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• Data Suggests Decline in California Foreclosures
  
  California’s latest economic numbers reported by forecasters at the A. And what job losses there are – like in residential construction – should be absorbed elsewhere such as in non-residential construction. Since unemployment rates are historically a good indicator of foreclosure rates, this bodes well for California homeowners, but less well for real estate investors, first-time home buyers and real estate professionals who may be waiting for the long-anticipated flood of foreclosure inventory. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University suggest that the number of foreclosures for the state will continue to dwindle for the foreseeable future.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• California Foreclosures 2007: Steady As She Goes
  
  Through November, RealtyTrac tallied nearly 130,000 properties that entered some stage of foreclosure in California alone during 2006; accounting for roughly 11 percent of the nation’s foreclosures for the same period. seem to indicate that California is economically sound and stable. Still, enough of the prime indicators are projected to turn and remain A dubious honor at best, the Golden State maintained a level of foreclosure activity during the past year that kept it in the nation’s upper echelon in terms of state foreclosure totals. The state hit its peak towards the end
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Housing glut gives foreclosure buyers and investors advantage
  
  Sales fell by more than 20 percent in Arizona, Virginia, California, Maryland and the District of Columbia. 2.1 Housing starts tumble sharply New residential construction fell sharply in January, plunging 14.3 For real estate investors and home buyers, weakness in January construction means that builders will slash prices and offer incentives to motivate buyers into writing offers. Foreclosures surge upward The biggest news in residential real estate, Storm clouds are gathering over the nation’s battered housing market. Depending on whom you ask,
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Short sales rising
  
  Scanning the Southern California Multiple Listing Service (MLS) last week, the one thing that stands out is the growing number of short sales. While short sales remain a small segment of the residential real estate market, the increase bears watching for investors, buyers and real estate agents. To learn more about short sales, visit our Foreclosure Bookstore . Posted Last year, you rarely saw the phrase “short sale” in the MLS property description. Today, approximately 10 percent of the listed properties are short
  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 When he’s out door-knocking, Siems carries a suitcase filled with a laptop computer, lists of deep-equity pre-foreclosure prospects, maps, a portable printer – along with all the real estate contracts, disclosures and forms needed to close the deal at the owner’s kitchen table. 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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• Foreclosure Filings Soar 90 Percent
  
  Meanwhile, the Mortgage Bankers Association, in its quarterly snapshot of the mortgage market released today, reported that the percentage of payments that were 30 or more days past due for one-to-four unit residential properties was 4.84 Top 10 Foreclosure Total Ranked by the number of foreclosure filings, California topped the list, with 39,659 in May, and Florida was number two, with 21,704, according to RealtyTrac’s report. A growing number of American homeowners across the country are getting foreclosure notices, according to new data released this week by RealtyTrac. U.S.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Fannie: Q1 a Swift Kick in the Rear
  
  Still, Fannie’s largest credit losses were concentrated in the states with the largest home price declines — California, Florida, Michigan and Ohio — four states that have remained among RealtyTrac's top foreclosure states in the nation for more than a year now. residential mortgage debt for the year. It may have been created and chartered by the federal government, but Fannie Mae (the Federal National Mortgage Association) is first and foremost a private company responsible to shareholders for running at a profit. And as with many corporations in this country,
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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 quot;I think this time residential housing is in the 100-year flood, and I think it's going to take a long time to recover," Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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