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July Foreclosure Report
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. 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. This shift in percentages shows that a higher proportion U.S. 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.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure Lessons from Long Beach: Part II
Lesson 2: Call the trustee or lender to get most recent property status After you find a property that interests you, first call the trustee (for pre-foreclosures and auctions) or the lender (forbank-owned properties) to make sure the property is still inforeclosure before you sink any more of your valuable time into pursuingthe property. Confirming the status is necessary because although RealtyTrac checksif a property is SOLD, there may be a delay before we receive thatinformation and the owner in default could also reinstate the property,meaning it is no longer in foreclosure
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Fed Plays a Delicate Balancing Game With Rate Cut
The problem is, many industry analysts are starting to come around to the idea that this “correction” may not bottom out until either year’s end 2008 or sometime in 2009. Today’s action, combined with the policy action taken in September, should help forestall some of the adverse effects on the broader economy that might otherwise arise from the disruptions in financial markets and promote moderate growth over time,” the FOMC said in a statement published October 31. In a move aimed at quelling fears of a looming recession, the Federal Open Market Committee took the country’s teetering monetary affairs seriously two weeks ago and lowered the short term federal funds rate another quarter of a percentage point to 4.5
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Now Homebuilders Face Foreclosure
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 many homebuilders — both publicly and privately held — will become extinct in 2008. But for many U.S. homebuilders the risk of foreclosure through bankruptcy has sharply risen under the pressure of the grim housing market.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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A Small Silver Lining in Q1 Foreclosure Storm
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. That in turn allows lenders to start unloading foreclosure inventory, easing a heavy burden that has been weighing down the citys housing market. Different forces may be at work in Philadelphia, helping that citys foreclosure rate remain relatively low.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Mapping the Foreclosure Marketplace
We just rolled out the next phase, featuring apowerful and flexible marketplace map for properties listed on RealtyTrac — including pre-foreclosures, auctions, bank-owned homes, for sale by owner homesand resale homes. Along with a road map, satellite view and birds-eye view ofthe subject property and neighborhood, this mapping application identifies andprovides a brief description of other properties in the area that are listed onRealtyTrac. This should be helpful for getting a sense of the local marketconditions — based on factors such as number of foreclosures and asking pricesof
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure "Megatrends"
For investors and homebuyers, these and other rapidly developing “megatrends” could signal opportunities. Vultures Circling Wall Street wizards profited handsomely from the subprime market they helped create; Wall Street gurus will profit from cleaning up the mess they spawned. Banks and Builders Buckle If 2007 was the year of the mortgage meltdown, where hundred of subprime lenders became extinct, then 2008 could shape up to be the year where banks and homebuilders buckle under the crushing strain of debt. Foreclosures are rising. Home prices are falling.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Hold Onto Your Hat and Hat Rack
The New York Times recently reported in two related stories that in some instances, homeowners who have already lost their homes to foreclosure are now faced with suffering the greatest embarrassment of all — having their personal items auctioned off. The law requires the town to store the items for a minimum of 15 days before it can auction off the personal property if no one should claim it. There’s a warm wind swirling around this country right now, and it may just blow the hat off of your head…and take along with it everything else you own as well. This breeze
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure Salvation: By Grace or By Works?
set) up an auction system for mortgage companies that hold hundreds of thousands of these mortgages. million foreclosure notices filed in 2007, up 75 percent from 2006. But because she doubts the sufficiency of this plan to help all homeowners, Clinton called on President Bush to form an "emergency working group on foreclosures" to step in and evaluate the plan along with her proposal to have the "government step in as a purchaser." Clinton believes that her proposal to allow the FHA to purchase loans "would cost taxpayers nothing in the long run" because it would not create a
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Extreme' Dream Gone Bust
The home, built with the help of 1,800 volunteers and Atlanta-based Beazer Homes, is now scheduled for public foreclosure auction on August 5. So look for a listing on the local MLS soon. Posted 07-30-2008 3:30 PM by joelc Filed under: Foreclosure Auctions , Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trend Three years ago Patricia and Milton Harper received a gift courtesy of reality television. ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition came to the rescue, demolishing the Harper’s old run down
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Digital Real Estate Data Means "OPEN HOUSE" 24/7
Today, in the new digital democracy, more than 80 percent of house-hunters use the Internet to help them find a home, according to the National Association of Realtors . They can even bid online for bank-owned auctions at RealtyTrac . At RealtyTrac , we are constantly looking for new and innovative ways to help our customers thrive in the new information age. The Internet is rapidly and radically transforming the way people buy and sell homes. An avalanche of information now available on the World Wide Web is shifting the balance of power in the real estate industry and
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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