13 Articles match "2008","Arizona","Real Estate"

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• Burning Down the House
  
  For many real estate investors, the foreclosure market is smoking. Foreclosures nationwide are heating up, especially in once-supercharged real estate bubbles like Florida, California, Nevada and Arizona. But in Michigan, where foreclosures are widespread and a hot market for real estate investors, people are burning down the homes to avoid foreclosure . . . literally! Last month, a Michigan homeowner in foreclosure was arrested for allegedly setting her three-year old Grand Rapids home on fire to collect the insurance money, according to the
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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. State trends The four states with the highest foreclosure rates in the RealtyTrac first quarter report — Nevada, California, Arizona and Florida — were also the four states identified in the MBA report as having the most severe foreclosure problems. It’s too early to say that the lower foreclosure numbers 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.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Housing glut gives foreclosure buyers and investors advantage
  
  Sales fell by more than 20 percent in Arizona, Virginia, California, Maryland and the District of Columbia. 2.1 For real estate investors and home buyers, weakness in January construction means that builders will slash prices and offer incentives to motivate buyers into writing offers. Foreclosures surge upward The biggest news in residential real estate, however, seems to be foreclosures. The time has never been better for aspiring Storm clouds are gathering over the nation’s battered housing market. Depending on whom you ask, the forecast calls for either
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Now Homebuilders Face Foreclosure
  
  in Arizona, Kara Homes Inc. But many homebuilders — both publicly and privately held — will become extinct in 2008. and Meritage Homes in Arizona. If 2007 was the year of the extinction of subprime lenders, then 2008 could shape up to be the year that decimated U.S For millions of Americans facing foreclosure, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut this week was welcome news that could possibly help save thousands of homeowners from default by giving them the opportunity to refinance their adjustable-rate loan into a fixed-rate mortgage with a lower interest rate. But for many
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Priced to Foreclose
  
  Otherstates with similar statistics included Arizona and Nevada . Leave acomment or e-mail us at editor@foreclosurepulse.com . Posted 06-02-2006 10:52 AM by darenb Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trend A new report shows a strong correlation between slow home priceappreciation and high foreclosure rates, although its clear thecorrelation does not involve a direct cause-and-effect relationship. The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (thank goodness for acronyms)
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• March Mania and RealtyTrac's Sweet 16 Foreclosure List
  
  Each spring brings the beginning of the real estate sales season and the end of college basketball, culminating with March Mania and the much awaited NCAA Sweet 16 playoff. 1) Arizona — 1613 W Chipman Rd., SW, Albuquerque, NM — Opening Bid: $83,892 SOUTH REGION SEMIFINAL With many homeowners singing the post-Katrina blues in Louisiana and Mississippi, buying a foreclosure property is a This weekend, as the best college basketball players square off, RealtyTrac will tip off its Sweet 16 foreclosure list. EAST REGION SEMIFINAL The dollar goes a long way in Pittsburgh.
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• Foreclosure Filings Soar 90 Percent
  
  The Top 10 was rounded out by seventh place Illinois with 6,824 filings, Colorado with 6,321, Arizona with 5,918 and Nevada with 5,235 foreclosure filings. MBA’s reported pinpointed California, Florida, Nevada, Arizona, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana as trouble spots for delinquencies and foreclosures. “Those 1 in 194 households) View a complete list of foreclosure statistics by state . A growing number of American homeowners across the country are getting foreclosure notices, according to new data released this week by RealtyTrac. U.S.
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• As Foreclosures Mount, Candidates React to the Credit Crisis
  
  With mortgage foreclosures at historic highs, Democrats and Republicans are fighting over a political issue that could have major implications in the 2008 presidential campaign. Meanwhile, the rising flood of foreclosures promises to become a major presidential campaign issue in the weeks and months ahead because an alarming 2 million American homeowners could lose their homes by November 2008. Sensing an opportunity to win votes, the major presidential candidates have come out swinging; proposing a variety of prescriptions to ease the worsening housing slump.Both the White House and Democrat leaders in Congress agree that something must be done to stop the foreclosures.
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• Realtors '07 Forecast Looks Promising for Future Foreclosure Activity
  
  The expectations of the California Realtors is less bleak than a new housing report, "Housing at the Tipping Point," released this month by Moody’s Economy.com that predicts sharp declines, some nearing 20 percent in many metropolitan areas of California, Arizona, Nevada, Florida, Washington, D.C. We welcome your comments and feedback. Posted 10-20-2006 11:27 AM by Octavion Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trend LONG BEACH, Calif. — If California’s economic indicators stay at their
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• A (Relatively) Few Bad Apples Spoil the Barrel
  
  quot;Areas of California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona continue to be particularly hard-hit. Look for more local market perspectives coming soon and please post a comment on any of these posts if you have something to add, a question or a different perspective. Posted 05-14-2008 2:00 AM by darenb Filed under: Pre-Foreclosures , Foreclosure Auctions , Bank-Owned/REOs , Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trend According to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report issued today, the total number
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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