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High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
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. But increasingly there are signs that the foreclosure problem is spilling over into wealthier areas, where prime borrowers — and even high-end real estate developers — are rapidly falling behind on their construction
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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
Another Approach to $700 Billion Bailout
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), and if the average mortgage is $176,000 (80 percent of market values) then the total value of such mortgages would be $440 billion. If the 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
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. But increasingly there are signs that the foreclosure problem is spilling over into wealthier areas, where prime borrowers — and even high-end real estate developers — are rapidly falling behind on their construction
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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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Foreclosures in Money's 'Best Places to Live'
Money magazine came out last week with another of its Top 10 lists; this one called "America’s Best Places to Live 2006 ." Money’s writers and editors selected from an initial pool of 745 “livable” cities with populations of more than 50,000 with good jobs, low crime, quality schools, plenty of open space, lots to do, AND rational home prices. According to the latest data on the RealtyTrac website, Fort Collins has only 20 properties in the pre-foreclosure And the winner is . . . Fort Collins, Colorado.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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40 Is the New 30 for Lenders and Investors
Wells Fargo, for example, just announced that it is joining the growing number of lenders, like Washington Mutual and Bank of America, that are offering 40-year fixed-rate loans. Still, this new loan may be a viable alternative to home buyers who may soon be finding themselves in trouble with the popular interest-only and option adjustable-rate mortgages -- especially if the Fed ups the interest rates more this year due to increased fears of inflation.stemming from higher energy costs and low unemployment. Well, as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke decides on his next move -- will he or wont he ratchet up interest rates another 25 basis points next month as most economists are predicting -- mortgage lenders are also pondering their next moves.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Not Enough Rope in Administration's Lifeline' Program
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. The Administration has encouraged six of the nation’s largest lenders — Bank of America, Citigroup, Countrywide Financial Corp., Last week Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson threw out what the administration considers to be a life preserver to homeowners facing foreclosure.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Customers, Employees Credited for RealtyTrac's Deloitte Fast 50 Ranking
Saccacio credited the company’s continued success to a loyal customer base of real estate investors, home buyers and real estate professionals who continue to see the value of the information and research tools RealtyTrac provides to successfully take advantage of foreclosure opportunities where they present themselves. Saccacio also thanked a hard working group of employees who are dedicated to servicing the needs of those customers to assure them of the most accurate and up-to-the-minute data possible, along with the most technologically advanced tools available to make researching and
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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March Mania and RealtyTrac's Sweet 16 Foreclosure List
That will buy you a two-story home with three bedrooms and one bath. SW, Albuquerque, NM — Opening Bid: $83,892 SOUTH REGION SEMIFINAL With many homeowners singing the post-Katrina blues in Louisiana and Mississippi, buying a foreclosure property is a slam dunk for seasoned real estate investors. Don’t miss next weeks tip off, when RealtyTrac announces America’s “Elite Eight” — a fast break list of the most expensive foreclosures in the nation. Posted 03-23-2007 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.
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- 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? Maybe, if you’re still 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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Big Ben Is Finally Talking Foreclosures
Speaking at the Independent Community Bankers of America Convention in Orlando, Bernanke noted that 1.5 And the fact that the number of vacant homes had risen to more than 2 million units at year-end 2007. Bernanke said he wants to institute measures that will reduce “preventable” foreclosures to stave off the erosion of property values and municipal tax bases in communities across the country. Big Ben Bernanke, that guy at the top of the nation’s financial food chain, finally admitted Tuesday in an address to a group of the nation’s community bankers that foreclosures are not going to go away anytime soon. The Fed Chief gave two reasons for the bleak forecast (both of which have been espoused in previous posts in this blog): 1) further declines in housing prices are expected; and 2) significant resets of adjustable interest rates to unaffordable levels for many borrowers who were convinced to take out the more risky loan products of the past few years.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Another Approach to $700 Billion Bailout
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), and if the average mortgage is $176,000 (80 percent of market values) then the total value of such mortgages would be $440 billion. If the 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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