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• Realtors '07 Forecast Looks Promising for Future Foreclosure Activity
  
  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. The Realtor group expects 447,500 homes to sell in 2007, compared with 481,200 homes in 2006. LONG BEACH, Calif. — If California’s economic indicators stay at their present course, 2007 should be a very good year for investing and purchasing
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Gearing up for short sales and REOs
  
  Gearing up for short sales and REOs Inman News In response to requests from its members, and the regularity of short sales and foreclosure-related transactions, the National Association of Realtors has launched a Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource Certification...( read more
  Foreclosure Pulse - Thursday, September 17, 2009
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• Existing Home Sales Rise for Fourth Straight Month in July
  
  million units, the highest rate since August 2007, the National Association of Realtors said, beating...( Pace of U.S. existing home sales fastest in 2 years August 21, 2009, Reuters Sales in July rose for the fourth straight month to hit an annual rate of 5.24 read more ) ...Tags:
  Foreclosure Pulse - Friday, August 21, 2009
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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. Striking a balance between consumer education and the free marketplace is of utmost importance, according to the Realtors. Concerned about the fallout from rising mortgage delinquency rates and foreclosures around the country, the federal government recently stepped into the fray, issuing new tighter guidelines aimed at dealing with so-called “exotic” adjustable-rate mortgages.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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 Home inventory continues to be a huge problem for the Realtors, currently up to a 9.9 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 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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• 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.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• 40 Is the New 30 for Lenders and Investors
  
  Even though prices are up, home sales volume is down dramatically -- just ask the National Association of Realtors -- homeowners are not refinancing anywhere near the levels seen even just a year ago, and the number of new homes under construction is declining as is building permits. Well, as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke decides on his next move -- will he or wont he ratchet up interest rates another 25 basis points next month as most economists are predicting -- mortgage lenders are also pondering their next moves. Wells Fargo, for example, just announced that it is joining the
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - 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 . 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. But as the rising tide of mortgage debt grows, many of those homeowners will unfortunately sink, drowning in foreclosure red ink. For the thousands of homeowners who jumped into turbulent housing
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Digital Real Estate Data Means "OPEN HOUSE" 24/7
  
  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. 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.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Local Market Perspective: Las Vegas
  
  Shari Springer Springer Realty The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported May 6 that 1,794 single-family homes were sold in April, a 21.4 percent jump over the 1,478 homes sold in March. The sales are 29.9 percent higher than April 2007.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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