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Separating the wheat from the chaff: legitimate foreclosure investors vs. scammers
It is a crime thatconsumer advocates fear could become increasingly common — especiallyin Southern California, where many homeowners have stretched themselvesto their financial limits to afford the regions record high housingprices. "The There are some (not all) reputable investors who will pay the deficit balance, ask you to keep the existing loan in your name and assist in selling the home, often taking a portion of the profits as payment for using their money while the property is for sale. An article in the Los Angeles Times onTuesday documented the sad story of a defaulted homeowner who was thevictim of alleged foreclosure fraud.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures: the Coming California Crash?
California foreclosure investors now have an opportunity to tap the knowledge of a 25-year real estate investing veteran who correctly predicted the last two major swings in the California real estate market and is on the verge of correctly predicting another. “Bruce Bruce Norris was dead right” about home prices in California doubling in the early 2000s after hitting bottom in 1997, said Michael Carney, Director of the Real Estate Research Council of Southern California. Carney went on to say that he thinks Norris’ latest prediction, made in early 2006, that foreclosures will soar and home prices will plummet in the next few years is also likely to be correct.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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California Consumers Hit the Skids
The Center’s California Composite Index of Consumer Sentiment stood at 57.6 for the second quarter of 2008, down from 66.3 These concerns are genuinely justified in California, the state which has led the nation in total properties with foreclosure filings for 19 out of the last 20 months, according to RealtyTrac . state where home Analysts at the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University in Orange, Calif.,
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Short sales rising
Scanning the Southern California Multiple Listing Service (MLS) last week, the one thing that stands out is the growing number of short sales. Last year, you rarely saw the phrase “short sale” in the MLS property description. Today, approximately 10 percent of the listed properties are short sales. That indicates lenders are getting more eager to unload properties in foreclosure, even if it means selling them for less than is owed on the mortgage. Short sales occur when home prices fall and mortgage debt exceeds the value of the property.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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California Foreclosures 2007: Steady As She Goes
Through November, RealtyTrac tallied nearly 130,000 properties that entered some stage of foreclosure in California alone during 2006; accounting for roughly 11 percent of the nation’s foreclosures for the same period. seem to indicate that California is economically sound and stable. Still, enough of the prime indicators are projected to turn and remain A dubious honor at best, the Golden State maintained a level of foreclosure activity during the past year that kept it in the nation’s upper echelon in terms of state foreclosure totals. The state hit its peak towards the end
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure Activity Up 7 Percent in March
The March total — which includes default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — was the highest monthly total since RealtyTrac began issuing its report in January 2005 and resulted in a foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 775 U.S. Colorados foreclosure rate ranked second highest, followed by Californias foreclosure rate, which leapfrogged into third place thanks to a 36 percent jump in foreclosure activity. With 149,150 foreclosure filings reported nationwide in March, U.S. foreclosure activity was up 7 percent from the previous month and 47 percent
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Realtors '07 Forecast Looks Promising for Future Foreclosure Activity
If California’s economic indicators stay at their present course, 2007 should be a very good year for investing and purchasing foreclosure properties at bargain prices. At Wednesday’s Opening Session of California Realtor EXPO 2006, Leslie Appleton-Young, Chief Economist for the California Association of Realtors, presented her housing forecast for next year , calling for the state’s median home price to drop for the first time in 10 years and the pace of home sales to continue to decrease. LONG BEACH, Calif. — The CAR forecast also calls for a 2 percent drop in
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures Take a Spring Break
total of 147,708 foreclosure filings, which include default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions, were reported during the month, a foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 783 U.S. California reported 30,505 foreclosure filings during the month, the most of any state and up more than 200 percent from April 2006. Californias foreclosure rate Foreclosure activity dipped 1 percent in April after hitting a two-year high in March, but foreclosure filings were still up 62 percent from April 2006, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures: Chicken or Egg?
One Southern California economist believes they’re clearly a symptom. “I and Director of the Real Estate Research Council of Southern California . Carney pinpointed the root cause of Southern California’s cooling housing market as a somewhat cryptic slowing of demand for housing in 2006. That slowing of demand had a domino effect, It’s a classic chicken-and-egg question: are foreclosures a cause or a symptom of the slumping housing market? I think there were troubles to start with; that’s what caused the defaults and foreclosures,” said Dr.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Where to find the best deals on foreclosures
Our analysis of nationwide foreclosure property sales in the last seven months shows that while some areas of the country documented a plethora of properties in foreclosure and big savings on foreclosure purchases, other areas reported relatively low foreclosure inventories and smaller average savings on foreclosure purchases. In addition, the low average sales price of foreclosures in these states makes it easier to purchase a foreclosure property — especially at foreclosure auctions, where the full amount in cash is sometimes required. It’s important for buyers and investors who are interested in the foreclosures market to carefully evaluate local market conditions before diving into foreclosures in any given area.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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A (Relatively) Few Bad Apples Spoil the Barrel
Still, nearly a quarter million properties in one month can have a significant impact on a housing market that is registering about 5 million existing home sales for the entire year . "Although quot;Although only about 2 percent of households nationwide will be in some stage of foreclosure this year, these properties contribute to already bloated inventories of homes for sale, and put downward pressure on home values," said James J. According to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report issued today, the total number of properties with foreclosure activity in April
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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