
  He may be correct — at least as to California — based on the latest California Consumer Confidence survey conducted by economists at the A. According to the Chapman Composite Index of Consumer Sentiment, while responses to the survey were negative when it came to the current and future economic conditions (to the lowest level seen since the survey began in Q3 2002), consumers did answer positively to their future spending plans for big ticket items (although the uptick was only 5 points for Q1 2008 after a 16-point decline for Q4 2007). Time to dust off those Ouija boards and take out the tea leaves.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• The Trickle Down Effecting High-Tech
  
  Results of a survey conducted during the fourth quarter of 2007 by The NPD Group , a market research firm servicing the retail sector, revealed a direct correlation between areas hard hit by the housing crisis and a marked decrease in the sale of consumer electronics — like LCD televisions and notebook computers — and related products such as printer ink and paper. 21 Tampa, where one in every 110 households received a foreclosure filing and a 127 percent increase in foreclosure activity was reported from the first quarter of 2007. The prolonged housing slump is having a measurable effect on the overall economy, and not just on home furnishings and housing supply chains (like Linens N’ Things, which recently filed for bankruptcy protection).
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Home Price Indices Reporting Record Lows
  
  percent between Q1 2007 and Q1 2008 to the lowest level seen in the 17-year history of its purchase-only house price index. “These Results of its first quarter 2008 survey revealed a 6.7 percent decline in prices from the first quarter of 2007 — the largest yearly decline in the 20-year history of the index. “The Home prices on existing single-family homes continued to sink further into the abyss nationally during the first quarter of 2008, according to two leading industry indicators. The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) reported last week that prices fell 1.7
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• Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
  
  When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. So it is with real estate. Four real estate industry related reports have already been released this week, and Wall Street has reacted. When reports of telltale economic indicators are released, if Wall Street perceives them as bad, the market takes an immediate tumble. But when the indicators reported come is as expected, the reaction is generally good and we see an uptick in market activity.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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