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

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• Avoid and Stop Foreclosure - Help at RealtyTrac
  
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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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• U.S. Foreclosure Laws
  
  Foreclosure State Laws By RealtyTrac Foreclosure laws and timelines vary from state to state. Knowing the process in your state will help you adopt a more effective investing strategy and avoid procedural pitfalls. State Foreclosure Laws Quickly locate and review the foreclosure law specific to your state � or any state you�re considering investing in. Select A State Alabama
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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 Shaw Laminar Lending Inc., which lent Johnson $10.6
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Study Forecasts Rising Subprime Foreclosures
  
  A new study released yesterday by the Center for Responsible Lending projects that one out of five subprime mortgages originated in the past two years will end in foreclosure, costing homeowners as much as $164 billion. “This rate is nearly double the projected rate of subprime loans made in 2002, and it exceeds the worst foreclosure experience in the modern mortgage market, which occurred during the “Oil Patch” disaster of the 1980s. The study, which cites RealtyTrac numbers as one of its sources, looked at subprime foreclosure rates from 1998 through 2006 and closely
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Foreclosures Mount, Candidates React to the Credit Crisis
  
  With mortgage foreclosures at historic highs, Democrats and Republicans are fighting over a political issue that could have major implications in the 2008 presidential campaign. Sensing an opportunity to win votes, the major presidential candidates have come out swinging; proposing a variety of prescriptions to ease the worsening housing slump.Both the White House and Democrat leaders in Congress agree that something must be done to stop the foreclosures. Yearning to retake the GOP-controlled White House next year, the Democrats are clamoring for the federal government to do something, anything, to contain the crisis.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Bush Mortgage Freeze Could Expand to Prime Loans
  
  It seems like Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has been spending the new year defending his boss’ “Hope Now” plan to ease the pain of foreclosure and to give the U.S. So far this week Paulson made a speech in New York on Monday defending the president’s Hope Now alliance which has been together a mere three months. Nothing we can do to let us avoid the problem that is implicit in this. economy the boost it needs to sustain itself. In the process the secretary justified the need for the industry coalition, while calling on Congress to expedite legislation to
  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. The Mortgage Bankers Association released a response Friday calling for federal regulators to “avoid an overreaction to an evolving marketplace or current economic conditions.” The latest developments in the subprime lending market should have the entire real estate industry up in arms (figuratively and literally). The problem has gone far beyond the $1 trillion worth of so-called “exotic”
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Don't Dump Investors
  
  It appears everywhere and is never challenged, as if real estate investors are somehow disposable players in the foreclosure mess. See: From the New Deal, a Way Out of a Mess, The New York Times, Feb. 23, 2008.) Our Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Paulson, says “as our economy works through this difficult period, we will look for additional opportunities to try to avoid preventable foreclosures. Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller    When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge companies and massive
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
  
  Saccacio, chief executive officer at the country’s largest provider of foreclosure data and listings, RealtyTrac.com . “Instead, Hudson has deposits of $49 billion, a network of 125 branches in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut and just 1,350 employees — a fraction of the workforce one would find with banks of similar size. But the real story with foreclosures is different: The fact that a loan is delinquent does not mean foreclosure No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller     The news from
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