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• Getting Help to Stop Foreclosure, Avoid Home Foreclosure Process - RealtyTrac
  
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  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Jackson Takes a Final Bow at HUD
  
  He gave himself a couple of weeks to clean out his desk, clear out of his office and say his final goodbyes to his staff. After that, Alphonso Jackson will probably be looking for something a little less in the public eye…at least for a while. Jackson gave notice on Monday of his intention to step down as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The official press conference came in the afternoon. However, like on so many occasions the press got wind of the announcement before it happened and started writing about it ahead
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
  
  When reports of telltale economic indicators are released, if Wall Street perceives them as bad, the market takes an immediate tumble. 1) The National Association of Realtors announced Monday that existing home sales nationwide were up for the month of February compared to January. 2) On Tuesday, the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index reported the worst decline in home prices since the company started tracking When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. But when
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Fannie: Q1 a Swift Kick in the Rear
  
  And as with many corporations in this country, the national economy is kicking Fannie around…fast and hard! One of the nation’s two Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), Fannie reported a first quarter net loss of $2.2 billion — attributable at least in part to an increased number of foreclosures. 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. Although an improvement over
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• A Small Silver Lining in Q1 Foreclosure Storm
  
  While foreclosure activity in the first quarter of 2008 was up on a year-over-year basis in 90 percent of the nations 100 largest metropolitan areas, according to the RealtyTrac Q1 report issued today, there were a few notable exceptions that could prove to be a harbinger of hope for the nations battered housing market. On the other hand, those exceptions could just turn out to be a source of false hope, perpetuated in part by short-term foreclosure solutions that are about as effective as a five-gallon bailing bucket on the sinking Titanic. The notable exceptions included Detroit — a longtime posterchild for the foreclosure meltdown — and Philadelphia, along with a few other Pennsylvania metro areas.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Mid-Year Report: Nation Not Over the Hump Yet
  
  We’re now mid-way through 2008 and the signs aren’t there yet to say for certain that we’re over the hump and on the way out of recession. In their June 2008 issue of the Economic & Business Review, the U.S. Doti in presenting the national forecast to attendees of the university’s forecast update conference. “There’s As it has in times past, real estate has led this nation into recession, and it will lead us out as well — when the signs are there for a recovery. But a recession it is nonetheless.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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