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• Gentle January Foreclosure Increase
  
  Although they were up 57 percent from January 2007 and 8 percent from December, the January foreclosure numbers released today by RealtyTrac do not appear to represent the massive wave of foreclosures that is expected to hit sometime soon thanks to the rash of risky loans given to borrowers as late as just last year . And in either case, does that make the current market a good one in which to buy or invest in real estate? Its too early too tell if the relatively meek January numbers mean more distressed homeowners are staving off foreclosure thanks to increasingly pro-active lenders and government intervention , or if they just represent the first few raindrops of what will prove to be a violent thunderstorm.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Subprime meltdown means jump in foreclosures
  
  filed for bankruptcy on Feb 7, sounding the alarm and bringing the total failure of subprime lenders to 20 since December, according to Bloomberg News . 27, as Freddie Mac, one of the largest buyers of mortgages, tightened its lending standards and said it would no longer buy high-risk home mortgages that it deems to be highly vulnerable to foreclosure. If this scenario unfolds as predicted, mortgage lenders will look to Panic is spreading in the U.S. subprime mortgage market after the bankruptcy of at least 20 lenders in the last two months, triggering a mass liquidation of securities
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Avoid and Stop Foreclosure - Help at RealtyTrac
  
  Stop Foreclosures Click on a state below to get information on stopping foreclosures in your area: Search 1,683,603 U.S. foreclosure properties Click on a state!
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Celebrity Foreclosures
  
  Rich people, it turns out, are just as vulnerable as poor folks to foreclosure. New York Post celebrity real estate columnist Braden Keil today reported that Veronica Hearst, the widow and third wife of Randolph “Randy” A. acre oceanfront estate in Manalapan, just south of Palm Beach, Fla. million for the estate, located on South Hearst, is fighting foreclosure proceedings on her 5.1 The couple paid for $29.9
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Secrets of Pre-Foreclosure Investing
  
  Lucier, a Tampa Bay real estate investor and author of The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor’s Kit . “That’s On December 18, Congress passed new legislation to eliminate taxes on mortgage debt. real estate training company. “The 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. Another claims that developing a series of
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• From $2B Bailout to $4B Buyout at Countrywide
  
  Now with Countrywide’s stock weak and its value depressed, it is being widely reported that Bank of America is paying $4 billion in stock to buy out the company — in which it already had a 16 percent stake in convertible preferred stock after the bailout. According to various news reports , earlier this week the firm reported that the number of foreclosures and late payments on mortgages it held in December 2007 soared to their highest level in five years. It didn’t take long from a historical perspective. Just late last year Bank of America infused $2 billion into the coffers
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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