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Don't Dump Investors
23, 2008.) Our Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Paulson, says “as our economy works through this difficult period, we will look for additional opportunities to try to avoid preventable foreclosures. These efforts are to help American families who both want to and can, through a loan modification or re-financing, stay in their homes.” Its not the governments job to bail out Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge companies and massive stock brokerages theres no shortage of government
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
They are the largest buyers of U.S. home mortgages. If Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collapse the result would be the wholesale destruction of the national mortgage system; a virtual halt to home sales because few local mortgages would be available; soaring interest rates because few loans would be available and a level of losses throughout the economy unseen since the Great Depression. billion direct line of credit with the U.S. Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G. Miller Its been a rough year for Fannie
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
You say you want to buy a home but have no money. Let me introduce you to the option ARM, an affordability mortgage product that can get you into the home of your dreams.... See: "Option ARMs, Its Later Than It Seems," September 2008.) According to Fitch "the potential average payment increase on this recasting population is Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time By Peter G. Miller Step right up folks.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Mayors Predict Rising Foreclosures in 2008
Mounting home foreclosures will lead to “profound” effects on the economy next year, bleeding billions of dollars in lost tax revenues, shrinking job growth and reducing consumer spending in the nation’s major metropolitan areas, according to a new report released this week by the U.S. Prepared by forecasting and consulting firm Global Insight , the report said weak residential investment, lower spending and income in the construction industry and curtailed consumer spending because of falling home values will combine to hold back the nation’s economic activity. Conference of Mayors .
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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US Foreclosures a Mixed Blessing in Q2
As the most recently collected data reported today in RealtyTracs Q2 2006 U.S. This is good news for real estate investors, agents and home buyers looking for a piece of the American Dream at a potentially more affordable price. Foreclosure Market Report suggests, there is both an upside and a downside to the latest numbers. On the positive side, foreclosure activity nationwide during Q2 2006 rose 25 percent over the same quarter last year to 272,109 properties .
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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U.S. Housing Starts Rise, Though Permits Fall
The pace of new home construction jumped in February by the largest amount in more than a year, but building permits continued to decline, indicating future weakness in the housing market, according a new Commerce Department report today. Total housing starts rose 9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.5 million units in February, higher than the 1.4
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Million Dollar Homes in Foreclosure
U.S. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not just run-down homes in poor neighborhoods that are vulnerable to foreclosure. RealtyTrac’s national foreclosure database featured a number of million-dollar homes in some stage of foreclosure last month, including the homes pictured below. For home buyers at the more expensive end of the real estate market, these types of properties can represent good investment opportunities. (Note: foreclosures are up from last year as higher interest rates force more homeowners into default and softening housing prices give defaulted homeowners fewer options to avoid foreclosure.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today. quot; Las Vegas and Phoenix posted the two biggest annual declines in home prices of the 20 metro areas tracked in the report, followed by Miami with a 28.2 Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5 percent from their peak in July 2006. "There
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Can “Appreciation Sharing” Solve The Mortgage Mess?
We’re about to see something new in the mortgage marketplace: The government is going to insure huge numbers of shared-appreciation mortgages, a type of home financing rarely seen in the U.S
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- Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Can “Appreciation Sharing” Solve The Mortgage Mess?
We’re about to see something new in the mortgage marketplace: The government is going to insure huge numbers of shared-appreciation mortgages, a type of home financing rarely seen in the U.S
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- Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Fannie: Q1 a Swift Kick in the Rear
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 ldquo;As the initial shock of home price declines dissipate and markets settle down from volatility of the last nine months, we’re seeing tremendous opportunity. 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.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Local Market Perspective: Lake Havasu, Ariz.
With our beautiful Lake and hot summers, we are considered a vacation and second home community. In May 2008, there were 272 new listings, down 1.5 There were 134 sold listings in May 2008, down 15.52 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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Now Homebuilders Face Foreclosure
But for many U.S. based Levitt & Sons, Elliott Building Group in Pennsylvania, Turner-Dunn Homes Inc. in Arizona, Kara Homes Inc. in New Jersey, and Neumann Homes Inc. Sales of new homes have suffered the biggest decline since records began in 1963. 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. homebuilders
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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