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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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• 40 Is the New 30 for Lenders and Investors
  
  Wells Fargo, for example, just announced that it is joining the growing number of lenders, like Washington Mutual and Bank of America, that are offering 40-year fixed-rate loans. 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.
  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. As the Associated Press reported Tuesday morning, this latest report by the Case-Shiller index, which tracks prices of single-family homes in 10 metropolitan areas around the country, suggests that prices have either been “growing more slowing or declining for 19 consecutive months.” When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. When reports of telltale
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• 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. In a remarkable advocacy ad in The Washington Post , ING said “we believe that lending institutions should share No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller  
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  quot;I think this time residential housing is in the 100-year flood, and I think it's going to take a long time to recover," said David Shulman, senior economist at the UCLA Anderson Forecast , at the Zelman & Associates Housing Summit in Dallas on Sept. We probably wont buy again until its a little more cost effective. Melissa
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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