8 Articles match "Auctions","Buying","Metro"

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• Stacking Up 2007 Metro Foreclosure Rates
  
  Five other California metro areas joined Stockton in the top 20: Riverside-San Bernardino at No. Florida accounted for three metro areas in the top 20: Miami at No. Are residents starting to panic or most people in it for the long haul and not too concerned with this downward part of the cycle? View full report for top 100 metro areas. Posted 02-13-2008 8:15 AM by darenb Filed under: Foreclosure It was the usual suspects topping the 2007 MSA Foreclosure Rate Rankings released by RealtyTrac today.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5 quot;There are signs of a slow down in the rate of decline across the metro areas, but no evidence of a bottom," said David M. quot; Las Vegas and Phoenix posted the two biggest annual percent from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today. percent from their peak in July 2006. "There
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Exclusive Interview with Dave Webb of Hudson & Marshall
  
  As foreclosures continue to mushroom, lenders are increasingly turning to the auction block to sell foreclosure properties. In April, Foreclosure News Report will spotlight the fast-growing foreclosure auction market and cover other hot foreclosure issues. One of the experts interviewed for the Foreclosure News Report story was Dave Webb, principal of Hudson & Marshall, a major auction firm in Dallas, Texas. Webb believes now is a good time to buy foreclosure properties. Read Webb’s exclusive interview below: Is now a good time for investors to
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• FDIC Selling Off Detroit Inventory
  
  King Auction Company of Gadsden, Ala., to auction off 83 properties ranging in values from as low as $2,500 up to a home in the Grosse Pointe area that was recently listed for $1.3 With one in every 176 households receiving a foreclosure filing during July, the Detroit metro area had the 18th highest foreclosure rate among the 230 MSAs reported by RealtyTrac for the month. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is having no trouble keeping busy these days.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Local Market Perspective: Seattle, Wash.
  
  The money in this town has just shifted from buying retail to buying wholesale, and there are a lot of hungry wallets burning holes for positive equity investments. The Seattle metro area has a strong economic foundation with many companies doing extraordinarily well due to international business. say this all the time to my buyers, at auction there is a huge crowd competing over six to 10 properties. Over the past three months, my clients and I have presented nine contracts to pre-foreclosure, REO and short sale sellers. Out of those nine contracts, nine have been
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• The Legend of Foreclosure Vandalism Grows
  
  Las Vegas is used as a backdrop for the story, not surprising given that the foreclosure rate in Las Vegas consistently ranks among the top 10 metro foreclosure rates, according to RealtyTrac. But even if it isnt true, the lesson taught by these types of urban legends is still very important for foreclosure buyers and investors: when you buy a foreclosure property without being able to conduct a full inspection first, make the assumption that the property is substantially vandalized and calculate rehab costs into your offer. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that more and more homeowners forced out of their homes by foreclosure are turning to vandalism to lash out in some tangible way in a situation where they feel powerless.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Is Eight Enough?
  
  The number of properties with some sort of foreclosure action against them (default notice, auction notice, bank repossession) has consistently risen for the past eight quarters (see chart). ldquo;Forty-eight of 50 states and 95 out of the nation’s 100 largest metro areas experienced year-over-year increases in foreclosure activity in the second quarter," said RealtyTrac CEO James J. While there have been monthly fluctuations up and down during this time period, the quarterly numbers consistently have been up quarter over quarter, and the most recent quarter was no exception, according to the U.S.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
  
  Brady said the owners of high-end Hampton foreclosures tend to be “people who kept pulling money out of their houses for their business, using equity in their second homes to pay business debt, credit cards, buy cars, go on trips.” where Las Vegas rises in the desert sun, the metro area saw 4.2 Homebuilders in Arizona, whose lavish incentives haven’t High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes By Octavio Nuiry, RealtyTrac Staff Writer    Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited briefly from favorable financing.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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