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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. Prior to the legislation 14 states participated in the voluntary Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System, but under the new rules all states and all loan officers will be part of a mandatory registration system to be established during the coming year. study by National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality By Peter G. Miller What do you know about your loan officer?
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
percent from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today. and -29.3%, respectively, and all 20 cities are still in negative territory on a year-over-year basis." We sold a condo and bought a single-family home. Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 Prices in those
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Local Market Perspective, SW Florida
I was talking with a group of teachers the other day and for the first time in a few years I didn't hear them say "We can't afford to take this position in Southwest Florida". This was not the case over the past couple of years and I think that we as a community missed out on several young teachers that could have made major differences in our children's lives if the only could afford the housing at the time. With real estate prices moving downward and more affordability coming back into our market it now makes since for young professionals to make the move from the cold and down to 85 degree weather in February.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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,
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Local Market Perspective, SW Florida
I was talking with a group of teachers the other day and for the first time in a few years I didn't hear them say "We can't afford to take this position in Southwest Florida". This was not the case over the past couple of years and I think that we as a community missed out on several young teachers that could have made major differences in our children's lives if the only could afford the housing at the time. With real estate prices moving downward and more affordability coming back into our market it now makes since for young professionals to make the move from the cold and down to 85 degree weather in February.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures Begin 2007 at Two-Year High
New foreclosure activity in January hit its highest level since RealtyTrac began issuing a national foreclosure report two years ago, with 130,511 new foreclosure filings reported during the month. Texas, California and Florida continued to report the top three monthly foreclosure totals among all the states. That was up 19 percent from the previous month and up 25 percent from January 2006. After dominating the headlines with the highest state foreclosure rate for much of 2006, Colorado’s foreclosure rate dropped to fourth highest among the states thanks to a slight decrease in foreclosure activity in January.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Capitalizing on a Cooling Market
When the South Florida housing market entered into a nosedive last year, Harry Andrade saw an opportunit
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Capitalizing on a Cooling Market
When the South Florida housing market entered into a nosedive last year, Harry Andrade saw an opportunit
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Coastal Disasters = More Foreclosures?
For anyone who has lived through a natural disaster, the recent tornadoes in Central Florida and the horrific aftermath left behind — approximately 1,500 structures destroyed and 20 people killed — brings back memories of more than just the great need for disaster relief from the federal government (FEMA). It doesn’t matter if you’re living in Florida or California — coastal property is expensive and so are the insurance premiums that go with them. It also brings back bad memories of dealing with insurance companies and very slow claims service. Back in 1994 something called “The
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Fannie: Q1 a Swift Kick in the Rear
billion loss reported for Q4 2007, it pales in comparison to the $961 million profit the GSE reported for the same quarter a year ago. CNNMoney reported last Tuesday that Fannie’s CEO Daniel Mudd is optimistic overall about the company’s future, but sees more challenges lying ahead for the rest of 2008 and possibly beyond. “As As a result of the losses, Fannie is revising its forecast for home price declines from a It may have been created and chartered by the federal government, but Fannie Mae (the Federal National Mortgage Association) is first and foremost a private company responsible to shareholders for running at a profit.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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MBA Survey Confirms Q1 Foreclosure Surge
The first quarter MBA National Delinquency Survey released today largely supports the findings of the RealtyTrac Q1 2008 U.S. State trends The four states with the highest foreclosure rates in the RealtyTrac first quarter report — Nevada, California, Arizona and Florida — were also the four states identified in the MBA report as having the most severe foreclosure problems. It’s too early to say that the lower foreclosure numbers Foreclosure Market Report released at the end of April, which found overall foreclosure activity increased 23 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 and 112 percent from the first quarter of 2007.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures Thrive in Third Quarter
That brings the year-to-date foreclosure total to more than 900,000, more than in all of 2005 and on pace to hit 1.2 million by year’s end. Colorado documented the highest foreclosure rate during the quarter — one new foreclosure filing for every 127 households — and Florida reported the most new foreclosure filings — 40,136. View more details . Posted 10-31-2006 7:47 AM by darenb With home price appreciation slowing and the inventory of unsold homes expanding, the third quarter proved to be fertile ground for sprouting foreclosures, according to RealtyTrac’s quarterly foreclosure market report .
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Now Homebuilders Face Foreclosure
This week, Florida-based homebuilder Tousa Inc. Last year, the tumbling housing market claimed such large builders as Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based But many homebuilders — both publicly and privately held — will become extinct in 2008. If 2007 was the year of the extinction of subprime lenders, then 2008 could shape up to be the year that decimated U.S 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.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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