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National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality
The Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 , part of the FHA reform bill, sets in place national standards for mortgage loan officers. The sale of residential mortgages allows local lenders to have fresh capital which can then be used to originate more loans. study by the Miami Herald found that just in Florida “from 2000 to 2007, regulators allowed at least 10,529 people with criminal records National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality By Peter G. Miller What do you know about your
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Florida Homeowners Overconfident Despite Foreclosures?
Results of a new study released last week by Attorneys Title Insurance Fund (The Fund) suggests that Florida homeowners are feeling pretty good nowadays about the value of their homes and the potential for those values to rise further in the future. Their least concern: falling victim to mortgage fraud -- even though the survey says that Florida is the top state in the nation for such fraud (something that is, unfortunately, always associated with real estate investors working in the foreclosure arena). Their biggest concern: being hit by a hurricane. Between those two extremes,
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Now Homebuilders Face Foreclosure
This week, Florida-based homebuilder Tousa Inc. Sales of new homes have suffered the biggest decline since records began in 1963. New-home sales plunged 26.4 But many homebuilders — both publicly and privately held — will become extinct in 2008. For millions of Americans facing foreclosure, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut this week was welcome news that could possibly help save thousands of homeowners from default by giving them the opportunity to refinance their adjustable-rate loan into a fixed-rate mortgage with a lower interest rate. But for many U.S.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Housing glut gives foreclosure buyers and investors advantage
Home prices and sales plunge Sales of existing single-family homes declined in 40 states and in half of the nation’s biggest metropolitan areas in the last three months of 2006, according to the National Association of Realtors . The biggest declines were in Florida-Sarasota-Bradenton (down 18 percent), Palm Bay-Melbourne (17 percent) and Cape Coral-Fort Myers (12 percent). Storm clouds are gathering over the nation’s battered housing market. Depending on whom you ask, the forecast calls for either thunderstorms or gale force hurricane winds.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Realtors '07 Forecast Looks Promising for Future Foreclosure Activity
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. The CAR forecast also calls for a 2 percent drop in the state’s median home price next year from a projected median price of $561,000 for 2006, down to a projected median of $550,000 in 2007 — a stark contrast to a year ago when most forecasters were predicting
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Bank-Repossession Beat Continues in March
And for the second month in a row, the number of bank repossessions, or REOs, was up more than 100 percent year over year. The implication: while significantly more homeowners are falling into foreclosure, there is an even bigger increase in the number of homeowners already in the process who are losing their homes to foreclosure — whether through the typical foreclosure sale mechanism or whether by pre-empting the public foreclosure sale through what is called a deed in lieu of foreclosure. The year-over-year increase in bank repossessions was even more dramatic in some
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure Thriller — Pay Up or Beat It
filed the notice of trustee’s sale with the Santa Barbara County Superior Court on February 26th. View auction notice on RealtyTrac . “We Last month, the oceanfront south Florida mega mansion owned by the widow of publishing heir Randolph Hearst went on the auction block at the Palm Beach County Courthouse. For the second time in less than a month, the real estate bubble has burst on a rich and famous homeowner’s palatial estate. Following closely on the heels of another trophy property recently sold on the auction block, Michael Jacksons Neverland Ranch is set to possibly suffer
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Local Market Perspective: Cleveland, Ohio
Other sellers are really the relocation companies or the banks backing a short sale. Other locations — including Las Vegas, much of California and Florida — have two corrections to make. WATCH: Here in Cleveland, watch the market for the best deals! Some sellers are against the wall and will sell well under market value.
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- 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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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 Top 10 Foreclosure Total Ranked by the number of foreclosure filings, California topped the list, with 39,659 in May, and Florida was number two, with 21,704, according to RealtyTrac’s report. 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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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. Gretna, LA — Opening Bid: $25,000 2) Florida — 2224 Widener Ter, West Palm Beach, FL — Opening Bid: $10,000 3) Georgia — 3478 Thompson Dr NW, Atlanta, GA — Opening Bid: $76,500 4) North Carolina — 5032 Buckingham Dr., 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.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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