6 Articles match "Bank Owned","March","Sales"

• The Best from RealtyTrac

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• Bank-Repossession Beat Continues in March
  
  foreclosure activity registered at more than 50 percent above the level it was at a year ago, according to the March RealtyTrac U.S. And for the second month in a row, the number of bank repossessions, or REOs, was up more than 100 percent year over year. The implication: while significantly more homeowners are falling into foreclosure, there is an even bigger increase in the number of homeowners already in the process who are losing their homes to foreclosure — whether through the typical foreclosure sale mechanism or whether by pre-empting the public foreclosure sale through what
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• March Mania and RealtyTrac's Sweet 16 Foreclosure List
  
  Each spring brings the beginning of the real estate sales season and the end of college basketball, culminating with March Mania and the much awaited NCAA Sweet 16 playoff. Trenton, NJ — Opening Bid: $83,700 MIDWEST REGION SEMIFINAL With bank-owned houses cheaper than a used car in Detroit, Michigan and Columbus, Ohio, why not buy the whole block? This weekend, as the best college basketball players square off, RealtyTrac will tip off its Sweet 16 foreclosure list. EAST REGION SEMIFINAL The dollar goes a long way in Pittsburgh.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Exclusive Interview with Dave Webb of Hudson & Marshall
  
  Read Webb’s exclusive interview below: Is now a good time for investors to buy bank-owned foreclosures at auction? “Bank-owned foreclosure auctions are a great way for buyers to find exceptional values on homes because lenders are anxious to unload these properties. think it’s a good time to buy bank-owned foreclosures.” You have some auctions coming up soon, tell us about it? “I’ve got nearly 800 bank-owned properties to sell in Michigan starting March 25 through March 30. As foreclosures continue to mushroom, lenders are increasingly turning to the auction block to sell foreclosure properties.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Local Market Perspective: Las Vegas
  
  percent jump over the 1,478 homes sold in March. The sales are 29.9 Properties owned by banks and other lenders are accounting for more than half of all the homes sold each month. The medium price of a single-family home sold in the Las Vegas area decreased by 3 percent from $243,169 in March to $235,875 in April, and down 22.7 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 percent higher than April 2007.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• A Small Silver Lining in Q1 Foreclosure Storm
  
  The Detroit Free Press reported that "Detroit home sales shot up 30.8% in March, spurred by investors taking advantage of low prices on foreclosed properties." moratorium on all foreclosure sales scheduled in April there has now been replaced by a pilot program that delays foreclosure proceedings on owner-occupied properties until the homeowner and lender meet in a "conciliation conference," according to the Philadelphia Business Journal . While foreclosure activity in the first quarter of 2008 was up on a year-over-year basis in 90 percent of the nations 100 largest metropolitan areas, according to the RealtyTrac Q1 report issued today, there were a few notable exceptions that could prove to be a harbinger of hope for the nations battered housing market.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure "Megatrends"
  
  Sales are down. Banks and Builders Buckle If 2007 was the year of the mortgage meltdown, where hundred of subprime lenders became extinct, then 2008 could shape up to be the year where banks and homebuilders buckle under the crushing strain of debt. wave of foreclosure walkers could spawn $1 trillion or more in financial losses, creating a systemic banking and builder crisis unseen in American history, warns the Economist . Foreclosures are rising. Home prices are falling.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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