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• Separating the wheat from the chaff: legitimate foreclosure investors vs. scammers
  
  At the same time, thesteep rise in housing prices over the last few years has created amassive amount of equity in many properties — a tempting target forswindlers. Make a comment or send us an e-mail . Posted 03-29-2006 6:49 PM by darenb Filed under: Pre-Foreclosures Comments
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Avoid Foreclosure Before it Starts at RealtyTrac
  
  Million Foreclosures
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Glossary of Foreclosure and Real Estate Terminology - Realtytrac
  
  Defaulted property owner. Opening Bid Starting price of property at the Trustees Sale set by the beneficiary. Page Grid Old/New Thomas Brothers map page and grid number for the property address. Parcel Number/APN Assessors Parcel Number. Principal Balance The balance of the principal owed to the lender. Sale Date Auction date set by the trustee. Situs Address Property address. Trans Date Last date property was sold. Trans Value The amount paid for the property the last time it was sold. Trustee Neutral party in trust deed transaction.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• New Tax Law Spurs More Short Sales, Expert Says
  
  When a homeowner opts for a short sale, they are often “forgiven” the difference between the sale price of the property and the balance on their mortgage, known as the deficiency. If a person, for example, owes $200,000 on a mortgage, and the borrower and the bank agree to sell the house for $150,000, the $50,000 debt forgiven by the lender will not be taxed. For real estate investors looking for pre-foreclosure bargains, a new federal law could unleash a torrent of short sales as struggling borrowers facing foreclosure unload their over-mortgaged homes to avoid huge tax bills on capital gains. HR 3648 , or the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act, signed by President George W.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Fighting Foreclosure: Seven Ways to Dodge Delinquency
  
  For example, delinquent mortgage payments may be added to the loan balance or the borrower could be given more time to bring the late payment current. If you have enough equity in the house to allow you to pay off the mortgage in full, then a sale is usually your best option. You won’t save the house, but you do avoid the trauma of foreclosure and reduce the negative impact on your credit. The sharp rise in foreclosure activity in recent months does not paint a pretty picture for distressed borrowers: 437,000 foreclosure filings were reported in the first quarter of this year, according to RealtyTrac .
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Stop Home Foreclosure
  
  How to Sell Your House Quickly When Facing Foreclosure By LaTonya S. The "as is” appraised value and the sale price should be least 70 percent to 80 percent of the unpaid principal balance of the home. You must also be able to close on the sale of your house within one to two months. (Note: Johnson    If you are currently in foreclosure, strongly consider selling your property as a backup plan. The object is to pay off all debt and expenses, walk away without a foreclosure or bankruptcy on your credit history and perhaps put
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Wachovia Changes The Lending Game
  
  If that happens, the Wachovia plan may well be responsible for saving tens of thousands of families from foreclosure.” Washington On Capitol Hill, both the House and the Senate have passed measures that would allow the FHA to insure up to $300 billion in special mortgages for those facing foreclosure. The interest not paid does not disappear however, instead it’s added to the loan balance in a process called negative amortization . Wachovia Changes The Lending Game By Peter G. Miller     With assets of more than $800 billion,
  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. Now, in 2009, or will you wait until 2020 when everyone has forgotten about this housing slump and is raving about skyrocketing home prices? Posted 09-30-2008 11:27 AM by darenb Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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