18 Articles match "2008","Houses","January"

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Don't Dump Investors
After all, its in our national interest to protect investors — unless, of course, theyre folks who merely bought a house or two. 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. According to the National Association of Realtors, the median price of an existing home rose from $124,800 in 1998 to Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller    When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Fed, World's Banks Pull Off Global Rate Reduction
rdquo; In fact, during that speech Bernanke made it clear that the housing market was a key factor in that outlook. “Economic activity had shown signs of decelerating even before the recent upsurge in financial-market tensions. As has been the case for some time, the housing market continues to be a primary source of weakness in the real economy as well as in the financial markets,” Bernanke said. “However, In an unprecedented move aimed at quelling the mounting tidal wave of unrest affecting the world’s economies and investors, the Federal Reserve, in partnership with other central banks around the world, pulled off a coordinated reduction of short-term interest rates Wednesday.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Thursday, December 18, 2008
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Legislating Lower Foreclosure Rates?
An Illinois law intended to help reduce foreclosures is drawing cries of discrimination from some of the people it is trying to protect, according to the Chicago Defender newspaper. “Nearly 60 days after Illinois House Bill 4050 went into effect to supposedly protect consumers from predatory lenders, a coalition of Black and Latino city residents say the new law is actually destroying property values in select minority communities.” The law is a pilot program that is being applied in 10 Chicago zip codes chosen for their high foreclosure rates, among other factors. But opponents
www.foreclosurepulse.com - 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 economists million units in February, higher than the 1.4 That's a welcome rebound following the decline last month, when construction activity nose-dived more than 14 percent.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Housing glut gives foreclosure buyers and investors advantage
    Storm clouds are gathering over the nation’s battered housing market. Fueling the latest concerns is a deluge of discouraging data in the housing sector. million empty houses were listed for sale during October, November and December, according to the Census Bureau . That suggests that prices may have to fall further for sales 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
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Too Soon For a Comeback
    Even the National Association of Realtors, which has come out with its latest report documenting a two percent decline in existing home sales for March 2008, down 19.3 According to the official statement of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), a monthly increase in prices was reported between January and February 2008 for seven out of the nine census divisions tracked by the agency. At present it does not appear that there is enough evidence yet to declare that a market comeback is in the offing. The bottom line is that no one can say anything
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Michigan Goes Hollywood to Help Homeowners
    Rather, it’s more of a “reality” television show. The State of Michigan is hitting the airwaves with a cable television show of its own called “House Michigan” aimed at promoting homeownership and everything that entails. Since January 2006 Michigan has ranked in RealtyTrac’s top 10 states with the greatest foreclosure activity in the nation, most of that time maintaining a position in the top five. Lights! Camera!
    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. percent reported in the first quarter of 2007. The trend lines are even closer when looking at the RealtyTrac first quarter foreclosure rate (0.515 percent of total housing units with a foreclosure filing during the quarter), which was up 21 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 — exactly the same percentage increase as the MBA foreclosure rate — and up 109 percent from the first quarter of 2007. 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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  • Home Price Appreciation Stays Sluggish
    An index issued Thursday suggests the nation’s sputtering housing market is running low on the fuel it needs to accelerate — price appreciation. The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight’s House Price Index for the fourth quarter of 2006 shows home prices were up 1.1 Not coincidentally, Michigan documented the nation’s second highest foreclosure rate in January 2007, according to RealtyTrac’s U.S percent from the previous quarter and up 5.9 percent from the fourth quarter of 2005 — down from the 7.9
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Feb. Foreclosure Report: Are We at Bottom Yet?
    The February monthly decrease is more likely a seasonal decrease helped along by a shorter-than-average month and the fact that Januarys numbers are often padded with some pent-up foreclosure activity from the holiday season. foreclosure activity was down 6 percent from January. The more important indicator is the year-over-year increase, which has been between February foreclosure activity was down 4 percent from the previous month but still up 57 percent from February 2007, according to the latest RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report .
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • When Foreclosure Is Not Politically Correct
    Located in the upscale Curtis Park neighborhood of Sacramento, the property has gone through the foreclosure auction process and reportedly been purchased by Red Rock Mortgage for $388,000, a far cry from the $535,000 Richardson paid for it back in January 2007. 14, 2007 for $18,356, followed by a Notice of Trustees Sale being recorded on March 19, 2008. Typically when you read about a politician and foreclosure, it’s in relation to some piece of legislation created to combat the recent surge in foreclosures. But the topic of foreclosure recently became much more personal for one
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Recession Risk Rising
    Speculation is mounting that Bush could unveil a stimulus package for the economy in his annual State of the Union address which he is due to deliver on January 28. interest rate cuts may be needed to shore up economy in the face of a prolonged housing slump. Amid fears the economy could be slipping into a recession , President George W. Bush abandoned his usually sunny rhetoric last week and painted a darker picture of the economy’s condition. “We
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • OTS Director Offers Alternative Plan to Congress
    House of Representatives earlier this week, John M. Reich, Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), offered an alternative foreclosure prevention plan to the one under consideration from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). million American families with 2/28 and 3/27 mortgages are scheduled to reset by the end of 2008), Reich relied on a number of sources to support his point, including foreclosure numbers from RealtyTrac. In a statement delivered before the Committee on Financial Services of the U.S. Representing the interests of the 826 thrift institutions
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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