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July Foreclosure Report
Bank Repossessions (REOs) accounted for 28 percent of all activity during the month, while defaults accounted for 41 percent and auction notices accounted for 31 percent. That is in contrast to REOs accounting for just 16 percent of all activity in July 2007, while defaults in July 2007 were still at 41 percent and auction notices were at 43 percent. Many more are losing their U.S. foreclosure activity in July increased 8 percent from the previous month and 55 percent from July 2007, according to the RealtyTrac Foreclosure Market Report released today. View state-by-state
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Separating the wheat from the chaff: legitimate foreclosure investors vs. scammers
There are some (not all) reputable investors who will pay the deficit balance, ask you to keep the existing loan in your name and assist in selling the home, often taking a portion of the profits as payment for using their money while the property is for sale. That transaction should include…A) Cash wiring instructions to the foreclosing bank (often by Western Union) B) A three-day right of recession, and a share purchase agreement, C) verifiable information of the person purchasing the property, including personal and financial references.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Make Food, Not Foreclosures
allow it to garden vacant lots from the thousands of foreclosures in the county’s inventory and allow its volunteers to plow and plant them in order to grow fruits and vegetables for needy locals. Just like it was in 2007, Wayne County has been a hotbed of foreclosure activity in Michigan so far in 2008. In fact it’s had one of the highest county foreclosure rates in 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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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Local Market Perspective: Lake Havasu, Ariz.
In May 2008, there were 272 new listings, down 1.5 There were 134 sold listings in May 2008, down 15.52 I am seeing a rise in foreclosures and short sales far higher than May of 2007. My last seven sales have all been bank-owned homes, with over 171 contacts from my RealtyTrac source. With a population of fewer than 55,000, the Lake Havasu, Ariz., real estate market is still declining.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Bubble monitoring
For instance, there are a plethora ofblogs such as The Housing Bubble and Northern New Jersey Real Estate Bubble that use the rising foreclosure numbers shown by RealtyTracs data tosupport their theory of a real estate bubble about to burst. The highlighted one street where sevenhomes are listed for sale, but missed the fact that there are threepre-foreclosures on the same street. Its always fascinating to see the different ways people useRealtyTracs foreclosure data. Many ofthese bloggers take the time to drill down to the RealtyTrac data intheir area and display that
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Mapping the Foreclosure Marketplace
We just rolled out the next phase, featuring apowerful and flexible marketplace map for properties listed on RealtyTrac — including pre-foreclosures, auctions, bank-owned homes, for sale by owner homesand resale homes. Along with a road map, satellite view and birds-eye view ofthe subject property and neighborhood, this mapping application identifies andprovides a brief description of other properties in the area that are listed onRealtyTrac. This should be helpful for getting a sense of the local marketconditions — based on factors such as number of foreclosures and asking
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Where to find the best deals on foreclosures
It’s important for buyers and investors who are interested in the foreclosures market to carefully evaluate local market conditions before diving into foreclosures in any given area. Our analysis of nationwide foreclosure property sales in the last seven months shows that while some areas of the country documented a plethora of properties in foreclosure and big savings on foreclosure purchases, other areas reported relatively low foreclosure inventories and smaller average savings on foreclosure purchases. Foreclosure markets most favorable to buyers and investors According to data from the RealtyTrac database, homebuyers and investors realized average savings over the past seven months of more than 40 percent on foreclosure purchases in Ohio and average savings of more than 30 percent on foreclosure purchases in Indiana , Tennessee , Georgia and Texas .
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Housing glut gives foreclosure buyers and investors advantage
Depending on whom you ask, the forecast calls for either thunderstorms or gale force hurricane winds. 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 . At the same time, Nevada sales plunged 36 percent, while Florida posted a decline of 31 percent. Storm clouds are gathering over the nation’s battered housing market. Fueling the latest concerns is a deluge of discouraging data in the housing
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures in Money's 'Best Places to Live'
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.; As always, for investors interested in foreclosure property it’s a matter of doing your homework to get ideas on where to search. 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 . . .
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Digital Real Estate Data Means "OPEN HOUSE" 24/7
The Internet — and a new wave of technologically savvy Web-based real estate firms like RealtyTrac — is leveling the playing field for consumers, giving them access to vital information once controlled exclusively by real estate brokerages and a small circle of real estate professionals. Now, buyers and seller can see all the MLS homes online — for free! The Internet is rapidly and radically transforming the way people buy and sell homes. An avalanche of information now available on the World Wide Web is shifting the balance of power in the real estate industry and giving homebuyers
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Exclusive Interview with Dave Webb of Hudson & Marshall
One of the experts interviewed for the Foreclosure News Report story was Dave Webb, principal of Hudson & Marshall, a major auction firm in Dallas, Texas. Read Webb’s exclusive interview below: Is now a good time for investors to buy bank-owned foreclosures at auction? “Bank-owned foreclosure auctions are a great way for buyers to find exceptional values on homes because lenders are anxious to unload these properties. As foreclosures continue to mushroom, lenders are increasingly turning to the auction block to sell foreclosure properties. In April, Foreclosure
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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
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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