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As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
More from Shulman and several other leading economists in the October issue of the Foreclosure News Report , scheduled to be available in mid October.) Now, in 2009, or will you wait until 2020 when everyone has forgotten about this housing slump and is raving about skyrocketing home prices? Posted 09-30-2008 11:27 AM by darenb Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends Comments
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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 crime is on 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
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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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  • 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 nation’s 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Top Metro Foreclosure Rates
    Fifteen of the cities with the top 25 metro foreclosure rates in the first half of 2007 were located in California, Florida and Ohio, according to the R ealtyTrac Midyear 2007 Metropolitan Foreclosure Report , released yesterday. California led the way with seven cities in the top 25, while Florida and Ohio both had four cities. The report ranks the foreclosure rate in the nation’s 100 largest metro areas. Stockton, Calif.,
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  • 5 States = 55% of July Foreclosure Pie
    California, Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Georgia together accounted for 55 percent of all U.S. foreclosure filings in July, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report released today. The foreclosure filings tracked in the report are default notices, auction notices and bank repossessions. California reported the most foreclosure filings of any state, with 39,013. The states foreclosure activity was actually down a half a percent from the previous month but still up 289 percent from July 2006.
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  • Foreclosure Filings Soar 90 Percent
    A growing number of American homeowners across the country are getting foreclosure notices, according to new data released this week by RealtyTrac. foreclosure filings surged 90 percent in May from a year earlier as more homeowners fell behind on their monthly mortgage payments, reported RealtyTrac . There were 176,137 foreclosure filings in May, up 19 percent from April. U.S. James J.
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  • Foreclosures Up Across the Board in November
    Foreclosures hit their highest level of the year so far in November, with 120,334 new foreclosure filings reported nationwide during the month, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report released last week. The report shows increases in all three phases of the foreclosure process — default, auction and bank repossession. Defaults and auctions each accounted for about 40 percent of the total, while bank repossessions accounted for about 20 percent of the total. The national foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 961 households represented
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  • Foreclosure Activity Backs Off 30-Month High
    Foreclosure activity decreased 7 percent in June, backing down from a 30-month high reached in the previous month, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report issued today. Despite the month-over-month decrease, however, foreclosure filings were still up 87 percent from June 2006. Nevada continued to register the nations highest state foreclosure rate, with one foreclosure filing for every 175 households — more than four times the national average. California switched spots with Colorado to claim the nations second highest foreclosure
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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 More than 1.2 The 2006 total represents more than 1 percent of U.S.
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  • Foreclosures Begin 2007 at Two-Year High
    New foreclosure activity in January hit its highest level since RealtyTrac began issuing a national foreclosure report two years ago, with 130,511 new foreclosure filings reported during the month. That was up 19 percent from the previous month and up 25 percent from January 2006. After dominating the headlines with the highest state foreclosure rate for much of 2006, Colorado’s foreclosure rate dropped to fourth highest among the states thanks to a slight decrease in foreclosure activity in January. Nevada took the top spot with one new foreclosure filing for every 362 households.
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