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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. It appears everywhere and is never challenged, as if real estate investors are somehow disposable players in the foreclosure mess. 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 Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing out
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
See: "Option ARMs, Its Later Than It Seems," September 2008.) Lastly, we have the real attraction of option ARMs, the option payment itself, a payment which is insufficient to even pay off the monthly interest cost. Because Fitch says that a 40-year loan term represented 4 percent of all option ARMs in 2004 -- but 38 percent by 2007. A loan with four payment options may seem fairly understandable, but in the real world a lot of borrowers did not take out option ARMs because they wanted to make fully-amortizing Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time By Peter G.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Digital Real Estate Data Means "OPEN HOUSE" 24/7
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 and sellers more control over the deal than ever before — and changing the nature of real estate forever. Today, in the new digital democracy, more than 80 percent of house-hunters use the Internet to help them find a home, according to the National Association of Realtors . The Internet is rapidly and radically transforming the way people buy and sell homes. Ten years ago, only a fraction of homebuyers and sellers
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Mayors Predict Rising Foreclosures in 2008
That will worsen the already sharp housing downturn, with ripple effects on hiring and spending. billion in economic activity in 2008, followed by Los Angeles at $8.3 Tell us what you think. Posted 11-29-2007 7:46 AM by Octavion Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends Comments 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.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Burning Down the House
For many real estate investors, the foreclosure market is smoking. Foreclosures nationwide are heating up, especially in once-supercharged real estate bubbles like Florida, California, Nevada and Arizona. But in Michigan, where foreclosures are widespread and a hot market for real estate investors, people are burning down the homes to avoid foreclosure . . . literally! Last month, a Michigan homeowner in foreclosure was arrested for allegedly setting her three-year old Grand Rapids home on fire to collect the insurance money, according to the Grand
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Forecasters Change Housing Estimates for '07/'08
The nation’s housing market is not cooperating the way analysts at the A. Likewise, housing starts are forecasted to drop from their recent high in 2006 at 1.8 million for 2008. The worst of the downward national housing price spiral is not over,” said economist and Chapman President James Doti in a press release distributed Tuesday Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., had hoped it would.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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2007: Housing Slowdown Good for Foreclosures
The cooling real estate sector will continue to plague the national economy next year, but enough positive economic fundamentals remain in place to counteract forces threatening to push the U.S. housing market into a full tailspin, according to forecasters at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. That means 2007 should be a good year for anyone involved in the foreclosure percent on average next year, after an almost 50 percent run-up in appreciation between 2001 and 2006, says the Chapman Economic & Business Review December 2006 . Housing starts are expected to remain
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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 Fears that the million units in February, higher than the 1.4 million units economists had predicted and the largest monthly increase since January 2006.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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New Illinois Housing Law Draws 2nd Suit
The suits — filed by eight consumers and the real estate community — seek to halt the implementation of Illinois House Bill 4050, which took effect September 1. "It's a discriminatory law," said Julie Santos, a Chicago Realtor and co-chair of the Coalition to Rescind HB 4050, a group formed from several community organizations who are collecting signatures in an attempt to repeal the law. "If Housing and Urban Development-approved counselor to make sure the would-be homeowner knows what he’s getting into. Two law suits have been filed against a controversial Illinois law that mandates financial counseling for certain consumers obtaining mortgages or refinancing loans in 10 ZIP code areas in Chicago.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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A 'Dialogue' on the Housing Market
Expectation is a key factor in the movement of the real estate market up or down. Are people being pessimistic about their local real estate market? Please feel free to comment on this article, or write an e-mail to us at: editor@foreclosurepulse.com . Posted 11-29-2006 9:05 AM by joelc Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trend Appearing on a recent episode of “Dialogue with Jim Doti”, RealtyTrac CEO James Saccacio cited a number of factors for the more than 60 percent year-to-year increase in foreclosure activity in September 2006.
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- 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
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Betting Everything on the House: 3 Risky Loans to Avoid
Falling prices, sluggish sales and risky loans that let borrowers pile up debt faster than they can pay it off could put more homeowners out of their houses this year than at any other time this decade. For more information on mortgages, read our Mortgage and Financing FAQ . Posted 11-09-2006 1:35 PM by Octavion Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends , credit crunc Yet many homeowners — particularly in California, Florida and Colorado — are still purchasing or refinancing their mortgages with “exotic” loans that may keep their monthly payments low now, but when these gimmicky loans “reset” upward borrowers could lose their homes if they haven’t planned for an increased monthly mortgage payment.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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