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Don't Dump Investors
Blinder, a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University and a former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, could not be more clear: He suggests that the government should develop a federal program to buy out mortgages from lenders, just as it did during the Depression — to “refinance only owner-occupied residences. Its not the governments job to bail out speculators, or those who made the decision to buy a home they knew they could never afford.” Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The Government Goes After Loan Officers
In August 2006, Steven Krystofiak, President of the Mortgage Brokers Association for Responsible Lending , testified before the Federal Reserve and said his group compared the income figures for 100 stated-income loans against borrower tax returns. Ninety percent of the stated-income loan applications showed earnings that were exaggerated by at least 5 percent. Sixty percent of the stated amounts were exaggerated by more than 50 percent. “Stated income loans,” Krystofiak testified , “help no one. Stated income loans hurt everyone, the home buyer, the institution who buys the
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
not far from Manhattan, Hudson City Bancorp has a lending philosophy that dates back decades: You can get a dull, boring, mortgage from Hudson at a very low rate — but only if you put equity into the property. percent of all loans outstanding according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. As one example, Hermance says that of 50,000 New Jersey mortgages his No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller The news from Wall Street in recent weeks has not been good, especially in the world of mortgages.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Buying Bank-Owned REOs at the Auction - RealtyTrac
Buying Bank-Owned REOs at the Auction Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Thanks to a sharp rise in foreclosure filings nationwide, homebuyers and real estate investors are increasingly likely to encounter bank-owned properties that are for sale at real estate auctions. Trace below-market priced properties Real estate auctions are gaining in popularity nationwide because they are a quick and efficient way to sell and buy property. The increased presence of lender-owned homes in the market — known in the banking industry as REOs, for "real estate owned" — is fallout from the recent real estate boom that marked the first half of this decade. At the Auction!
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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 quot;I think this time residential housing is in the 100-year flood, and I think it's going to take a long time to recover," said David Shulman, senior Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure Financing and Foreclosure Refinancing - RealtyTrac
Foreclosure Financing: How to Buy Foreclosure Real Estate Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Search nearly 650,000 Foreclosure and Bank-Owned properties. More than 1 million total properties including REO, For Sale by Owner, and Home Auctions! Finding financing for the foreclosure deal... is one of the most difficult aspects of purchasing a distressed property. Find below-market priced properties
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Foreclosure Mortgage Loans - Estimating the Costs Involved - RealtyTrac
Foreclosure Mortgage Loans: Estimating the Costs Involved Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Search nearly 650,000 Foreclosure and Bank-Owned properties. More than 1 million total properties including REO, For Sale by Owner, and Home Auctions! In a buyer’s market... it can be tempting to jump at the great deals that seem to be popping up on every corner. However, realize that most of those bargain properties won’t
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Waning Confidence a Concern That May Help Foreclosures
If housing prices plummeted like they did back in the early 1990s, the loan-to-value ratio on many mortgages might force homeowners into foreclosure, providing new opportunities for real estate investors, speculators, real estate agents and anyone looking to buy a home from the foreclosure pipeline. Results of the most recent member survey conducted by the National Association of Home Builders shows the level of builder confidence in the nation’s housing market at its lowest point since 1995. Economics 401 – Effects of a housing ‘slump’? When James L. Doti, president of
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Local Market Perspective: Las Vegas
Shari Springer Springer Realty The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported May 6 that 1,794 single-family homes were sold in April, a 21.4 Properties owned by banks and other lenders are accounting for more than half of all the homes sold each month. Homebuyers that have been sitting on the side lines are facing increasing rents and many are asking themselves whether to continue renting or to percent jump over the 1,478 homes sold in March. The sales are 29.9
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Subprime meltdown means jump in foreclosures
And Doug Duncan, chief economist of the Mortgage Bankers Association in Washington, told Bloomberg News that more than 100 other lenders will go out of business this year. 27, as Freddie Mac, one of the largest buyers of mortgages, tightened its lending standards and said it would no longer buy high-risk home mortgages that it deems to be highly vulnerable to foreclosure. With the advent of Web-based Panic is spreading in the U.S. subprime mortgage market after the bankruptcy of at least 20 lenders in the last two months, triggering a mass liquidation of securities on Wall Street
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Can "Appreciation Sharing" Solve The Mortgage Mess?
Usually you would look at the fees and charges associated with the HOPE program and think, well, yuck. Under equity sharing there can be an owner-occupant who lives on the property, a non-occupant owner such as a family member or investor and both owners can get tax breaks. If property values go up with equity sharing both owners profit. Can “Appreciation Sharing” Solve The Mortgage Mess? By Peter G. Miller We’re about to see something new in the mortgage marketplace: The government is going to insure huge numbers of
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Digital Real Estate Data Means "OPEN HOUSE" 24/7
The Internet is rapidly and radically transforming the way people buy and sell homes. Today, in the new digital democracy, more than 80 percent of house-hunters use the Internet to help them find a home, according to the National Association of Realtors . They can easily access foreclosure properties , for sale by owner (FSBO) properties and other homes from the comfort of their homes. An avalanche of information now available on the World Wide Web is shifting the balance of power in the real estate industry and giving homebuyers and sellers more control over the deal than ever before — and changing the nature of real estate forever.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure Filings Soar 90 Percent
Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac, said a jump in foreclosures at a time of year that traditionally is the busiest for home sales means the slide in prices probably isn't over. “Such strong activity in the midst of the typical spring buying season could foreshadow even higher foreclosure levels later in the year,” said Saccacio. “Certainly Certainly not every community nationwide is seeing an increase in foreclosures, but foreclosed properties are becoming more commonplace and adding to the downward pressure on home prices in many areas.” A growing number of American homeowners across the country are getting foreclosure notices, according to new data released this week by RealtyTrac.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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