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Don't Dump Investors
It appears everywhere and is never challenged, as if real estate investors are somehow disposable players in the foreclosure mess. However, none of these efforts are a silver bullet that will undo the excesses of the past years, nor are they designed to bail out real estate speculators or those who committed fraud during the mortgage process. Why is someone who invests in real estate a “speculator” while corporations that lose billions of dollars Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing out giant
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The Government Goes After Loan Officers
That said, whats plain is that the SEC has opened a new front in the mortgage responsibility debate. Interstate Commerce At first it may seem odd that mortgages are a federal matter since loans are secured by real estate and nothing is more local than dirt. But both real estate and mortgages have been considered within the stream of interstate commerce for decades. The Government Goes After Loan Officers By Peter G. Miller One of the most galling aspects of the mortgage meltdown is the sense that folks who made bad loans
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
percent of all loans outstanding according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The Hudson down payment numbers contrast strongly with national averages: The National Association of Realtors reports that in 2007 the typical first-time buyer put down just 2 percent, repeat buyers had 16 percent down payments and 25 percent of all purchasers bought with nothing down. Volatile real estate markets such as today support such prudence.” Even with such caution, Higgins says “still we aren’t No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Glossary of Foreclosure and Real Estate Terminology - Realtytrac
Million Foreclosures
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Digital Real Estate Data Means "OPEN HOUSE" 24/7
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. 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 . The Internet is rapidly and radically transforming the way people buy and sell homes. Ten years ago, only a fraction of homebuyers and sellers used the Internet.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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.” Please feel free to comment on this article, or write 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
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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. 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.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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). It seems to fly in the face of recent market activity statewide reported by the Florida Association of Realtors . 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.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Will Homeowners Sink or Swim?
And prices of existing homes fell in August for the first time in 11 years as sales dipped to their lowest level since early 2004, according to the National Association of Realtors . The next big wave of news may be a true real-estate slump, as hundreds of billions in adjustable-rate mortgages reset, making it even more difficult for homeowners in depressed markets to meet higher monthly payments. Many American homeowners — initially attracted to low teaser rates on those “exotic” ARMs and sub-prime loans — now find themselves swimming upstream in a desperate attempt to remain financially afloat.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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More Trouble for Ed McMahon
Carrying a 15 percent interest rate, the balance due grew to $275,000, according to the Associated Press . million. Posted 08-12-2008 2:15 PM by joelc Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trend Things seem to be going from bad to worse for Ed McMahon, former sidekick to Johnny Carson on “The Tonight Show” and corporate spokesman for the American Family Publisher’s sweepstakes. The Los Angeles Times reported today that McMahon is being sued by Westmoore Lending of Huntington
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Dis-ARMament Aimed to Curb Foreclosures
These loans are what many in the banking and real estate industries say have helped home buyers get into their first home or purchase more home than they otherwise could afford using more conventional mortgage products. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) lauded the new consumer education efforts put forth by the government, but cautioned regulators not to restrict innovation in the mortgage lending sector. Post your comments on the blog, or send us an e-mail to editor@foreclosurepulse.com . Posted 10-10-2006 8:25 AM by Octavion
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Fed's Cautionary Stance Predictable
just released its weekly report on jobless claims, noting that new claims for jobless benefits rose last week to the highest level seen in more than six years, according to the Associated Press . What does all this mean for prospective home buyers and real estate investors looking to take advantage of present market conditions? It means that we haven’t seen a market as ripe Did anyone really expect anything else out of Ben Bernanke and the other 10 members of the Federal Open Market Committee this time around? No, they didn’t.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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