6 Articles match "2008","Households","Los Angeles"

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• Separating the wheat from the chaff: legitimate foreclosure investors vs. scammers
  
  An article in the Los Angeles Times onTuesday documented the sad story of a defaulted homeowner who was thevictim of alleged foreclosure fraud. Overall,the foreclosure rate in the Los Angeles region has doubled sinceOctober, according to RealtyTrac Inc., As of February, the rate was one foreclosure forevery 1,223 households. The homeowner said he was trickedinto signing over the title of his home by a scam artist who didnothing to stop the foreclosure and then took out another loan againstthe property with no intention of paying it off. The article goes on
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• California Tops PMI's Risk Index
  
  Of the top 50 metros, 19 face a more than 50 percent chance of declining home prices through the end of 2008. Rounding out the top 10 with their scores were: Nassau-Suffolk, NY (601); Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (600); Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA (597); Boston-Quincy, MA (595); Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA (595); and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA (592). percent of all households went into foreclosure. Seven out of the 10 riskiest housing markets in the nation for home price deflation over the next two years are located in California, according to the Winter 2007 PMI U.S.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures Fade in World Series Spotlight
  
  The city’s foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 197 households was more than five times the national average and tops among the nation’s 100 largest metros. And foreclosures are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the city’s economic woes, reports the Los Angeles Times , which cites the decline of the automotive industry as the primary culprit. The Detroit Tigers are the feel-good story of this year’s World Series, having made it to baseball’s big dance only three years after posting 119 losses — one of the worst records in history. The Tigers
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Coastal Disasters = More Foreclosures?
  
  Back in 1994 something called “The Northridge Earthquake” (misnamed as it was) shook Los Angeles at 4:31 a.m. Florida had 124,721 foreclosures last year — a 2 percent increase from 2005, and a foreclosure rate of one new filing for every 59 households. Foreclosure Market Report. Add to that the fact that many of those homeowners who bought during the past two years financed their home purchase with one of those high-risk adjustable rate mortgages that is 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).
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
  
  percent), while Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles, Detroit, Tampa, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. households surveyed, consumer perception about the nation’s economy is generally pessimistic about everything from current business conditions to short-term expectations for the future, the outlook for the labor market and chances to see their incomes increasing in the near future. When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. When reports of telltale economic indicators are released, if Wall Street perceives
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  percent decline and Los Angeles with a 26.2 We sold a condo and bought a single-family home.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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