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The Government Goes After Loan Officers
The Securities and Exchange Commission alleges that five California brokers sold “unsuitable” securities to customers, primarily variable universal life policies (VUL). “Most Because such borrowers should have been underwritten with full documentation — something employed borrowers can readily produce. Just ask yourself: How many borrowers really knew what “recasting” means or that monthly payments The Government Goes After Loan Officers By Peter G. Miller One of the most galling aspects of the mortgage meltdown is the sense
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Separating the wheat from the chaff: legitimate foreclosure investors vs. scammers
An article in the Los Angeles Times onTuesday documented the sad story of a defaulted homeowner who was thevictim of alleged foreclosure fraud. The homeowner said he was trickedinto signing over the title of his home by a scam artist who didnothing to stop the foreclosure and then took out another loan againstthe property with no intention of paying it off. The article goes on tomake the case that foreclosure fraud It is a crime thatconsumer advocates fear could become increasingly common — especiallyin Southern California, where many homeowners have stretched themselvesto their financial limits to afford the regions record high housingprices. "The
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Where to find the best deals on foreclosures
It’s important for buyers and investors who are interested in the foreclosures market to carefully evaluate local market conditions before diving into foreclosures in any given area. Our analysis of nationwide foreclosure property sales in the last seven months shows that while some areas of the country documented a plethora of properties in foreclosure and big savings on foreclosure purchases, other areas reported relatively low foreclosure inventories and smaller average savings on foreclosure purchases. Foreclosure markets most favorable to buyers and investors According to data from the RealtyTrac database, homebuyers and investors realized average savings over the past seven months of more than 40 percent on foreclosure purchases in Ohio and average savings of more than 30 percent on foreclosure purchases in Indiana , Tennessee , Georgia and Texas .
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Metro Foreclosures: California Catch-up
Foreclosure activity decreased in the majority of the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas in the second quarter of 2006, including Indianapolis (down 32 percent from the previous quarter), Atlanta (down 37 percent), Dallas (down 12 percent) and Denver (down 18 percent). But those four cities still documented the four highest metro foreclosure rates among the top 100 cities, according to RealtyTrac’s just released Q2 U.S. Metropolitan Foreclosure Report . A few cities posted increasing foreclosure activity in the second quarter, including Stockton, Calif. (up
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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California Tops PMI's Risk Index
Seven out of the 10 riskiest housing markets in the nation for home price deflation over the next two years are located in California, according to the Winter 2007 PMI U.S. Given that fact, it is no surprise that two out of those four metros also documented some of the highest foreclosure rates in the country for all of 2006. According to RealtyTrac’s year-end report for 2006 , Detroit led the Market Risk Index just released by the PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. Studying the 50 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the nation, scores increased for 34 out of the
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure Activity Up 7 Percent in March
With 149,150 foreclosure filings reported nationwide in March, U.S. foreclosure activity was up 7 percent from the previous month and 47 percent from a year ago, according to RealtyTracs foreclosure market report that was released yesterday. The March total — which includes default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — was the highest monthly total since RealtyTrac began issuing its report in January 2005 and resulted in a foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 775 households. Nevada documented the highest state foreclosure
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures Take a Spring Break
Foreclosure activity dipped 1 percent in April after hitting a two-year high in March, but foreclosure filings were still up 62 percent from April 2006, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report released today. total of 147,708 foreclosure filings, which include default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions, were reported during the month, a A households. Nevada documented the highest state foreclosure rate for the fourth month in a row, with one foreclosure filing for every 232 households — more than three times the national
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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1 Million Foreclosures and Counting
Foreclosures filings for the year surpassed the 1 million mark in October, when 115,568 foreclosure documents were recorded nationwide, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report , released today. The report shows a foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 1,001 U.S. households — up 3 percent from September and 42 percent from October 2005. The year-to-date foreclosure total stands at 1,029,132, up from 732,608 at the same time last year.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure Activity Up in 77 of Top 100 Metros
RealtyTrac released its third-quarter metro foreclosure rankings today, showing that rising foreclosures are affecting many areas of the country. Saccacio said in a statement that foreclosure activity increased on a quarterly basis in 77 out of the nations 100 largest metro areas. “Although Although cities in just three states — California, Ohio and Florida — accounted for more than two-thirds of the top 25 metro foreclosure Company CEO James J. Still, there continue to be pockets of the country — most noticeably metro areas in the Carolinas, Virginia and Texas — that
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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2006 Foreclosure Filings Surpass 1.2 Million
million foreclosure filings were reported nationwide during 2006, up 42 percent from 2005 and a foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 92 households, according to the RealtyTrac 2006 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report released yesterday. The number of total foreclosure filings rose from about 885,000 in 2005 to 1,259,118 in 2006. More than 1.2 The 2006 total represents more than 1 percent of U.S.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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U.S. Foreclosure Activity Surges in First Quarter
foreclosure activity in the first quarter of 2007 was up 35 percent from the first quarter of 2006, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report released today. The report documents a total of 437,498 foreclosure filings, which include default notices, auction notices and bank repossessions, during the quarter and a quarterly foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 264 households — the highest quarterly foreclosure U.S. Nevada reported the highest state foreclosure rate during the quarter, with one foreclosure filing for every
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Two Counts Show Foreclosure Activity Rising
More than 925,000 foreclosure filings were reported on more than 573,000 properties in the first half of 2007, according to the RealtyTrac Midyear 2007 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report , released yesterday. The report marks the first time that RealtyTrac has included a count of unique property addresses in some stage of foreclosure. But whether you count by total foreclosure filings or number of properties affected by foreclosure, foreclosure activity is up more than 55 percent from the first half of 2006. “The The addition of this (property count) metric to our
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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FBI: Mortgage Fraud Begets Foreclosure
The FBI recently came out with its 2006 Mortgage Fraud Report , which somewhat anticlimactically concludes that there is “a strong correlation between mortgage fraud and loans which result in default or foreclosure.” The correlation is apparent in the report’s list of the top states for mortgage fraud: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Utah. Six of those states also appeared in RealtyTrac’s list of states with the highest foreclosure rates in 2006. The FBI also lists Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada,
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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