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• Realtors '07 Forecast Looks Promising for Future Foreclosure Activity
  
  If California’s economic indicators stay at their present course, 2007 should be a very good year for investing and purchasing foreclosure properties at bargain prices. At Wednesday’s Opening Session of California Realtor EXPO 2006, Leslie Appleton-Young, Chief Economist for the California Association of Realtors, presented her housing forecast for next year , calling for the state’s median home price to drop for the first time in 10 years and the pace of home sales to continue to decrease. LONG BEACH, Calif. — The CAR forecast also calls for a 2 percent
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Too Soon For a Comeback
  
  At present it does not appear that there is enough evidence yet to declare that a market comeback is in the offing. 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 The NAR tried to be positive about the nation’s situation earlier this month in stating that, “Existing home sales could start to show a sustained increase within the next The bottom line is that no one can say anything with 100 percent certainty given the current state of our national economy.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - 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? 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.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Latest Reports Sending Out Mixed Signals
  
  The other report, released by the National Association of Realtors , reported that pending sales of existing homes were down 1.9 Yet, in the NAR announcement, chief economist Lawrence Yun states his belief that existing home sales will see little change over the next few months before making a notable improvement during the second half of 2008. “The The slip in pending home sales implies we’re not out of the woods yet, though an Two reports came out Tuesday that are prime examples of conflicting opinions and the confusion they can cause the average consumer or investor when it comes to assessing the state of the economy.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• New Poll: Buyers to Remain on the Fence
  
  If the results of the latest Associated Press-AOL Money & Finance poll are any indication, prospective home buyers will be keeping their wallets closed and remain on the fence at least until the latest economic downturn blows over. A majority of those polled for the survey expressed pessimism over the nation’s housing contraction (as the Federal Reserve calls it) enough to not consider buying a home anytime soon. And that could be years down the road. Other survey results included: • A quarter of the 769 homeowners included in the random sample of 1,002 adults
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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. Commerce Department reported that new home sales in February were down 1.8 When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. When reports of telltale economic indicators are released,
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Tread Caringly, Ye Goode Investors
  
  Appearing Friday on The Today Show on NBC Clinton told show co-host Meredith Vieira about a woman she recently met in Cincinnati who broke down in tears because she had lost her home to foreclosure. Discussing what she considers the failed economic policies of the past seven years under the Bush Administration, Clinton was concerned about whether the home foreclosure crisis can be stopped before too many more families end up like that woman in Cincinnati. “There’s There is no doubt that foreclosures are on the radar screen of all three leading presidential candidates these days — although probably more publicly on the Democratic side of the aisle, where the subject has been discussed constantly during many television debates.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• The Fed Rate Decision is Ongoing'
  
  Even the National Association of Realtors, which originally thought the nation’s housing market would turn around significantly by year-end 2007, is pulling back a bit on its forecast , now calling for home sales to stabilize where they are this year, with noticeable improvement in sales activity by mid-2008. So as it turns out, ongoing is a good word for investors and first-time homebuyers looking for a decent discount on a home in this buyer’s market. The Federal Reserve is starting to sound like a broken record. Oops!
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window?
  
  In other words, not all of WAMUs liabilities. “In conjunction with this acquisition,” said JPMorgan Chase, it would be “marking down the acquired loan portfolio by approximately $31 billion, which primarily represents our estimate of remaining credit losses related to the impaired loans.” In its investor presentation regarding the transaction, JPMorgan Chase divided the WAMU mortgage portfolio into four parts and detailed its expected losses: $50.3 billion in home equity loans and lines of credit. How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window? By Peter G.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality
  
  More investor activity holds down interest rates, and thats good for anyone who wants to finance or refinance a home.” Licensing Standards Under the new rules individuals paid for taking a residential loan application or negotiating home loan rates and terms will have to be registered as loan originators. There are other standards and requirements as well, but the basic point is this: Once the system is in place every loan officer will either be registered or out of the home loan business. “The new law creates an historic opportunity for the states to increase accountability
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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