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• How to Buy HUD Home Foreclosures - RealtyTrac
  
  How Can I Buy HUD Home Foreclosures? Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Search nearly 650,000 Foreclosure and Government properties. Almost anyone can qualify to buy a home owned by the U.S. HUD now has become the owner of the real estate. More than 1 million total properties including For Sale by Owner, HUD Home Foreclosures, Resale, and Home Auctions! Almost anyone can qualify... Department of Housing
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  Does this make it a good time to buy real estate? have access to credit have fat cash reserves aren't already over-exposed in real estate have a secure job or income stream expect to hold the property for at least two years" But be forewarned, prices are expected to fall further, and will take awhile to rebound, according to many economists. "I We'd like to hear from you when and if you plan to step in and start buying. Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from a year
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• FHA Program Linked to High Colorado Foreclosure Rate
  
  Nearly 6,000 FHA loans have wound up in foreclosure in Colorado in the past two years, and during that time the program allowed more than 25 percent of FHA buyers to use gifts as down payments.” The article recounts several stories of homeowners who paid just a few hundred dollars to buy their home, using a loophole in the program to obtain the 3 percent required down payment from the sellers — by way of a nonprofit agency. That allows the buyer, who is likely taking out a 100 percent loan, to actually receive an ample cash payment at the close of escrow. An illuminating article in the Denver Post connects the dots between Colorado’s high foreclosure rate and an FHA program gone awry: “Created to extend the dream of homeownership to first-time buyers, the so-called FHA gift program instead has led to rampant foreclosures.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Gentle Ben Says the "R" Word...Finally!
  
  real estate holdings) are looking to our shores for great deals. commodities — like our real estate. After all, by the time you do your research, find the property that’s right for you, and actually close escrow, who knows? Buy and hold. Gentle Ben Bernanke has been careful not to ruffle any feathers on Capitol Hill since assuming his role as the chief caretaker of the U.S. economy. But during his first day of testimony before Sen.
  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 real estate training company. “The Buying pre-foreclosures has two main advantages over buying at the auction or purchasing bank-owned properties, according to Siems. 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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