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As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today. quot; Las Vegas and Phoenix posted the two biggest annual declines in home prices of the 20 metro areas tracked in the report, followed by Miami with a 28.2 Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5 percent from their peak in July 2006. "There
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Another Approach to $700 Billion Bailout
Peter Miller, author of the Common-Sense Mortgage, has offered up some alternatives to the proposed $700 billion bailout plan. million homes are likely to be in the "process of foreclosure" during the coming 12 to 18 months. If a typical home has an average sale price of about $220,000 (many homes now facing foreclosure were financed several years ago with two loans, thus first loans are often significantly less than current market values), Below are excerpts from an article he wrote about these alternatives. "One alternative is to simply offer low-interest loans to borrowers who currently have toxic mortgages. "Figures developed by Rick Sharga, senior vice president at RealtyTrac, show that the likely cost of low interest loans would be roughly $220 billion — hardly cheap, but a lot less expensive than the $700 billion plan now being discussed in Washington. "Sharga's
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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From $2B Bailout to $4B Buyout at Countrywide
Just late last year Bank of America infused $2 billion into the coffers of Countrywide Financial to support the floundering lender’s attempt to survive the subprime mortgage mess — which reportedly almost forced the firm into filing for bankruptcy protection earlier this week. Now with Countrywide’s stock weak and its value depressed, it is being widely reported that Bank of America is paying $4 billion in stock to buy out the company — in which it already had a 16 percent stake in convertible preferred stock after the bailout. It didn’t take long from a historical perspective.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Another Approach to $700 Billion Bailout
    Peter Miller, author of the Common-Sense Mortgage, has offered up some alternatives to the proposed $700 billion bailout plan. million homes are likely to be in the "process of foreclosure" during the coming 12 to 18 months. If a typical home has an average sale price of about $220,000 (many homes now facing foreclosure were financed several years ago with two loans, thus first loans are often significantly less than current market values), Below are excerpts from an article he wrote about these alternatives. "One alternative is to simply offer low-interest loans to borrowers who currently have toxic mortgages. "Figures developed by Rick Sharga, senior vice president at RealtyTrac, show that the likely cost of low interest loans would be roughly $220 billion — hardly cheap, but a lot less expensive than the $700 billion plan now being discussed in Washington. "Sharga's
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • From $2B Bailout to $4B Buyout at Countrywide
    Just late last year Bank of America infused $2 billion into the coffers of Countrywide Financial to support the floundering lender’s attempt to survive the subprime mortgage mess — which reportedly almost forced the firm into filing for bankruptcy protection earlier this week. Now with Countrywide’s stock weak and its value depressed, it is being widely reported that Bank of America is paying $4 billion in stock to buy out the company — in which it already had a 16 percent stake in convertible preferred stock after the bailout. It didn’t take long from a historical perspective.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
    Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today. quot; Las Vegas and Phoenix posted the two biggest annual declines in home prices of the 20 metro areas tracked in the report, followed by Miami with a 28.2 Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5 percent from their peak in July 2006. "There
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Federal Lifeline DOA for Most People
    Personally, what irked me the most about the piece was a couple she interviewed who are facing foreclosure and are obviously expecting this bill to be a personal bailout by the federal government. As Bush so aptly put it last year, it is NOT the federal government’s job to bail out people who bought a home they could not afford and had no business purchasing in the first place. After listening to NBC Senior Correspondent Lisa Myers’ story on The Today Show last week, I am more convinced than ever that, as the old saying goes, people want their cake and to eat it too!
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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