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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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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.
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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...
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  • Bank-Owned Properties and REO Frequently Asked Questions - RealtyTrac
    Bank-Owned Properties and REO (FAQ) Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial What is an REO? REO is an acronym for real estate owned and is industry jargon for foreclosure property repossessed by banks or lenders. If a lender or bank is the highest bidder a foreclosure auction — or if no third party bids at the auction — the property reverts back to the lender and becomes an REO. REOs are owned by banks. Lenders go to great lengths to sell REOs.
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  • Checklist for Buying a Bank-Owned REO Property - RealtyTrac
    CHECKLIST: For Buying a Bank-Owned REO Property Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Are you a real estate investor or homebuyer looking to purchase a bank-owned property? With the number of bank-owned foreclosures rising nationwide, there has never been a better time to purchase real estate owned by banks. REO Buying Checklist: Inspect the Property, Do a Title Search, Negotiate Payments and Rates,
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  • Buying Bank-Owned REOs at the Auction - RealtyTrac
    Buying Bank-Owned REOs at the Auction Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Thanks to a sharp rise in foreclosure filings nationwide, homebuyers and real estate investors are increasingly likely to encounter bank-owned properties that are for sale at real estate auctions. The increased presence of lender-owned homes in the market — known in the banking industry as REOs, for "real estate owned" — is fallout from the recent real estate boom that marked the first half of this decade.
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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
    Not all areas have a lot of recent foreclosureactivity, and that may mean youll have to be more patient in yoursearch (make sure to set up daily e-mail alerts) or broaden your search so that you have more properties to choose from. For example, one search this customer ran was for bank-owned properties in a specific Long Beach zip code. A few days ago I spoke to a new RealtyTrac customer who was having trouble tracking down foreclosure property in Long Beach, Calif . She said something like, "Is the information on your site accurate?
    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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  • Local Market Perspective: Cape Coral, Fla.
    Your comments, questions and feedback are welcome. Gloria Tate Raso Realty, Inc. I work with buyers in my area; new jargon and issues are making buying a home more difficult than ever before. The opportunity to own a home at affordable prices has never been greater, but getting to the closing table is so much more difficult. Many of the best deals in our area are bank-owned Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of guest blog posts from members of the RealtyTrac Agent Network . The agents will be sharing their insights about what is happening on the ground
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Local Market Perspective: Lake Havasu, Ariz.
    In May 2008, there were 272 new listings, down 1.5 percent from May 2007. There were 134 sold listings in May 2008, down 15.52 percent from May 2007. I am seeing a rise in foreclosures and short sales far higher than May of 2007. 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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  • Local Market Perspective: Las Vegas
    Shari Springer Springer Realty The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported May 6 that 1,794 single-family homes were sold in April, a 21.4 Properties owned by banks and other lenders are accounting for more than half of all the homes sold each month. Rents are rising , in areas where I own investment homes. percent jump over the 1,478 homes sold in March. The sales are 29.9
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosure Activity Deflating or Just Deferred?
    The 3 percent decrease may lead some to speculate that the upward trend in foreclosure activity may be nearing an end, but as RealtyTrac CEO James J. What may be a better argument -- although certainly not an ironclad case -- that the foreclosure surge is starting to run out of steam is the trend over the past 18 months in YOY percentage changes, broken down by type of foreclosure filing. Meanwhile, REO (bank repossession) U.S. foreclosure activity in June decreased 3 percent from the previous month but was still up 53 percent from June 2007, according to the RealtyTrac
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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