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Room Enough for a Catnap
Local residents got their first glimpse of the cat family — two adults and three kittens — on August 27. In this lackluster real estate market potential homebuyers have been sitting on the fence, observing from the sidelines as the number of foreclosures keeps going up and home prices keep plummeting. What are they waiting for?
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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UCLA: Crash and Burn Unlikely for National Economy
But while the economy’s air traffic controllers are first trying to chart new flight plans, the nation’s foreclosure activity is flying high — up 53 percent on a yearly basis — according to the RealtyTrac August 2006 U.S. The nation’s economy, driven mostly by the real estate sector, has been flying at Mach 1 in clear blue skies for a number of years. Now, however, some clouds are starting to appear on the horizon, and as air currents are changing, pilots are starting to throttle back and slow things down a bit, and distressed homeowners are belted into their seats as they find themselves
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Latest Census Data Suggest More Foreclosures Coming
Foreclosure Market Report for August 2006 , the city also had the third highest number of foreclosures in California with a foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 745 households — 1.35 Moreover, the state ranked 11 th nationally in total number of foreclosures for August 2006, an increase of 95 percent over August 2005. Will the thinly stretched finances of U.S. homeowners lead to a sharp rise in foreclosures and a collapse of the so-called housing bubble?
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Project Lifeline: New Name, Old Story
    It was on August 31st when President Bush introduced Hope Now, a plan to reduce foreclosures nationwid
    RealtyTrac Article Library - Sunday, February 17, 2008
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  • Project Lifeline: New Name, Old Story
    It was on August 31st when President Bush introduced Hope Now, a plan to reduce foreclosures nationwid
    RealtyTrac Article Library - Friday, February 29, 2008
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  • Project Lifeline: New Name, Old Story
    It was on August 31st when President Bush introduced Hope Now, a plan to reduce foreclosures nationwid
    RealtyTrac Article Library - Sunday, February 17, 2008
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  • Project Lifeline: New Name, Old Story
    It was on August 31st when President Bush introduced Hope Now, a plan to reduce foreclosures nationwid
    RealtyTrac Article Library - Friday, February 29, 2008
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  • Latest Census Data Suggest More Foreclosures Coming
    Foreclosure Market Report for August 2006 , the city also had the third highest number of foreclosures in California with a foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 745 households — 1.35 Moreover, the state ranked 11 th nationally in total number of foreclosures for August 2006, an increase of 95 percent over August 2005. Will the thinly stretched finances of U.S. homeowners lead to a sharp rise in foreclosures and a collapse of the so-called housing bubble?
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosures Don't Back Down in September
    RealtyTrac’s monthly foreclosure report shows 112,210 properties entering some stage of foreclosure during September, a decrease of less than 1 percent from August but an increase of more than 63 percent from September 2005. September’s foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 1,030 households was the third highest monthly foreclosure rate year to date, behind only the foreclosure rates reported in August and February. Foreclosure activity in September didn’t back down much from the jump reported in the previous month, RealtyTrac reported today. Colorado, Nevada
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Fed Stands Fast on Rate; Little Solace for Homeowners
    It wasn’t long after Ben Bernanke took over the reins of the Federal Reserve from Alan Greenspan that he put a halt to the 17 consecutive upward adjustments in the federal funds rate (FFR) — the short-term interest rate banks charge each other — back in August 2006. The interest rates on more than $1 trillion in these “exotic” mortgages are due to reset to higher rates in both 2007 and 2008. On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to keep its hands-off stance, leaving the FFR at 5.25 percent.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Will Homeowners Sink or Swim?
    Foreclosure Market Report, which shows 112,210 properties nationwide entered some stage of foreclosure during the month, a decrease of less than 1 percent from August, and a 63 percent increase from September 2005. And prices of existing homes fell in August for the first time in 11 years as sales dipped to their lowest level since early 2004, according to the National Association of Realtors . Many American homeowners — initially attracted to low teaser rates on those “exotic” ARMs and sub-prime loans — now find themselves swimming upstream in a desperate attempt to remain financially afloat.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Back to Wait and See for the Fed
    percent back in August 2007 down to 2 percent last month, the Fed has decided to go back to the wait-and-see stance Chairman Ben Bernanke established when he first took over the reins of the agency back in August 2006. The Federal Open Market Committee took the advice Wednesday of all the financial analysts and market watchers and did absolutely nothing with the short term Federal Funds Rate (FFR). After whittling away at the rate over time from a high of 5.25 At that time former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan had just finished adjusting the rate upward 17 consecutive times.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • UCLA: Crash and Burn Unlikely for National Economy
    But while the economy’s air traffic controllers are first trying to chart new flight plans, the nation’s foreclosure activity is flying high — up 53 percent on a yearly basis — according to the RealtyTrac August 2006 U.S. The nation’s economy, driven mostly by the real estate sector, has been flying at Mach 1 in clear blue skies for a number of years. Now, however, some clouds are starting to appear on the horizon, and as air currents are changing, pilots are starting to throttle back and slow things down a bit, and distressed homeowners are belted into their seats as they find themselves
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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