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How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window?
In September Merrill was bought by the Bank of America for $29 a share . billion for the “deposits, assets and certain liabilities of Washington Mutuals banking operations.” billion in subprime loans. lot of loan servicers, accountants and attorneys are going to be working nights and How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window? By Peter G. Miller Long ago there was a song which asked the magic question, how much for that doggie in the window?
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
This is just the tip of the iceberg.” McCabe believes that delinquencies and defaults will rise not only among subprime borrowers, but among prime mortgages, Alt-A loans, teaser rate loans and low money-down loans as well, forcing homes valued at more than $750,000 into foreclosure. trolls the upper-end of the foreclosure train wreck, searching for million-dollar bank-owned listings. “The High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes By Octavio Nuiry, RealtyTrac Staff Writer Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited briefly from favorable financing.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
It is sobering to realize that weve just gotten through one wave (subprime) and are heading into several more waves of risky loans. For example you see Bank of America adopting a massive, systematic loan modification program. We tried to do the right thing but are personally a bit peeved because we worked hard, paid our bills, and bit the bullet and sold in a downward market and now people who are in foreclosure or defaulting because they 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
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Will Main Street Sink Wall Street?
Mounting mortgage defaults by American homeowners with shaky credit have claimed their first Wall Street casualty, as investment banking giant Bear Stearns shuffled the leadership of its asset-management division and lost billions in the risky hedge fund market last month. Two Bear Stearns hedge funds that invested heavily in subprime mortgage securities racked up huge losses last month after they made bad bets on complex securities backed by risky mortgages. The meltdown of the two funds has sent tremors through financial markets, causing investors to reassess their appetite for this type of risk.
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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Lenders help their customers curb foreclosures
Banks are increasingly testing new strategies to help curb mortgage delinquencies . Bank of America Corp. a Kansas City-based subprime mortgage lender, helps its customers find jobs. As borrowers falling behind on their mortgage payments increase in number, they are getting help form an unlikely source — the mortgage industry. To prevent potential problems, National City Corp. —
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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March Mania and RealtyTrac's Sweet 16 Foreclosure List
Trenton, NJ — Opening Bid: $83,700 MIDWEST REGION SEMIFINAL With bank-owned houses cheaper than a used car in Detroit, Michigan and Columbus, Ohio, why not buy the whole block? For the best foreclosure opportunities during the subprime meltdown, join RealtyTrac for the most comprehensive foreclosure data nationwide. Don’t miss next weeks tip off, when RealtyTrac announces America’s “Elite Each spring brings the beginning of the real estate sales season and the end of college basketball, culminating with March Mania and the much awaited NCAA Sweet 16 playoff. This
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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It Used to Be a Day Job
People feel sorry for the distressed homeowners who are losing their homes as their adjustable rate subprime mortgages reset to higher-than-affordable interest rates. But at the end of the day, is it something real estate investors need to concern themselves with when it comes to dealing with homeowners who are in the midst of financial crisis or the banks when buying an REO property? That, in my estimation, The far-reaching implications of the nation’s foreclosure crisis continue to snowball a little more every day. In its latest evolution, what started out as the lending industry
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Not Enough Rope in Administration's Lifeline' Program
The Administration has encouraged six of the nation’s largest lenders — Bank of America, Citigroup, Countrywide Financial Corp., On the plus side, the Lifeline program is not being applied to only subprime adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs). Just a few short months ago President Bush stood in front of the press and swore that it was not the federal government’s job to bail out either lenders who made bad loans or speculative homebuyers who purchased more home than they could rightly afford utilizing the so-called “exotic” or “liar loans” popularized over the past few years.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window?
In September Merrill was bought by the Bank of America for $29 a share . billion for the “deposits, assets and certain liabilities of Washington Mutuals banking operations.” billion in subprime loans. lot of loan servicers, accountants and attorneys are going to be working nights and How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window? By Peter G. Miller Long ago there was a song which asked the magic question, how much for that doggie in the window?
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Another Approach to $700 Billion Bailout
Also loan money to troubled banks using mortgage as collateral; 10 cents to a dollar. It seems crazy that real estate history appraises itself higher and higher, with loan and bank companies and anyone else who runs with the pack feeding the fantasy. Stop fanning the fantasy of the “American Dream” of owning an outrageous debt for the next 30 years. Peter Miller, author of the Common-Sense Mortgage, has offered up some alternatives to the proposed $700 billion bailout plan.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
This is just the tip of the iceberg.” McCabe believes that delinquencies and defaults will rise not only among subprime borrowers, but among prime mortgages, Alt-A loans, teaser rate loans and low money-down loans as well, forcing homes valued at more than $750,000 into foreclosure. trolls the upper-end of the foreclosure train wreck, searching for million-dollar bank-owned listings. “The High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes By Octavio Nuiry, RealtyTrac Staff Writer Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited briefly from favorable financing.
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
It is sobering to realize that weve just gotten through one wave (subprime) and are heading into several more waves of risky loans. For example you see Bank of America adopting a massive, systematic loan modification program. We tried to do the right thing but are personally a bit peeved because we worked hard, paid our bills, and bit the bullet and sold in a downward market and now people who are in foreclosure or defaulting because they 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
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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