11 Articles match "2008","Colorado","Sales"

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• FHA Program Linked to High Colorado Foreclosure Rate
  
  An illuminating article in the Denver Post connects the dots between Colorado’s high foreclosure rate and an FHA program gone awry: “Created to extend the dream of homeownership to first-time buyers, the so-called FHA gift program instead has led to rampant foreclosures. Nearly 6,000 FHA loans have wound up in foreclosure in Colorado in the past two years, and during that time the program allowed more than 25 percent of FHA buyers to use gifts as down payments.” The article recounts several stories of homeowners who paid just a few hundred dollars to buy their home, using a loophole
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• CO Gives Owners More Time to Fix Foreclosure
  
  gives Colorado homeowners who enter foreclosure more time to “cure” the loan in foreclosure before the public foreclosure sale. In the past, Colorado homeowners had 45 to 60 days from the commencement of foreclosure proceedings — initiated by what is called a notice of election and demand — to cure the loan by making all past-due payments along with late charges and other costs. This redemption period allowed homeowners who had been A state law that took effect Jan. 1
  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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• 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. Colorado came in second with one foreclosure filing for every 314 households. 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 released today.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures in Money's 'Best Places to Live'
  
  Fort Collins, Colorado. That’s more than all the for sale by owner, resale and new homes listed on RealtyTrac in Fort Collins The rest of Money’s Top 10 list includes: 2) Naperville, Ill.; Money magazine came out last week with another of its Top 10 lists; this one called "America’s Best Places to Live 2006 ." And the winner is . . .
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• March Mania and RealtyTrac's Sweet 16 Foreclosure List
  
  Each spring brings the beginning of the real estate sales season and the end of college basketball, culminating with March Mania and the much awaited NCAA Sweet 16 playoff. Reno, NV — Opening Bid: $49,073 3) Colorado — 2506 W 8th St., This weekend, as the best college basketball players square off, RealtyTrac will tip off its Sweet 16 foreclosure list. EAST REGION SEMIFINAL The dollar goes a long way in Pittsburgh.
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• FBI: Mortgage Fraud Begets Foreclosure
  
  The FBI also lists Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia as other areas significantly affected by mortgage fraud. The report identifies the most common scam as “illegal property flipping.” If not caught, the flipper pockets the profit produced by the artificially inflated sales price (see diagram below from FBI report). The report goes on to pinpoint “foreclosure-rescue” scams as an emerging form of fraud that takes advantage of the growing number of homeowners in default. “The perpetrators convince homeowners
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Exclusive Interview with Dave Webb of Hudson & Marshall
  
  We also have auctions scheduled in Colorado on April 19, where 150 homes are for sale; Las Vegas on April 20, where 300 foreclosures are on the block; and the Washington, D.C.-Maryland As foreclosures continue to mushroom, lenders are increasingly turning to the auction block to sell foreclosure properties. In April, Foreclosure News Report will spotlight the fast-growing foreclosure auction market and cover other hot foreclosure issues.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Betting Everything on the House: 3 Risky Loans to Avoid
  
  Falling prices, sluggish sales and risky loans that let borrowers pile up debt faster than they can pay it off could put more homeowners out of their houses this year than at any other time this decade. Yet many homeowners — particularly in California, Florida and Colorado — are still purchasing or refinancing their mortgages with “exotic” loans that may keep their monthly payments low now, but when these gimmicky loans “reset” upward borrowers could lose their homes if they haven’t planned for an increased monthly mortgage payment. While these loans certainly can be used for good, too often consumers don’t fully understand the risks involved.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Filings Soar 90 Percent
  
  Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac, said a jump in foreclosures at a time of year that traditionally is the busiest for home sales means the slide in prices probably isn't over. “Such strong activity in the midst of the typical spring buying season could foreshadow even higher foreclosure levels later in the year,” said Saccacio. “Certainly The Top 10 was rounded out by seventh place Illinois with 6,824 filings, Colorado with 6,321, Arizona with 5,918 and Nevada with 5,235 foreclosure filings. A growing number of American homeowners across the country are getting foreclosure notices, according to new data released this week by RealtyTrac.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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