10 Articles match "Accounting","Associated","Sales"

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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 sales are 29.9 Properties owned by banks and other lenders are accounting for more than half of all the homes sold each month. percent jump over the 1,478 homes sold in March. percent higher than April 2007.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Financing and Foreclosure Refinancing - RealtyTrac
  
  More than 1 million total properties including REO, For Sale by Owner, and Home Auctions! Finding financing for the foreclosure deal... Unfortunately, many buyers don’t have $15,000 or more in their savings account. Foreclosure Financing: How to Buy Foreclosure Real Estate Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Search nearly 650,000 Foreclosure and Bank-Owned properties. is one of the most difficult aspects of purchasing
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Subprime Market Sinking Further Into the Abyss
  
  based lender announced that it was the subject of a federal investigation into charges of accounting errors and stock trading, according to a Reuters report published Monday. The Mortgage Bankers Association released a response Friday calling for federal regulators to “avoid an overreaction to an evolving marketplace or current economic conditions.” As this story continues to unfold, real estate The latest developments in the subprime lending market should have the entire real estate industry up in arms (figuratively and literally). The problem has gone far beyond the $1 trillion
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window?
  
  You could look at the Merrill sale and say, Aha! One can see investors looking at delinquency and foreclosure rates, loan age and also geographic concentrations, down payment data, equity, income, credit ratings, sale terms and other factors. lot of loan servicers, accountants and attorneys are going to be working nights and weekends to get the work done.” As an example, the surprise in the WAMU deal was not the high default rates for subprime or option ARMs, rather it was the huge losses associated with home equity lending. How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window? By Peter G.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Stop Home Foreclosure
  
  Your lender may agree to accept the sale as total satisfaction of your mortgage obligation even if the proceeds of the sale are less than the amount that you actually owe. This is called a short sale. The "as is” appraised value and the sale price should be least 70 percent to 80 percent of the unpaid principal balance of the home. How to Sell Your House Quickly When Facing Foreclosure By LaTonya S. Johnson    If you are currently in foreclosure, strongly consider selling your property as a backup plan.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• The Government Goes After Loan Officers
  
  Most investors who bought these securities,” says the SEC, “lacked the cash or income to do so, but were urged by their brokers to raise the money to pay for the purchases and the monthly payments required for these products by refinancing their fixed-rate mortgages into subprime adjustable-rate negative amortization mortgages.” According to the SECs complaint “each defendant was a mortgage broker as well as a registered representative and collected compensation from the mortgage refinancings as well as the sales of securities. In making the sales, the brokers allegedly misrepresented
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• As Foreclosures Mount, Candidates React to the Credit Crisis
  
  Clinton also wants the government to impose new disclosure requirements on mortgage brokers and curb their ability to dictate lending terms. “We need to act now with smart, practical solutions to strengthen our housing and mortgage markets,” Clinton told The Associated Press. “We Brokers should have to act either as agents of the borrower, thereby owing them a fiduciary duty, or as agents of the lenders, who would be responsible for the brokers' sales practices.” With mortgage foreclosures at historic highs, Democrats and Republicans are fighting over a political issue that could have major implications in the 2008 presidential campaign.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Wachovia Changes The Lending Game
  
  More significantly — and unlike Wachovia’s competitors — it’s making it easier for borrowers to dump option-ARMs by waiving the prepayment penalties routinely associated with such loans. “Effectively immediately,” says the company, “Wachovia is waiving all prepayment fees associated with its Pick-A-Pay mortgage to allow customers complete flexibility in their home financing decisions. In effect, waiving prepayment penalties that may not be collected is far better than losing homes to foreclosures and short sales. Negative Amortization Wachovia is also trying to make the
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
  
  For instance, to reduce down payment requirements borrowers could buy with "piggyback" financing, deals with a first loan equal to 80 percent of the purchase price and a second loan equal to 10 percent, 15 percent and even 20 percent of the sale value. In the end, the most likely solution will be loan modifications, new deals between option ARM borrowers and investors to avoid foreclosure sales and massive losses." Why Option ARMs? Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time By Peter G. Miller    Step right up folks.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality
  
  The sale of residential mortgages allows local lenders to have fresh capital which can then be used to originate more loans. There are other standards and requirements as well, but the basic point is this: Once the system is in place every loan officer will either be registered or out of the home loan business. “The new law creates an historic opportunity for the states to increase accountability of mortgage professionals and enhance consumer protection,” says Bill Matthews, president and chief executive officer of the State Regulatory Registry . “Through National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality By Peter G.
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