8 Articles match "Arizona","Auctions","Trends"

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• U.S. Foreclosure Activity Surges in First Quarter
  
  The report documents a total of 437,498 foreclosure filings, which include default notices, auction notices and bank repossessions, during the quarter and a quarterly foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 264 households — the highest quarterly foreclosure rate since RealtyTrac began issuing its report more than two years ago. Colorado and Georgia rounded out the top three state foreclosure rates, followed by Michigan, California, Florida, Arizona, Ohio, Texas and New Jersey. U.S. foreclosure activity in the first quarter of 2007 was up 35 percent from the first quarter
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• MBA Survey Confirms Q1 Foreclosure Surge
  
  That closely mirrored the trend in MBA’s foreclosure rate, which put the percentage of loans in the foreclosure process at 2.47 percent reported in the first quarter of 2007. The trend lines are even closer when looking at the RealtyTrac first quarter foreclosure rate (0.515 percent of total housing units with a foreclosure filing during the quarter), which was up 21 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 — exactly the same percentage increase as the MBA foreclosure rate — and up 109 percent from the first quarter of 2007. The first quarter MBA National Delinquency Survey released today largely supports the findings of the RealtyTrac Q1 2008 U.S.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Now Homebuilders Face Foreclosure
  
  in Arizona, Kara Homes Inc. and Meritage Homes in Arizona. Other developers are resorting to auctions to sell huge inventories of new homes, townhouses and condominiums. In future blogs, RealtyTrac will pinpoint specific developments where buyers can purchase new homes for a song. Posted 02-01-2008 11:57 AM by Octavion Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends , homebuilder For millions of Americans facing foreclosure, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut this week was welcome news that could possibly help save thousands of homeowners from default by giving them the opportunity to refinance their adjustable-rate loan into a fixed-rate mortgage with a lower interest rate.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• A (Relatively) Few Bad Apples Spoil the Barrel
  
  quot;Areas of California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona continue to be particularly hard-hit. Look for more local market perspectives coming soon and please post a comment on any of these posts if you have something to add, a question or a different perspective. Posted 05-14-2008 2:00 AM by darenb Filed under: Pre-Foreclosures , Foreclosure Auctions , Bank-Owned/REOs , Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trend According to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report issued today, the total number
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• FBI: Mortgage Fraud Begets Foreclosure
  
  The FBI also lists Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia as other areas significantly affected by mortgage fraud. The report identifies the most common scam as “illegal property flipping.” These investors will forgo jumping through the legal loopholes to help distressed homeowners and just wait for the public auction, or until the property has been repossessed by the lender. The FBI recently came out with its 2006 Mortgage Fraud Report , which somewhat anticlimactically concludes that there is “a strong correlation between mortgage fraud and loans which result in default or foreclosure.”
  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 The rising trend of prime delinquencies among the wealthy poses a new threat to a battered housing market, which McCabe and others specialists claim is in a recession or heading towards one. “The next two years are going to be pretty ugly in South Florida,” predicted McCabe, saying that Florida real estate will drop by another 10 to 15 percent
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Flamboyant Foreclosures
  
  33462 Auction Price: $40,000,000 SOLD: $22,000,000 If you think eight-figure foreclosures never happen — think again! List Price: $1,250,000 If ocean breezes aren’t your thing, maybe this Arizona gem will fit your budget. Sign up for a FREE RealtyTrac trial today . Posted 08-06-2008 10:29 AM by Octavion Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , foreclosures Mention the word “foreclosure” and most investors conjure up images of run-down and dilapidated properties located in undesirable neighborhoods.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Bank-Repossession Beat Continues in March
  
  The year-over-year increase in bank repossessions was even more dramatic in some states: 619 percent in Arizona; 597 percent in New York; 557 percent in California; and 464 percent in Florida. View full March report. Posted 04-15-2008 2:00 AM by darenb Filed under: Pre-Foreclosures , Foreclosure Auctions , Bank-Owned/REOs , Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends Comments
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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