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Don't Dump Investors
23, 2008.) Our Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Paulson, says “as our economy works through this difficult period, we will look for additional opportunities to try to avoid preventable foreclosures. Because investor properties lost to foreclosure will continue to flood the market, driving down all home values. Because when buyers look at recent home sales they do not distinguish Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge companies and massive stock brokerages theres no shortage
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
not far from Manhattan, Hudson City Bancorp has a lending philosophy that dates back decades: You can get a dull, boring, mortgage from Hudson at a very low rate — but only if you put equity into the property. As one example, Hermance says that of 50,000 New Jersey mortgages his bank bought back just two properties during a recent 12-month period. percent of No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller The news from Wall Street in recent weeks has not been good, especially in the world of mortgages.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
See: "Option ARMs, Its Later Than It Seems," September 2008.) With higher home values properties could be readily sold or refinanced with little risk. As to lender share prices and dividends, how attractive will such companies appear when huge numbers of loans are unpaid, especially if in many cases the size of the debt exceeds the value of the underlying properties? "Alternatively, if we restrict option loans now by regulation or lender choice, the pool of buyers will shrink and home prices will be under Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time By Peter G.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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How to Sell a Property via Online Auction
The Internet allows potential buyers to search for properties all over the world, view photographs and due diligence materials online, and participate in auctions all across the countr
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- Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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How to Sell a Property via Online Auction
The Internet allows potential buyers to search for properties all over the world, view photographs and due diligence materials online, and participate in auctions all across the countr
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- Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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New Poll: Buyers to Remain on the Fence
If the results of the latest Associated Press-AOL Money & Finance poll are any indication, prospective home buyers will be keeping their wallets closed and remain on the fence at least until the latest economic downturn blows over. Conducted between March 24 and April 3, 2008, by Abt SRBI Inc., And most importantly, the steady stream And that could be years down the road. A majority of those polled for the survey expressed pessimism over the nation’s housing contraction (as the Federal Reserve calls it) enough to not consider buying a home anytime soon.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Housing glut gives foreclosure buyers and investors advantage
million vacant homes await buyers In addition to weaker sales and declining prices, a record number of homes are sitting vacant awaiting buyers. 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. Storm clouds are gathering over the nation’s battered housing market. Depending on whom you ask, the forecast calls for either thunderstorms or gale
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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First-Time Buyers Get Help with CA Foreclosure Purchase
The catch is buyers have to be willing to buy their dream home in one of the designated areas approved by CalFHA — such as Alameda, Contra Costa and Riverside counties — and the foreclosure property must be specifically set aside for the program and owned by one of the participating lenders — including Wells Fargo, HomeEq, CitiMortgage and Fannie Mae. The lenders (and hopefully more will come forward as the program gets going) have all agreed to price the properties at 12 percent below market value. First-time homebuyers in California are getting help in purchasing their piece of the American Dream thanks to a public-private partnership and $200 million in bond funds allocated to the California Housing Finance Agency (CalFHA). Gov.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Buyers Come Out in Droves For LA Auction
In all, 92 properties were auctioned off in around five hours. The source of those properties — various lenders who just wanted to get those foreclosures off of their books. “Some of these are new REOs. The day after the Los Angeles auction Friedman took his group to sell properties in Riverside and San Bernardino counties and drew a another crowd of more than 1,000. Some were dressed for business. Others were dressed like they were out for a weekend at the mall.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Online Real Estate Auctions: 12 Tips for First-Time Bidders
Online auctions offer both novice and experienced real estate buyers a way to obtain under-valued propertie
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- Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Online Real Estate Auctions: 12 Tips for First-Time Bidders
Online auctions offer both novice and experienced real estate buyers a way to obtain under-valued propertie
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- Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Fannie: Q1 a Swift Kick in the Rear
CNNMoney reported last Tuesday that Fannie’s CEO Daniel Mudd is optimistic overall about the company’s future, but sees more challenges lying ahead for the rest of 2008 and possibly beyond. “As As a result of the losses, Fannie is revising its forecast for home price declines from a 5 to 7 percent loss nationally for all of 2008, to a 7 to 9 percent loss for the year, with significant regional differences in the rate of home price declines. It may have been created and chartered by the federal government, but Fannie Mae (the Federal National Mortgage Association) is first and foremost a private company responsible to shareholders for running at a profit.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Too Soon For a Comeback
Even the National Association of Realtors, which has come out with its latest report documenting a two percent decline in existing home sales for March 2008, down 19.3 According to the official statement of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), a monthly increase in prices was reported between January and February 2008 for seven out of the nine census divisions tracked by the agency. At present it does not appear that there is enough evidence yet to declare that a market comeback is in the offing. The bottom line is that no one can say anything with 100
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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