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High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
said there will be more troubles for upscale flippers, high-end prime borrowers, developers and lenders. “Upscale foreclosures are a growing trend,” said McCabe, pointing to the overflow of some 30,000 unsold beachfront Miami condominiums. “The an exclusive beachfront community and one of America’s wealthiest cities. Maricopa’s 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?
For example you see Bank of America adopting a massive, systematic loan modification program. The irony of all this may be that just as the market was beginning to find some footing and correct itself in these hard-hit areas, the government jumps in to try to save everyone and thereby undercuts those shaky steps toward a recovery. child will take a lot longer to learn to walk if her parent never lets her try on her own, but rushes over and picks her up everytime she stands up and Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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40 Is the New 30 for Lenders and Investors
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. 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. Tauting the lower monthly payments the new product offers will appeal to first-time buyers, consumers in high-cost markets, real estate investors and buyers on a fixed income, the companys press release also warns that equity will build up more slowly as a result of the lower payments and a lot more total interest will be paid over the extra 10 years.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • 40 Is the New 30 for Lenders and Investors
    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. 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. Tauting the lower monthly payments the new product offers will appeal to first-time buyers, consumers in high-cost markets, real estate investors and buyers on a fixed income, the companys press release also warns that equity will build up more slowly as a result of the lower payments and a lot more total interest will be paid over the extra 10 years.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Fed Gives in to Peer Pressure
    The Federal Open Market Committee did finally cave in to pressure from peers, industry analysts, and even the public at large and slashed the federal funds rate 50 basis points Tuesday to 4.75 In a simultaneous move Tuesday, the Fed’s Board of Governors also reduced its discount rate (the rate charged by banks to each other to borrow funds overnight) by 50 basis points to 5.25 So were Television reporters — their crystal balls in tow — were talking about it like it was a done deal before it was even announced. Analysts were beyond whether it was going to happen.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
    said there will be more troubles for upscale flippers, high-end prime borrowers, developers and lenders. “Upscale foreclosures are a growing trend,” said McCabe, pointing to the overflow of some 30,000 unsold beachfront Miami condominiums. “The an exclusive beachfront community and one of America’s wealthiest cities. Maricopa’s 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?
    For example you see Bank of America adopting a massive, systematic loan modification program. The irony of all this may be that just as the market was beginning to find some footing and correct itself in these hard-hit areas, the government jumps in to try to save everyone and thereby undercuts those shaky steps toward a recovery. child will take a lot longer to learn to walk if her parent never lets her try on her own, but rushes over and picks her up everytime she stands up and Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
    READ MORE