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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.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• It Used to Be a Day Job
  
  The greatest fear seems to be that many of the more than 100,000 of these workers who are looking for work every day may end up homeless and thus become further open to ridicule for being illegal aliens at a time when illegal immigration is a hot campaign issue during a closely contested presidential race. 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? The far-reaching implications of the nation’s foreclosure crisis continue to snowball a little more every day.
  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., Plus, the program is not available to borrowers who are within 30 days of the property’s foreclosure sale (in most states known as the Trustee’s Sale or Sheriff’s Sale and normally conducted on the local courthouse steps). Many homeowners who could not cure the default once it occurred, nor could sell their property 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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• High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
  
  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 loans, mortgage payments, property taxes, auto loans and credit cards at an alarmingly fast pace, according to industry analysts, economists and real estate brokers . Brady confirmed McCabe’s statements, claiming that a growing number of high-end Hampton homes are falling into foreclosure — although the analysis of foreclosure data from RealtyTrac shows New York foreclosure
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Another Approach to $700 Billion Bailout
  
  If a property was sold and the entire amount was not repaid, the borrower would be required to pay $500 a year until the debt was fully paid off. In effect, the pay-off system would resemble the concept approved over the summer for first-time home buyers, a system which provides a $7,500 tax credit up front that must be repaid when the property is sold." What do you think? Posted 09-29-2008 Peter Miller, author of the Common-Sense Mortgage, has offered up some alternatives to the proposed $700 billion bailout plan. Below are excerpts from
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  have access to credit have fat cash reserves aren't already over-exposed in real estate have a secure job or income stream expect to hold the property for at least two years" But be forewarned, prices are expected to fall further, and will take awhile to rebound, according to many economists. "I For example you see Bank of America adopting a massive, systematic loan modification program. 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
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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