11 Articles match "2008","Foreclose","Origination"

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• New Ultimatum Hits Lenders: Buy Loans or Foreclose
  
  It was in early October when Bank of America said it would modify 400,000 mortgages originated during past few years by its newly acquired Countrywide subsidiar
  RealtyTrac Article Library - Monday, December 8, 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. in March, spurred by investors taking advantage of low prices on foreclosed properties." 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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• Big Ben Is Finally Talking Foreclosures
  
  million subprime loans (or approximately 40 percent of the outstanding stock of subprimes) were going to reset in 2008 from just above 8 percent to about 9.25 Bringing the lending limits of FHA originated loans to higher amounts — a measure enacted recently as part of the economic stimulus package passed by Congress and signed by President Bush — and allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to purchase those loans and sell them on the secondary market would be highly beneficial to the economy, he noted. Big Ben Bernanke, that guy at the top of the nation’s financial food chain, finally admitted Tuesday in an address to a group of the nation’s community bankers that foreclosures are not going to go away anytime soon. The Fed Chief gave two reasons for the bleak forecast (both of which have been espoused in previous posts in this blog): 1) further declines in housing prices are expected; and 2) significant resets of adjustable interest rates to unaffordable levels for many borrowers who were convinced to take out the more risky loan products of the past few years.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Looking to develop property? Try foreclosures.
  
  million, according to the San Antonio Express-News : A creditor foreclosed Tuesday on a half-completed project on Broadway near the Interstate 35-Interstate 37 interchange, clearing the way for progress on its hulking concrete building shells. This property was originally listed on RealtyTrac in May with an auction date in June. Although most of the foreclosure properties listed on RealtyTrac are single family homes, any type of property can fall into foreclosure. That includes all kinds of commercial property and unfinished developments -- like one in San Antonio that sold
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• America's Most Expensive Foreclosure?
  
  The mansion was foreclosed on February 25th on the Palm Beach County courthouse steps. It was originally built in 1929 for the grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mention the word “foreclosure” and most homebuyers and investors conjure up images of run-down and dilapidated properties located in undesirable neighborhoods. But now some of the most opulent estates are increasingly becoming available for savvy investors and homebuyers as a growing number of well-healed homeowners are defaulting on their mortgage payments and property taxes.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Room Enough for a Catnap
  
  Well, for one family it was the right time, an attractive property, and so they came off the fence and pounced at the opportunity of occupying a foreclosed property — quite literally, given that it’s a family of bobcats. The original report that went out said they were mountain lions, according to The Los Angeles Times . In this lackluster real estate market potential homebuyers have been sitting on the fence, observing from the sidelines as the number of foreclosures keeps going up and home prices keep plummeting. What are they waiting for?
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Study Forecasts Rising Subprime Foreclosures
  
  A new study released yesterday by the Center for Responsible Lending projects that one out of five subprime mortgages originated in the past two years will end in foreclosure, costing homeowners as much as $164 billion. “This rate is nearly double the projected rate of subprime loans made in 2002, and it exceeds the worst foreclosure experience in the modern mortgage market, which occurred during the “Oil Patch” disaster of the 1980s. Absent from the studys executive summary and proposed solutions are any mention of the borrower’s role in preventing foreclosed subprime loans.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Home Prices Fall Deeper Into the Abyss
  
  Home prices in its original composite 10 metro areas fell to a new record low, down 16.9 For potential homebuyers, investors and real estate professionals, it means the flow of foreclosed properties should continue into the indefinite future — at least until home prices stabilize somewhere down the abyss and reverse their direction back up the elevator shaft. Posted 07-29-2008 4:30 PM by joelc Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trend Homeowners across the country may be feeling a bit like Mel Brooks’ character from his movie “High Anxiety” now that Standard and Poor’s has released its May numbers for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices .
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• July Foreclosure Report
  
  When they default, bank losses will shoot to the sky — and many homes will be foreclosed. Now were clear of debts but student loans, but cost of living is so high now, and rent is higher than my original mortgage payment, that we arent sure we can save up significant money to get a house in 2 more years when FHA would allow us to get one. 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 details .
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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. Saccacio, chief executive officer at RealtyTrac.com , the nation’s largest source of foreclose listings and data. “A A system to register loan originators will not only create an important consumer protection, it will also have great value to lenders and mortgage National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality By Peter G. Miller     What do you know about your
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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