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• Welcome to the Foreclosure Pulse weblog!
  
  Weve just recently launched this blog, and we hope to develop this blog into a valuable and well-read part of the blogosphere. In addition, we want this blog to develop into a community where you can connect and share ideas with others interested in the foreclosures market. Posted 03-17-2006 5:19 PM by darenb Comments
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• Flying Foreclosure Photos
  
  RealtyTrac integrated Microsoft Virtual Earth technology into its member website this week, allowing subscribers to view aerial and “birds-eye” photos of properties listed on the website (see sample below). This powerful technology should prove especially helpful for those searching for pre-foreclosure and foreclosure properties because those properties usually don’t include a curbside photograph (something that has long been a stumbling block for buyers and investors). The visual representation of comps helps to quickly see how those properties compare to the subject property
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• The Shrinking World of Government Loans
  
  In an interesting post on his excellent, informative FHA Mortgage Guide blog, author Peter Miller notes that, over a 5-year period, FHA and VA loans have basically lost half of their market share. Despite the fact that theyre not as sexy as "no doc, no talk, just walk" loans - all of which seem to be going into default now - VA and FHA loans tend to be much safer, and an all-around better alternative to the risky, toxic products that have been at the heart of the current foreclosure mess. With President Bush proposing the FHA Secure program , hopes abound that some of these governmental
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• Big Ben Is Finally Talking Foreclosures
  
  Big Ben Bernanke, that guy at the top of the nation’s financial food chain, finally admitted Tuesday in an address to a group of the nation’s community bankers that foreclosures are not going to go away anytime soon. The Fed Chief gave two reasons for the bleak forecast (both of which have been espoused in previous posts in this blog): 1) further declines in housing prices are expected; and 2) significant resets of adjustable interest rates to unaffordable levels for many borrowers who were convinced to take out the more risky loan products of the past few years. Bernanke went on
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• Foreclosure Lessons From Long Beach - Part III
  
  who needed help following up onproperties she found on RealtyTrac. Your input is always welcome, eithervia comment on this blog or via e-mail at editor@foreclosurepulse.com . Posted 06-15-2006 11:43 AM by darenb Filed under: Pre-Foreclosures , Foreclosure Auction Heres the third and final lesson gleaned from a conversation with acustomer in Long Beach, Calif., See Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 .
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• Dis-ARMament Aimed to Curb Foreclosures
  
  These loans are what many in the banking and real estate industries say have helped home buyers get into their first home or purchase more home than they otherwise could afford using more conventional mortgage products. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) lauded the new consumer education efforts put forth by the government, but cautioned regulators not to restrict innovation in the mortgage lending sector. Post your comments on the blog, or send us an e-mail to editor@foreclosurepulse.com . Posted 10-10-2006 8:25 AM by Octavion
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• Credit Card and Mortgage Debt Fuels Foreclosure
  
  Rising interest rates have caught many homeowners in a “can’t pay, can’t sell, can’t refinance” vise, in which their ARM payments are outpacing their incomes and their homes have not appreciated enough to help cover the cost of a refinanced mortgage or to allow them to sell and walk away. Feel free to either post a comment directly to this blog, or send us your thoughts and feedback to editor@foreclosurepulse.com . Posted 12-05-2006 2:48 PM by Octavion Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends ,
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• RealtyTrac Launches New Mapping Tool
  
  At RealtyTrac, we are constantly developing and adding new features to help improve the RealtyTrac customer experience. Feel free to either post a comment directly to this blog, or send us your thoughts and feedback to editor@foreclosurepulse.com . Posted 01-12-2007 11:37 AM by Octavion Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends , RealtyTra A new and exciting interactive 3-D mapping tool has arrived here at RealtyTrac . RealtyTrac members can view these new maps by clicking the map icon next
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• Clash of Cultures at CAR Expo
  
  In short, some Realtors take offense at such sites, which they see as giving consumers a false belief that much of the research involved in a real estate transaction can be done without the help of a Realtor. “I Do you believe you could successfully purchase or sell a foreclosure without the help of a Realtor or other real estate professional? Comment on this blog LONG BEACH, Calif. — The opening session of what is billed as “Tech Tuesday” at the California Realtor Expo 2006 provided a somewhat unvarnished glimpse into how some Realtors are responding to real estate websites that
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• Lenders Asked to Clean Up Unhealthy Foreclosures
  
  In the meantime, California’s Department of Financial Institutions is asking the CEOs of all industry members to help stop the spread of the virus by draining the water at all vacant properties currently under their management. Look to the News and Events page of the RealtyTrac website and the ForeclosurePulse blog for future updates on this and other foreclosure-related news. Posted 08-14-2007 4:05 PM by joelc Filed under: Foreclosure Trend Not only are foreclosures unhealthy for the economy, apparently they can be unhealthy for people as well.
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