10 Articles match "Auctions","Foreclosures","New York"

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• New York Foreclosure Laws
  
  New York Foreclosure Laws New York foreclosures are handled either in court or out of court, although court foreclosures are more common. New York foreclosures can take up to 15 months, which is longer than most other states. Compare All State Foreclosure Laws New York Overview Judicial Non-Judicial Process Period Sale Publication Redemption Period Sale/NTS
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Beginner investors wise to avoid auctions
  
  A recent New York Times article about foreclosure auctions reminded me why none of the experienced foreclosure investors Ive talked to recommend foreclosure auctions for people just getting started in real estate investing: "Yet while there is a tantalizing possibility of getting a deal, people who are intimately familiar with foreclosure auctions in New York — lawyers, mortgage bankers, brokers and former auction regulars — advise steering clear of them. Success is not impossible, but to even set foot in the ring you must put in hours of due diligence and overcome myriad obstacles,
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• $15.75 million pre-foreclosure purchase of Don Johnson's home
  
  A last-minute pre-foreclosure sale last week allowed actor Don Johnsonof televisions "Miami Vice," to avoid foreclosure on his Aspen, Colo.,estate, estate, according to an article in the Aspen Daily News . "Don Johnson may have saved his Woody Creek ranch frombeing sold Wednesday at a foreclosure auction, but it was because thecelebrity unloaded his 17-acre property Monday for $15.75 million,according to Shaw Laminar Lending Inc., which lent Johnson $10.6
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• FBI: Mortgage Fraud Begets Foreclosure
  
  The FBI recently came out with its 2006 Mortgage Fraud Report , which somewhat anticlimactically concludes that there is “a strong correlation between mortgage fraud and loans which result in default or foreclosure.” The correlation is apparent in the report’s list of the top states for mortgage fraud: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Utah. Six of those states also appeared in RealtyTrac’s list of states with the highest foreclosure rates in 2006. The FBI also lists Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri,
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Where to find the best deals on foreclosures
  
  It’s important for buyers and investors who are interested in the foreclosures market to carefully evaluate local market conditions before diving into foreclosures in any given area. Our analysis of nationwide foreclosure property sales in the last seven months shows that while some areas of the country documented a plethora of properties in foreclosure and big savings on foreclosure purchases, other areas reported relatively low foreclosure inventories and smaller average savings on foreclosure purchases. Foreclosure markets most favorable to buyers and investors According to data from the RealtyTrac database, homebuyers and investors realized average savings over the past seven months of more than 40 percent on foreclosure purchases in Ohio and average savings of more than 30 percent on foreclosure purchases in Indiana , Tennessee , Georgia and Texas .
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure "Megatrends"
  
  Foreclosures are rising. In a presidential year, Uncle Sam and politicians nationwide are rushing to unveil new and bolder schemes to unravel the foreclosure crisis. As federal, state and local government weighs in of the rising foreclosure mess, look for new plans to halt the foreclosure train wreck. Increasingly, homeowners who put little Home prices are falling. Sales are down.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
  
  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. But increasingly there are signs that the foreclosure problem is spilling over into wealthier areas, where prime borrowers — and even high-end real estate developers — are rapidly falling behind
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Hold Onto Your Hat and Hat Rack
  
  This breeze that is gaining strength is yet the latest fallout from the foreclosure hurricane sweeping the nation. The New York Times recently reported in two related stories that in some instances, homeowners who have already lost their homes to foreclosure are now faced with suffering the greatest embarrassment of all — having their personal items auctioned off. The law requires the town to store the items for a minimum of 15 days There’s a warm wind swirling around this country right now, and it may just blow the hat off of your head…and take along with it everything else you own as well.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Bank-Repossession Beat Continues in March
  
  foreclosure activity registered at more than 50 percent above the level it was at a year ago, according to the March RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report . And for the second month in a row, the number of bank repossessions, or REOs, was up more than 100 percent year over year. The implication: while significantly more homeowners are falling into foreclosure, there is an even bigger increase in the number of homeowners already in For the third month in a row U.S. In the latter case, the homeowner offers to convey ownership of the property to the foreclosing lender.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Subprime Market Sinking Further Into the Abyss
  
  The latest victim of its own success is New Century Financial Inc. As a result, the lender’s stock on the New York Stock Exchange (Symbol = NEW) plummeted almost 70 percent. which was being courted for a buyout by Credit Suisse Group, is now being sold to Citadel Investment Group LLC, which won the right to purchase the lending institution for $180 million in a last minute auction, according to Bloomberg News . The latest developments in the subprime lending market should have the entire real estate industry up in arms (figuratively and literally). The problem
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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