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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 Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing out giant banks,
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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
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
not far from Manhattan, Hudson City Bancorp has a lending philosophy that dates back decades: You can get a dull, boring, mortgage from Hudson at a very low rate — but only if you put equity into the property. percent of all loans outstanding according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. But the real story with foreclosures is different: The fact that a No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller The news from Wall Street in recent weeks has not been good, especially in the world of mortgages.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Glossary of Foreclosure and Real Estate Terminology - Realtytrac
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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
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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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Will Homeowners Sink or Swim?
RealtyTrac™ ( www.realtytrac.com ), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, released its September 2006 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows 112,210 properties nationwide entered some stage of foreclosure during the month, a decrease of less than 1 percent from August, and a 63 percent increase from September 2005. And prices of existing homes fell in August for the first time in 11 years as sales dipped to their lowest 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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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.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure Financing and Foreclosure Refinancing - RealtyTrac
Foreclosure Financing: How to Buy Foreclosure Real Estate 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! Finding financing for the foreclosure deal... is one of the most difficult aspects of purchasing a distressed property. Find below-market priced properties
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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 Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing out giant banks,
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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.” More than 120,334 properties nationwide entered some 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
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Housing glut gives foreclosure buyers and investors advantage
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 . For real estate investors and home buyers, weakness in January construction means that builders will slash prices and offer incentives to motivate buyers into writing offers. Foreclosures surge upward The biggest news in residential real estate, however, seems to be foreclosures. Storm clouds are gathering over the nation’s battered housing market.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Subprime meltdown means jump in foreclosures
And Doug Duncan, chief economist of the Mortgage Bankers Association in Washington, told Bloomberg News that more than 100 other lenders will go out of business this year. If this scenario unfolds as predicted, mortgage lenders will look to real estate investors, home buyers and agents to bail them out. With the advent of Web-based real estate sites like RealtyTrac , real estate entrepreneurs Panic is spreading in the U.S. subprime mortgage market after the bankruptcy of at least 20 lenders in the last two months, triggering a mass liquidation
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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