12 Articles match "2008","Las Vegas","Real Estate"

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• Local Market Perspective: Las Vegas
  
  Shari Springer Springer Realty The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported May 6 that 1,794 single-family homes were sold in April, a 21.4 The medium price of a single-family home sold in the Las Vegas area decreased by 3 percent from $243,169 in March to $235,875 in April, and down 22.7 Las Vegas has an upside — a very strong job market. percent jump over the 1,478 homes sold in March. The sales are 29.9
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Home Prices Fall Deeper Into the Abyss
  
  Biggest decliners on a yearly basis were Las Vegas (-28.4 percent) and Las Vegas (-2.9 ldquo;The overall real estate market continued to slide in May, with the 10-City and 20-City Composites declining by 1.0 For potential homebuyers, investors and real estate professionals, it means the flow of foreclosed properties should continue into the indefinite future — at Homeowners across the country may be feeling a bit like Mel Brooks’ character from his movie “High Anxiety” now that Standard and Poor’s has released its May numbers for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices .
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Motor City Tops MSA Foreclosure List in Q3
  
  Worth, Atlanta, Las Vegas and Memphis rounded out the top 10. This trend corresponds to what RealtyTrac is seeing in the national real estate market where sales volume is slowing down — heading negative in many areas of the country — price appreciation has slowed to either single-digit rates or even negative rates in a few instances, and interest rates on adjustable-rate mortgages are starting to reset to higher levels. Detroit Foreclosure Rate Heat Map -- October 2006 Posted 11-15-2006 12:30 PM by joelc
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• The Legend of Foreclosure Vandalism Grows
  
  Las Vegas is used as a backdrop for the story, not surprising given that the foreclosure rate in Las Vegas consistently ranks among the top 10 metro foreclosure rates, according to RealtyTrac. The article claims that "real estate agents estimate that about half of foreclosed properties to be sold by mortgage companies nationwide have substantial damage, according to a new survey by Campbell Communications, a marketing and research firm based in Washington, D.C." The Wall Street Journal is reporting that more and more homeowners forced out of their homes by foreclosure are turning to vandalism to lash out in some tangible way in a situation where they feel powerless.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Home Price Indices Reporting Record Lows
  
  Home prices on existing single-family homes continued to sink further into the abyss nationally during the first quarter of 2008, according to two leading industry indicators. The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) reported last week that prices fell 1.7 percent between Q1 2007 and Q1 2008 to the lowest level seen in the 17-year history of its purchase-only house price index. “These percent for the quarter, the largest quarterly price decline on record, based solely on purchase-only transactions (without refinancings). On a year-over-year basis the
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Immediate Relief Nowhere to Be Found
  
  According to its latest report released Tuesday, Standard & Poor’s said home prices across the nation continued to fall in April 2008, with prices in all 20 metro areas it studies for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices showing annual declines. The biggest decliners were Las Vegas and Miami, with 26.8 Three top indices of economic health in the U.S. came out with negative reports this month, supporting the notion that the nation’s inventory of available properties — particularly the supply of properties in foreclosure — will remain elevated
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• A Small Silver Lining in Q1 Foreclosure Storm
  
  While foreclosure activity in the first quarter of 2008 was up on a year-over-year basis in 90 percent of the nations 100 largest metropolitan areas, according to the RealtyTrac Q1 report issued today, there were a few notable exceptions that could prove to be a harbinger of hope for the nations battered housing market. which posted the highest foreclosure rate among the 100 largest metro areas; up 134 percent in Las Vegas, No. On the other hand, those exceptions could just turn out to be a source of false hope, perpetuated in part by short-term foreclosure solutions that are about as effective as a five-gallon bailing bucket on the sinking Titanic.
  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. The Las Vegas, NV, metroplex came in second with 5.38 If the results of this latest risk index prove true to form, there most likely will be more foreclosures coming down the pipeline as distressed homeowners in those areas find themselves in a situation where they can’t sell their way out. Posted 02-06-2007 9:05 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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• Local Market Perspective: Seattle, Wash.
  
  In the Northern Seattle area there currently very few REO properties, and in terms of real short sales, I have seen under 10 that are decent over the past month. Even then these homes are being purchased at 20 percent less then market value. So, if you want to beat the competition when it comes to an equity positive real estate investments do not think cheap, think Win/Win. It makes a transaction so much Over the past three months, my clients and I have presented nine contracts to pre-foreclosure, REO and short sale sellers. Out of those nine contracts, nine have been beat
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
  
  When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. So it is with real estate. Four real estate industry related reports have already been released this week, and Wall Street has reacted. When reports of telltale economic indicators are released, if Wall Street perceives them as bad, the market takes an immediate tumble. But when the indicators reported come is as expected, the reaction is generally good and we see an uptick in market activity.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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