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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today. quot; Las Vegas and Phoenix posted the two biggest annual declines in home prices of the 20 metro areas tracked in the report, followed by Miami with a 28.2 Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5 percent from their peak in July 2006. "There
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• More Trouble for Ed McMahon
  
  The loan is secured by the star’s Beverly Hills home, which went into foreclosure back in June for $644,000 owed on a $4.8 In interviews with Al Roker on “The Today Show” and Larry King Live on CNN back in June, McMahon admitted that poor money management, bad investments and two divorces led to the financial dilemma he and his wife Pamela now face. Carrying a 15 percent interest rate, the balance due grew to $275,000, 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.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Whitney Houston: Diva in Default
  
  Thanks to delinquent mortgage payments totaling more than $1million, singer Whitney Houston faces the possibility of foreclosure on a home in New Jersey, according to the AssociatedPress . Houston’spublicist told a local newspaper that the property is not in foreclosure andlater was not available for comment to the Associated Press. was listed as a pre-foreclosureon RealtyTrac in June The news service reports that one of two lots owned by Houston was scheduled for public auction on January 4 by the Morris County’sSheriff’s office. A
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Legislating Lower Foreclosure Rates?
  
  But opponents say the law is cutting down on the legitimate loans available to residents of the 10 zip codes and thereby will lower house values by reducing the number of potential buyers who can qualify for a loan, creating a glut of unsold inventory. The bill requires certain “high risk” mortgage applicants to receive credit counseling before taking out a home loan, and only applies to state-chartered loan originators, not federally chartered loan originators, according to the Chicago Association of Realtors. One such law is Illinois Senate Bill 2349 , which passed back
  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. And one of the most dramatic changes that will relieve some the tension in those big
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Can "Appreciation Sharing" Solve The Mortgage Mess?
  
  Miller     We’re about to see something new in the mortgage marketplace: The government is going to insure huge numbers of shared-appreciation mortgages, a type of home financing rarely seen in the U.S. Usually you would look at the fees and charges associated with the HOPE program and think, well, yuck. Unlike Can “Appreciation Sharing” Solve The Mortgage Mess? By Peter G. It’s a big experiment and it raises a bigger question: Is this the loan of the future?
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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