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• Glossary of Foreclosure and Real Estate Terminology - Realtytrac
  
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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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• Too Soon For a Comeback
  
  Even the National Association of Realtors, which has come out with its latest report documenting a two percent decline in existing home sales for March 2008, down 19.3 Only the Mountain and South Atlantic regions documented price depreciation for the period, while the Pacific, West North Central, West South Central, East North Central, East South Central, New England and Middle Atlantic regions all reported an upswing in prices. At present it does not appear that there is enough evidence yet to declare that a market comeback is in the offing. The bottom line is that no
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Fannie Mae Toughens Foreclosure Guidelines
  
  With government officials at the local, state and federal levels clamoring to clamp down on the nation’s financial institutions and other loan originators, plus the recent bailout of Bear Stearns by the Federal Reserve after the Wall Street giant became so heavily invested in subprime backed mortgage securities, it was just a matter of time before the Federal National Mortgage Association (better known as Fannie Mae ) did something to tighten the reins as well. Well, this past Monday it finally did. The time period is shorter for borrowers who can document that extenuating circumstances
  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 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. At the same time, thesteep rise in housing prices over the last few years 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
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - 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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• Stop Home Foreclosure
  
  Johnson    If you are currently in foreclosure, strongly consider selling your property as a backup plan. One of the strategies to stop foreclosure is to sell your property as quickly as possible; keeping in mind that the foreclosure process can be complete in a little over one month in certain states. They are: Valuing your property, Figuring out your bottom-line sale price, and Locating buyers. How to Sell Your House Quickly When Facing Foreclosure By LaTonya S. The object is to pay off all debt and expenses, walk
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• The Government Goes After Loan Officers
  
  Because such borrowers should have been underwritten with full documentation — something employed borrowers can readily produce. 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
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