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• Mayors Predict Rising Foreclosures in 2008
  
  Nearly 130 cities around the country will face sluggish growth, as economic activity expansion is reduced by more than a third in 65 metro areas alone, the report predicts. Moreover, the report projected big economic losses in some of the nation’s largest cities. billion in economic activity in 2008, followed by Los Angeles at $8.3 Mounting home foreclosures will lead to “profound” effects on the economy next year, bleeding billions of dollars in lost tax revenues, shrinking job growth and reducing consumer spending in the nation’s major metropolitan areas, according to a new report released this week by the U.S.
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• Motor City Tops MSA Foreclosure List in Q3
  
  This trend corresponds to what RealtyTrac is seeing in the national real estate market where sales volume is slowing down — heading negative in many areas of the country — price appreciation has slowed to either single-digit rates or even negative rates in a few instances, and interest rates on adjustable-rate mortgages are starting to reset to higher levels. Detroit Foreclosure Rate Heat Map -- October 2006 Posted 11-15-2006 12:30 PM by joelc Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Tr
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• Foreclosures Fade in World Series Spotlight
  
  The Tigers have given local fans a chance to momentarily forget about another dubious distinction: that they reside in a city with one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation . The city’s foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 197 households was more than five times the national average and tops among the nation’s 100 largest metros. And foreclosures are just the The Detroit Tigers are the feel-good story of this year’s World Series, having made it to baseball’s big dance only three years after posting 119 losses — one of the worst records in history.
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• Foreclosures in Money's 'Best Places to Live'
  
  The folks at Money say it’s because the city, “combines the vibrancy of a city with the comforts of the suburbs — good jobs and schools, a lively downtown, reasonable cost of living and, up there in the Rockies, an incredible outdoor life — it’s the kind of place people want to live in.” Money’s writers and editors selected from an initial pool of 745 “livable” cities with populations of more than 50,000 with good jobs, low crime, quality schools, plenty of open space, lots to do, AND rational home prices. Money magazine came out last week with another of its Top 10 lists; this one called "America’s Best Places to Live 2006 ."
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• Make Food, Not Foreclosures
  
  Just like it was in 2007, Wayne County has been a hotbed of foreclosure activity in Michigan so far in 2008. Similar to other parts of the nation’s Rust Belt, the county’s real estate market — particularly Detroit — is suffering. The pilot program would start with 20 plots, with the City of Detroit donating the water. A non-profit group has launched a program to turn former foreclosures into farmland. National Public Radio is reporting that the non-profit group Urban Farming requested that Wayne County, Mich.,
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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. Foreclosure activity in Detroit was down nearly 4 percent from the first quarter of 2007, although the citys foreclosure rate still ranked No. On the other hand, those exceptions could just turn out to be a source of false hope, perpetuated in part by short-term foreclosure solutions that are about as effective as a five-gallon bailing bucket on the sinking Titanic.
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• Latest Census Data Suggest More Foreclosures Coming
  
  Depending on the city, if those costs increase any more than they already have, the end result could very well be seen on the RealtyTrac website. 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 We appreciate your comments and feedback. Posted 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?
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• Foreclosures and Hurricanes: A Nasty Combo
  
  The Institute of Business and Housing Safety is reporting that the increasing number of abandoned or vacant foreclosed homes is so great as to generate real concern for the oncoming hurricane season this year. reported a rise in homeowner vacancies for the first quarter of 2008 from the previous quarter and the same quarter a year ago. The potential for damage The fallout that followed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 left many Gulf Coast residents homeless or facing foreclosure — or both. Temporary relief from the devastation was granted in the form of a foreclosure
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• Michigan Goes Hollywood to Help Homeowners
  
  In June 2008 — the most recent monthly ranking available from RealtyTrac — the Great Lakes State ranked fifth nationally, reporting 12,025 properties with foreclosure filings, accounting for 5 percent of the nation’s total foreclosure filings for the month. In a press release distributed by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority , the goal of the show is to provide programming that will give “realistic advice to improve the quality of life for everyone and lead to vibrant cities and neighborhoods across the state.” Lights! Camera!
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• Lenders help their customers curb foreclosures
  
  To prevent potential problems, National City Corp. — a Kansas City-based subprime mortgage lender, helps its customers find jobs. Launch-Point helps job-hunting mortgage customers prepare resumes, practice for job interviews, find job openings and evaluate how the real job interviews went. Please feel free to comment on this article, or write an e-mail to us at: editor@foreclosurepulse.com As borrowers falling behind on their mortgage payments increase in number, they are getting help form an unlikely source — the mortgage industry. Banks are increasingly testing new
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