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• America's Most Expensive Foreclosure?
  
  But now some of the most opulent estates are increasingly becoming available for savvy investors and homebuyers as a growing number of well-healed homeowners are defaulting on their mortgage payments and property taxes. If opulence and grandeur is what you desire, then you might consider buying Hearst’s former Manalapan estate. The widow of one of Mention the word “foreclosure” and most homebuyers and investors conjure up images of run-down and dilapidated properties located in undesirable neighborhoods. Consider Veronica Hearst’s Manalapan mansion.
  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. 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. 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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• Lenders help their customers curb foreclosures
  
  As borrowers falling behind on their mortgage payments increase in number, they are getting help form an unlikely source — the mortgage industry. Bank of America Corp. is allowing some borrowers with adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) to refinance into a different loan at no cost, and CitiMortgage is contacting delinquent borrowers within days after a missed payment. Banks are increasingly testing new strategies to help curb mortgage delinquencies . To prevent potential problems, National City Corp. —
  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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• It Used to Be a Day Job
  
  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? Please make a comment below and let’s get the conversation going. Posted 02-22-2008 10:35 AM by joelc Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends Comments
  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., The homeowners have to be more than 90 days behind on their mortgage payments, and call in once they get a letter from their lender asking them to reaffirm that they want to stay in their home. Many homeowners who could not cure the default once it occurred, nor could sell their property outright given the current 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
  
  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
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Another Approach to $700 Billion Bailout
  
  What do you think? Posted 09-29-2008 1:50 PM by darenb Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends Comments
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  Does this make it a good time to buy real estate? 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 Now, in 2009, or will you wait until 2020 when everyone has forgotten about this housing slump and is raving about skyrocketing home prices? Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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