7 Articles match "2008","Land","May"

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• FDIC Selling Off Detroit Inventory
  
  In fact the agency’s head just announced this week that it has adjusted its estimate of how many of the nation’s banks are seriously in trouble of going out of business this year upward from 90 in Q1 2008 to 117 now. The property mix will include single-family, duplex, triplex and commercial properties plus land. For real estate investors looking The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is having no trouble keeping busy these days.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Will Homeowners Sink or Swim?
  
  The next big wave of news may be a true real-estate slump, as hundreds of billions in adjustable-rate mortgages reset, making it even more difficult for homeowners in depressed markets to meet higher monthly payments. Earlier in the year, there was a lot of discussion about a “soft landing” for the residential real estate market. Now there is increasing talk Many American homeowners — initially attracted to low teaser rates on those “exotic” ARMs and sub-prime loans — now find themselves swimming upstream in a desperate attempt to remain financially afloat. But as the rising tide
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Gentle Ben Says the "R" Word...Finally!
  
  Charles Schumer’s Joint Economic Committee this week, Bernanke reportedly admitted that the nation may actually be headed toward a recession. Many economists who were once naysayers — like Bernanke — are finally owning up to the fact that they may have been wrong, and that a recession is already here. Labor Department announced the loss of 80,000 jobs in March 2008, taking the nation’s unemployment rate from 4.8 Gentle Ben Bernanke has been careful not to ruffle any feathers on Capitol Hill since assuming his role as the chief caretaker of the U.S. economy. But
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Fed Pauses to Pass the Popcorn Around
  
  The bond market — which called for the Fed to take a breather from making further adjustments — went unchanged for the day, and the real estate industry — which believes the market is in the midst of a major period of correction and headed for a soft landing — breathed a momentary sigh of relief. If the national economy cools too much and inflation spins out of control, the country may experience a recession, resulting in a hard landing for the real estate market and an increased level of foreclosures. Alan Greenspan started directing this movie more than two years ago when he made the first of 17 consecutive edits (so-called “adjustments”) to interest rates, raising them 25 basis points each.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Ohio Lawmaker Seeks Solution to Foreclosure Level
  
  And for subscribers to RealtyTrac — albeit investors, real estate agents or potential homebuyers — Ohio is a land of opportunity right now. At the local level Cuyahoga County went from the county with the highest foreclosure rate in the state — one foreclosure filing for every 453 households in May — down to the seventh highest foreclosure rate in the state — one foreclosure filing for every 508 households — for June. It looks like foreclosures are starting to become a national call to action for some Washington bureaucrats. One example — Rep.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  In my opinion, we are going to see around 50% home price drop from peak in 2007(for south land) before price can stabilize. If you move westward other cities like Upland, Claremont, La Vern, San Dimas, Glendora, Azusa, Covina, Monrovia, Arcadia, San Gabriel, Temple City, Alhambra, Rosemead and Monterey Park, house price does not drop too much, probably around 5 to 10%. We sold a condo and bought a single-family home.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality
  
  But that’s about to change because registering mortgage loan officers is now the law of the land. The Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 , part of the FHA reform bill, sets in place national standards for mortgage loan officers. For instance, it may well be that lender Johnson has a 15-percent foreclosure rate. National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality By Peter G. Miller     What do you know about your loan officer?
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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