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• Avoid and Stop Foreclosure - Help at RealtyTrac
  
  Stop Foreclosures Click on a state below to get information on stopping foreclosures in your area: Search 1,683,603 U.S. foreclosure properties Click on a state!
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• FHA Program Linked to High Colorado Foreclosure Rate
  
  An illuminating article in the Denver Post connects the dots between Colorado’s high foreclosure rate and an FHA program gone awry: “Created to extend the dream of homeownership to first-time buyers, the so-called FHA gift program instead has led to rampant foreclosures. Nearly 6,000 FHA loans have wound up in foreclosure in Colorado in the past two years, and during that time the program allowed more than 25 percent of FHA buyers to use gifts as down payments.” The article recounts several stories of homeowners who paid just a few hundred dollars to buy their home, using a loophole
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Separating the wheat from the chaff: legitimate foreclosure investors vs. scammers
  
  An article in the Los Angeles Times onTuesday documented the sad story of a defaulted homeowner who was thevictim of alleged foreclosure fraud. The article goes on tomake the case that foreclosure fraud crime is on the rise. It is a crime thatconsumer advocates fear could become increasingly common — especiallyin Southern California, where many homeowners have stretched themselvesto their financial limits to afford the regions The homeowner said he was trickedinto signing over the title of his home by a scam artist who didnothing to stop the foreclosure and then took out another loan againstthe property with no intention of paying it off.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Avoiding, Stopping Foreclosures Information, Helpful Resources, Stop Home Foreclosure - RealtyTrac
  
  Heres some of the latest news articles written about attempts to either avoid or stop foreclosure in its tracks: Helpful Resources: (links will open in a separate window) • Real Estate Agents Spread the Word on Avoiding Foreclosures • Consumer Group Proposes Moratorium on Foreclosures • Treasurer creates task force to combat county foreclosures • State officials, lenders meet on foreclosures • HUD Stresses Promotion and Protection at California Homeownership
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Bush Foreclosure Solution Just Adds Water
  
  This can directly affect the homeowners’ ability, or desire for that matter, to proceed with such things as short sales and other types of workout situations that may offer them foreclosure relief, for instance. “…the Administration strongly believes this relief should be temporary to assist homeowners during the current mortgage market transition period and to avoid distorting consumer and lender decisions on new mortgage loans,” the statement said. Probably not in the near term at least, since most major lenders are still holding out from agreeing to workout deals and short sales.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  Now, in 2009, or will you wait until 2020 when everyone has forgotten about this housing slump and is raving about skyrocketing home prices? Posted 09-30-2008 11:27 AM by darenb Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends Comments
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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