8 Articles match "California","Real Estate","Short Sales"

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• Short Sales for Real Estate Agents - RealtyTrac
  
  Short Sales for Real Estate Agents Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Every time the real estate cycle takes a dive two types of real estate agents seem to emerge: the traditionalist who is satisfied working the business the way it’s always been done; and the progressive who believes that being creative and accepting change is an important factor for remaining in the home buying game. Don’t Sell Yourself Short Which
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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. Last year, you rarely saw the phrase “short sale” in the MLS property description. Today, approximately 10 percent of the listed properties are short sales. That indicates lenders are getting more eager to unload properties in foreclosure, even if it means selling them for less than is owed on the mortgage. Short sales occur when home prices fall and mortgage debt exceeds the value of the property.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Avoiding, Stopping Foreclosures Information, Helpful Resources, Stop Home Foreclosure - RealtyTrac
  
  Practices that many industry experts liken to nothing short of mortgage fraud. Heres some of the latest news articles written about attempts to either avoid or stop foreclosure in its tracks: Helpful Resources: (links will open in a separate window) • Real Estate Agents Spread the Word on Avoiding Foreclosures • Consumer Group Proposes Moratorium on Foreclosures • Treasurer creates task force to combat county foreclosures • State officials, lenders meet on foreclosures
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Secrets of Pre-Foreclosure Investing
  
  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. Lucier, a Tampa Bay real estate investor and author of The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor’s Kit . “That’s Another claims that developing a series of “systems” in your business is the key to success. A third warns that accurate data and timely information is essential
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
  
  High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes By Octavio Nuiry, RealtyTrac Staff Writer    Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited briefly from favorable financing. But increasingly there are signs that the foreclosure problem is spilling over into wealthier areas, where prime borrowers — and even high-end real estate developers — are rapidly falling behind on their
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Getting Help to Stop Foreclosure, Avoid Home Foreclosure Process - RealtyTrac
  
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• Bush Foreclosure Solution Just Adds Water
  
  This can directly affect the homeowners’ ability, or desire for that matter, to proceed with such things as short sales and other types of workout situations that may offer them foreclosure relief, for instance. “…the Administration strongly believes this relief should be temporary to assist homeowners during the current mortgage market transition period and to avoid distorting consumer and lender decisions on new mortgage loans,” the statement said. Probably not in the near term at least, since most major lenders are still holding out from agreeing to workout deals and short
  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 Now, in 2009, or will you wait until 2020 when everyone has forgotten about this housing slump and is raving about skyrocketing home prices? 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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