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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. According to the National Auctioneers Association, the fastest growing sector of the $257.2 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. At the Auction!
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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 . At the same time, Nevada sales plunged 36 percent, while Florida posted a decline of 31 percent. Storm clouds are gathering over the nation’s battered housing market. Depending on whom you ask, the forecast calls for either thunderstorms or gale force hurricane winds.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Glossary of Foreclosure and Real Estate Terminology - Realtytrac
  
  When recorded, it is the initial step in a Trustee’s Sale Proceeding. Notice of Trustee’s Sale A document which is mailed, advertised, posted and recorded. Among other information, it provides the date, time and location of the Trustee’s Sale and also contains a description of the property to be sold. Postponement A verbal announcement made at the time and place of the scheduled Trustee’s Sale. Check out our NEW Features! Login Why Join? FREE Trial Feedback Help
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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 . Earlier in the year, there was a lot of discussion about a “soft landing” for the residential real estate market. 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
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Filings Soar 90 Percent
  
  Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac, said a jump in foreclosures at a time of year that traditionally is the busiest for home sales means the slide in prices probably isn't over. “Such strong activity in the midst of the typical spring buying season could foreshadow even higher foreclosure levels later in the year,” said Saccacio. “Certainly Meanwhile, the Mortgage Bankers Association, in its quarterly snapshot of the mortgage market released today, reported that the percentage of payments that were 30 or more days past due for one-to-four unit residential properties
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window?
  
  This is a huge issue because at the end of 2007 the United States had residential mortgages worth $10.5 You could look at the Merrill sale and say, Aha! One can see investors looking at delinquency and foreclosure rates, loan age and also geographic concentrations, down payment data, equity, income, credit ratings, sale terms and other factors. How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window? By Peter G. Miller    Long ago there was a song which asked the magic question, how much for that doggie in the window?
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality
  
  The sale of residential mortgages allows local lenders to have fresh capital which can then be used to originate more loans. 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. See: National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality By Peter G. Miller     What do
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
  
  According to Fitch "the potential average payment increase on this recasting population is 63 percent, representing on average an additional $1,053 due each month on top of the current average payment of $1,672." You dont have to be a math major to figure out what will happen next: Huge numbers of option ARMs will fail in the next 24 to 30 months with results that will be devastating to borrowers, loan portfolios and local home values. How They Work Formally known as "payment option adjustable rate mortgages," option ARMs are the most complex residential loan products ever offered.
  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. The estimates ranged from 25 to 40 percent from peak to trough, but all the economists thought prices could overshoot going down (as they did going up) and could be down as much as 55 percent in parts of Southern California.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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