7 Articles match "2008","Houses","Texas"

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• RealtyTrac VP Speaking at USFN Seminar
  
  If you’re attending the annual 2008 USFN National Default Servicing Seminar in Texas this week, you can catch RealtyTrac Vice President of Marketing Rick Sharga speaking on the latest foreclosure legislation at a 9 a.m. rdquo; “The housing slump — accompanied by a surge in foreclosures — in the midst of a presidential election year has pushed foreclosure prevention legislation to the top of many politicians’ priority lists,” Sharga said in a statement . “The panel discussion titled “In the News: Current Issues Affecting the Default Servicing Industry.”
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Priced to Foreclose
  
  The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (thank goodness for acronyms) on Thursday released home price appreciation statistics for the first quarter of 2006, which show that U.S. Many of the states near thebottom of that list -- namely Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Colorado, Texas and Georgia -- also appeared among the top 10 on RealtyTracs list of state foreclosure rates in the first quarter. A new report shows a strong correlation between slow home priceappreciation and high foreclosure rates, although its clear thecorrelation does not involve a direct cause-and-effect relationship.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures and Hurricanes: A Nasty Combo
  
  residents from Texas to Maine. The Institute of Business and Housing Safety is reporting that the increasing number of abandoned or vacant foreclosed homes is so great as to generate real concern for the oncoming hurricane season this year. reported a rise in homeowner vacancies for the first quarter of 2008 from the previous quarter and the same quarter a year ago. The fallout that followed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 left many Gulf Coast residents homeless or facing foreclosure — or both. Temporary relief from the devastation was granted in the
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Credit Card and Mortgage Debt Fuels Foreclosure
  
  Among the hardest-hit states were California, Florida, Texas, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio. Considering that the housing market is expected to continue to be slow through 2007, there could be increases in mortgage delinquencies — especially among high risk subprime loans. Debt! No word better describes why millions of Americans are now facing foreclosure.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Florida Homeowners Overconfident Despite Foreclosures?
  
  Between those two extremes, other concerns included: a burst of the housing bubble, rising mortgage rates and depreciating home values. Such consumer confidence does not seem to jive with RealtyTracs May 2006 data either, where the Sunshine State was ranked as having the second highest number of foreclosures in the country (8,898) behind only Texas. One local expert quoted in press reports last week suggested that increasing foreclosure activity Results of a new study released last week by Attorneys Title Insurance Fund (The Fund) suggests that Florida homeowners are feeling pretty good nowadays about the value of their homes and the potential for those values to rise further in the future.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures up 13 percent in February
  
  Texas and Florida were on top in terms of sheer number of foreclosures. For some people, the escalating numbers are evidence that supports their belief that a housing bubble exists and is about to burst. We dont see these numbers as overly alarming, but there are certainly signs the housing market (especially from the perspective of homeowners and sellers) is not as strong as it was a year ago. RealtyTrac released our February 2006 foreclosure numbers today, and they show U.S. foreclosures increasing for the third month in a row.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Where to find the best deals on foreclosures
  
  Foreclosure markets most favorable to buyers and investors According to data from the RealtyTrac database, homebuyers and investors realized average savings over the past seven months of more than 40 percent on foreclosure purchases in Ohio and average savings of more than 30 percent on foreclosure purchases in Indiana , Tennessee , Georgia and Texas . Let us know about where youve found the best deals with foreclosures. Posted 03-17-2006 5:12 PM by darenb
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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