9 Articles match "Bank Owned","Buying","Example"

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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  Does this make it a good time to buy real estate? We'd like to hear from you when and if you plan to step in and start buying. 262 Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Search: Lessons from Long Beach
  
  For example, one search this customer ran was for bank-owned properties in a specific Long Beach zip code. 30, 2005. Because of the sparse search results, I advised thecustomer that buying a bank-owned property in the zip code she was searching wouldrequire anextra measure of patience and persistence. But to remind her that it is possible, I also told her about a recent member success story that recounts how a customer successfullypurchased A few days ago I spoke to a new RealtyTrac customer who was having trouble tracking down foreclosure property in Long Beach, Calif .
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Financing and Foreclosure Refinancing - RealtyTrac
  
  Foreclosure Financing: How to Buy Foreclosure Real Estate Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Search nearly 650,000 Foreclosure and Bank-Owned properties. Find below-market priced properties For many homebuyers and investors seeking to purchase a pre-foreclosure or a bank-owned foreclosure property, one of the most difficult aspects of purchasing a distressed property is finding financing for the foreclosure deal. More than 1 million total properties including REO, For Sale by Owner, and Home Auctions! Finding financing for the foreclosure deal...
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• The Legend of Foreclosure Vandalism Grows
  
  That seems to be the most common story used when people talk about foreclosure vandalism, although Ive yet to hear one concrete (pun intended) example of this happening in real life. 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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• Local Market Perspective: Lake Havasu, Ariz.
  
  My last seven sales have all been bank-owned homes, with over 171 contacts from my RealtyTrac source. Unfortunately, what folks hear in the news, for the most part, does not apply to Lake Havasu; with it being a second home community, people from out of state are not jumping on the buying wagon since their present homes, which are up for sale, are still not selling. For example, one sale I did 30 days ago, was a brand new 1,700 square foot home, with 3 bedrooms With a population of fewer than 55,000, the Lake Havasu, Ariz., real estate market is still declining.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
  
  trolls the upper-end of the foreclosure train wreck, searching for million-dollar bank-owned listings. “The The high-end housing market is not immune to foreclosure,” said Brady, who handles bank-owned foreclosure listings. “Rich 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, 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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• Foreclosure Activity Deflating or Just Deferred?
  
  Meanwhile, REO (bank repossession) activity actually decreased on a YOY basis in January and February of 2007 but gradually started to gain momentum in the second half of 2007, and increases in REOs have far outpaced the increases in defaults and auctions in all six months of 2008. One could argue that this chart shows that the bulk of the properties that were at risk for foreclosure have migrated through the process and are now being repossessed by the foreclosing lenders. On the other hand, some might argue that many properties are still at risk for falling into foreclosure, but
  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). One example is Colorado, whose foreclosure rate ranked No. The bill also earmarks $4 billion in grants for local communities to buy up foreclosed properties that may be negatively affecting the communities. 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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• Secrets of Pre-Foreclosure Investing
  
  20 and will provide a temporary, three-year change to the tax code to eliminate any taxes homeowners might face when banks renegotiate the terms of a home loan and forgive a portion of the outstanding mortgage debt. McManus said the borrower got out of a painful situation, the bank got rid of a non-performing asset, and McManus bought a discounted house for pennies on the dollar. “Sometimes, Secrets of Pre-Foreclosure Investing By Octavio Nuiry, RealtyTrac Staff Writer    One pre-foreclosure expert says a new federal law will change everything, and short sales and short payoff sales will become the new trend in the marketplace.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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