11 Articles match "Associated","Data","Houses"

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• MBA Numbers Mirror RealtyTrac Data:
  
  The number of delinquent mortgage payments and foreclosures jumped in recent months, according to a new survey released today by the Mortgage Bankers Association . Looking ahead to 2007, the mortgage association expects delinquencies and foreclosures to continue on the rise at a “modest increase” over the next several quarters “as the housing market bottoms.” The MBA’s quarterly report — surveying more than 42 million mortgages nationwide — found that the rate of delinquencies and foreclosures rose to 4.7 percent from July through September.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Digital Real Estate Data Means "OPEN HOUSE" 24/7
  
  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 . We are seeking exciting and creative ways to improve the user experience for our house hunting real estate customers. The Internet is rapidly and radically transforming the way people buy and sell 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
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Housing glut gives foreclosure buyers and investors advantage
  
  Storm clouds are gathering over the nation’s battered housing market. Fueling the latest concerns is a deluge of discouraging data in the housing sector. Home prices and sales plunge Sales of existing single-family homes declined in 40 states and in half of the nation’s biggest metropolitan areas in the last three months of 2006, according to the National Association of Realtors . Depending on whom you ask, the forecast calls for either thunderstorms or gale force hurricane winds. The biggest declines were in Florida-Sarasota-Bradenton (down 18 percent), Palm Bay-Melbourne
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures Inch Higher in May
  
  The data show nationwide foreclosures inching up 2 percent from the previous month and 28 percent from May 2005. “Our May numbers echo the recent report by the Mortgage Bankers Association, which noted that delinquency and default activities were lower in the first quarter of 2006,” commented James J. That three-month trend indicates foreclosure activity has stabilized in most housing markets across the country after spiking sharply at the beginning of this year.” View the full report and press release. Posted 06-26-2006 9:42 AM
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Florida Homeowners Overconfident Despite Foreclosures?
  
  Their least concern: falling victim to mortgage fraud -- even though the survey says that Florida is the top state in the nation for such fraud (something that is, unfortunately, always associated with real estate investors working in the foreclosure arena). Between those two extremes, other concerns included: a burst of the housing bubble, rising mortgage rates and depreciating home values. Results of a new study released last week by Attorneys Title Insurance Fund (The Fund) suggests that Florida homeowners are feeling pretty good nowadays about the value of their homes and the potential for those values to rise further in the future.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Fed, World's Banks Pull Off Global Rate Reduction
  
  In its official statement , the FOMC cited economic data suggesting that “the pace of economic activity has slowed markedly in recent months. rdquo; The New York Times reported Wednesday that in a speech delivered the day before to members of the National Association for Business Economics, Bernanke said the economic turmoil has caused the Fed to downgrade its “already-gloomy economic outlook.” rdquo; In an unprecedented move aimed at quelling the mounting tidal wave of unrest affecting the world’s economies and investors, the Federal Reserve, in partnership with other central banks around the world, pulled off a coordinated reduction of short-term interest rates Wednesday.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Thursday, December 18, 2008
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• Stop Home Foreclosure
  
  How to Sell Your House Quickly When Facing Foreclosure By LaTonya S. You must also be able to close on the sale of your house within one to two months. (Note: For example, if you owe $180,000 on your existing home loan, then the house must sell for a minimum of $126,000. The Johnson    If you are currently in foreclosure, strongly consider selling your property as a backup plan. The object is to pay off all debt and expenses, walk away without a foreclosure or bankruptcy on your credit history and perhaps put a little cash
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
  
  1) The National Association of Realtors announced Monday that existing home sales nationwide were up for the month of February compared to January. 2) On Tuesday, the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index reported the worst decline in home prices since the company started tracking data back in 1987. Still, on a yearly basis existing home sales were down almost 24 percent from February 2007, and the national median When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. When reports of telltale economic
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  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 economist at the UCLA Anderson Forecast , at the Zelman & Associates Housing Summit in Dallas on Sept. 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
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Wachovia Changes The Lending Game
  
  More significantly — and unlike Wachovia’s competitors — it’s making it easier for borrowers to dump option-ARMs by waiving the prepayment penalties routinely associated with such loans. “Effectively immediately,” says the company, “Wachovia is waiving all prepayment fees associated with its Pick-A-Pay mortgage to allow customers complete flexibility in their home financing decisions. Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac.com , the nation’s largest source of foreclosure listings and data. “Wachovia Wachovia Changes The Lending Game By Peter G.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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