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The Government Goes After Loan Officers
Most investors who bought these securities,” says the SEC, “lacked the cash or income to do so, but were urged by their brokers to raise the money to pay for the purchases and the monthly payments required for these products by refinancing their fixed-rate mortgages into subprime adjustable-rate negative amortization mortgages.” According to the SECs complaint “each defendant was a mortgage broker as well as a registered representative and collected compensation from the mortgage refinancings as well as the sales of securities. In making the sales, the brokers allegedly misrepresented
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
Lastly, we have the real attraction of option ARMs, the option payment itself, a payment which is insufficient to even pay off the monthly interest cost. Because Fitch says that a 40-year loan term represented 4 percent of all option ARMs in 2004 -- but 38 percent by 2007. A loan with four payment options may seem fairly understandable, but in the real world a lot of borrowers did not take out option ARMs because they wanted to make fully-amortizing payments. Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time By Peter G. Miller Step right
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
New York Versus Freddie Mac: Round One
You can guess what happens next: No subprime loans, no high cost loans, no buyers, no sales. big chunk of the real estate market will close down. This seems to make a lot of sense until you enter the real world. Such investors are essentially buyers of IOUs secured by real estate, IOUs which hopefully will yield a given New York Versus Freddie Mac: Round One By Peter G. Miller It’s fight time in New York.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Glossary of Foreclosure and Real Estate Terminology - Realtytrac
Million Foreclosures
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Digital Real Estate Data Means "OPEN HOUSE" 24/7
An avalanche of information now available on the World Wide Web is shifting the balance of power in the real estate industry and giving homebuyers and sellers more control over the deal than ever before — and changing the nature of real estate forever. The Internet — and a new wave of technologically savvy Web-based real estate firms like RealtyTrac — is leveling the playing field for consumers, giving them access to vital information once controlled exclusively by real estate brokerages and a small circle of real estate professionals.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Fed Plays a Delicate Balancing Game With Rate Cut
The move was seen as necessary to maintain a delicate balance between managing inflation and fostering economic growth. The increase in public real estate auctions. Then there’s the nation’s retail industry, advertising sales events at after-Thanksgiving sales price levels the weekend after Halloween!!! In a move aimed at quelling fears of a looming recession, the Federal Open Market Committee took the country’s teetering monetary affairs seriously two weeks ago and lowered the short term federal funds rate another quarter of a percentage point to 4.5 percent.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Short sales rising
Scanning the Southern California Multiple Listing Service (MLS) last week, the one thing that stands out is the growing number of short sales. Last year, you rarely saw the phrase “short sale” in the MLS property description. Today, approximately 10 percent of the listed properties are short sales. That indicates lenders are getting more eager to unload properties in foreclosure, even if it means selling them for less than is owed on the mortgage. Short sales occur when home prices fall and mortgage debt exceeds the value of the property.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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New Tax Law Spurs More Short Sales, Expert Says
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. Lucier , means more struggling borrowers will consider selling their homes to investors through short sales. Bush on Dec. 20, helps people whose homes are in foreclosure by canceling taxes on any mortgage debt that has been forgiven by their lender.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure - a Way Out of Foreclosure - RealtyTrac
Short of filing for bankruptcy (which only delays the inevitable, and does not STOP foreclosure in its tracks), sometimes your lender just isn’t willing to negotiate a loan workout or accept a short sale (agreeing to take less money on the sale of your property than the balance due on their underlying mortgage). However, should you find yourself in this situation where there may be a deficiency judgment involved, the best thing to do is to consult with a real estate attorney about possible options. Check out our NEW Features! Login Why Join? FREE Trial Feedback Help
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Missouri Foreclosure Laws
The typical foreclosure process takes about two months. Compare All State Foreclosure Laws Missouri Overview Judicial Non-Judicial Process Period Sale Publication Redemption Period Sale/NTS Yes Yes 60 Days 10 Days 365 Days Trustee Comments: Non-Judicial Foreclosures are more
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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And the Hits' Just Keep On Coming!
All well known names in the world of finance, and all are now feeling the pinch due to an unstable real estate mortgage market and the lasting impacts the subprime mortgage crisis is having on their bottom lines. For Countrywide , the second quarter of the year was a real let down with the company drawing from an $11.5 Ongoing weakness in the housing Countrywide. Citigroup.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Now Homebuilders Face Foreclosure
Sales of new homes have suffered the biggest decline since records began in 1963. New-home sales plunged 26.4 Many of these homebuilders have lost more than 80 percent of their stock value — and have reported hundreds of million in losses to their balance sheet. To move the glut of unsold inventory quickly, some builders are staging flashy promotions, slashing prices For millions of Americans facing foreclosure, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut this week was welcome news that could possibly help save thousands of homeowners from default by giving them the opportunity to refinance their adjustable-rate loan into a fixed-rate mortgage with a lower interest rate.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Fighting Foreclosure: Seven Ways to Dodge Delinquency
Reinstatement Prior to a foreclosure sale, borrowers have the right to reinstate a delinquent loan. Consult with a real estate attorney or an experienced real estate broker because reinstatement laws vary from state to state. 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. 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 .
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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