4 Articles match "2008","Detroit","March"

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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. Trenton, NJ — Opening Bid: $83,700 MIDWEST REGION SEMIFINAL With bank-owned houses cheaper than a used car in Detroit, Michigan and Columbus, Ohio, why not buy the whole block? Columbus, OH — Opening Bid: $18,000 2) Detroit — 11840 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
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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. The notable exceptions included Detroit — a longtime posterchild for the foreclosure meltdown — and Philadelphia, along with a few other Pennsylvania metro areas. 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.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Exclusive Interview with Dave Webb of Hudson & Marshall
  
  It looked like what Detroit looks like now. think it’s a good time to buy bank-owned foreclosures.” You have some auctions coming up soon, tell us about it? “I’ve got nearly 800 bank-owned properties to sell in Michigan starting March 25 through March 30. We’ll be selling 100 to150 properties a day in the metro Detroit area. 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
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
  
  3) The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index also came out Tuesday with its analysis showing that consumer confidence in the nation’s economy slid nearly 12 percent in March following a sharp decline in February, and remaining at a five-year low. percent), while Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles, Detroit, Tampa, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. When reports of telltale economic indicators are released, if Wall Street perceives them as bad, the market takes an
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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