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• Immediate Relief Nowhere to Be Found
  
  Three top indices of economic health in the U.S. Also on Tuesday, The Conference Board released its monthly Consumer Confidence Index report, showing an almost eight point decline between its May measurement (58.1) In the group’s monthly release, Lynn Franco, Director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center, said, "This month's Consumer Confidence Index is the fifth lowest reading ever. came out with negative reports this month, supporting the notion that the nation’s inventory of available properties — particularly the supply of properties in foreclosure — will remain elevated for at least the immediate future.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Jackson Takes a Final Bow at HUD
  
  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. The official press conference came in the afternoon. 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. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
  
  3) The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index also came out Tuesday with its analysis showing that consumer confidence in the nation’s economy slid nearly 12 percent in March following a sharp decline in February, and remaining at a five-year low. 4) The U.S. To add insult to injury The Conference Board released the news that When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. When reports of telltale economic indicators are released, if Wall Street perceives them as bad, the market takes an immediate tumble.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Mayors Predict Rising Foreclosures in 2008
  
  Mounting home foreclosures will lead to “profound” effects on the economy next year, bleeding billions of dollars in lost tax revenues, shrinking job growth and reducing consumer spending in the nation’s major metropolitan areas, according to a new report released this week by the U.S. Conference of Mayors . Prepared by forecasting and consulting firm Global Insight , the report said weak residential investment, lower spending and income in the construction industry and curtailed consumer spending because of falling home values will combine to hold back the nation’s economic activity.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Fannie: Q1 a Swift Kick in the Rear
  
  As the market recovers, we will be a prime beneficiary,” Mudd said during a conference call with investors Tuesday morning. Fannie’s outlook for 2008 anticipates further weakness in the housing market that will lead to more delinquencies, defaults and foreclosures on mortgage loans and slower growth in U.S. 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, the national
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Getting Help to Stop Foreclosure, Avoid Home Foreclosure Process - RealtyTrac
  
  LaTourette (R-Ohio) chaired a meeting of the U.S. House Finance Services Committee in Cuyahoga County (a region with one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation) last August calling for the creation of partnerships between community organizations and state governments as a way to stop the bleeding from an overbearing volume of foreclosure activity. In April of 2007 national civil rights groups, including the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the NAACP, the National Fair Housing Alliance, the National Council of La Raza, and the Center for Responsible Lending called for the
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Mid-Year Report: Nation Not Over the Hump Yet
  
  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. 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 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. But a recession it is nonetheless.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Almost Like Reliving the Nineties
  
  After last week’s disappointing employment report was released by the U.S. Later this week, 600 community leaders from around the nation are set to descend on Washington as the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) holds its national conference titled, “Creating the Vision for a Fair Economy: Investing in People and Communities.” Well, in case you either weren’t in the business at that time, or were hoping to erase the nightmare permanently, welcome to the early 1990s redeaux…almost! We’re getting there.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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