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Don't Dump Investors
After all, its in our national interest to protect investors — unless, of course, theyre folks who merely bought a house or two. Because when buyers look at recent home sales they do not distinguish between homes sold by owners and homes sold by investors, they merely look at sale prices. The reason, of course, is that the real money is not in real estate, its in seminars, books and tapes. Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller    When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge companies and massive stock brokerages
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
If Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collapse the result would be the wholesale destruction of the national mortgage system; a virtual halt to home sales because few local mortgages would be available; soaring interest rates because few loans would be available and a level of losses throughout the economy unseen since the Great Depression. The same principle, of course, can apply to other special benefits now reserved for GSEs." While nationalization will harm innocent Fannie Mae and Freddie shareholders, privatization would force the GSEs to act competitively, just like any company.
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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New York Versus Freddie Mac: Round One
You can guess what happens next: No subprime loans, no high cost loans, no buyers, no sales. These loan buyers are generally protected against borrower claims under a legal principle called the “holder-in-due-course” rule. According to The Language of Real Estate , “a holder-in-due-course enjoys a favored position with respect to the instrument because the maker cannot raise certain ‘personal defenses’ in refusing payment. New York Versus Freddie Mac: Round One By Peter G. Miller     It’s fight time in New York.
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  • Foreclosures: the Coming California Crash?
    The course materials include workbooks, audio CDs and an online education portal. Included with each Norris Group course purchased through RealtyTrac is a free one year subscription to RealtyTrac’s online foreclosure database. Here’s a brief course description of the California “only” series: California “Only” Investor Essentials This introductory course, written by Norris, is designed to give new and experienced investors absolute command of the essential elements of real estate investing. California foreclosure investors now have an opportunity to tap the knowledge of a 25-year real estate investing veteran who correctly predicted the last two major swings in the California real estate market and is on the verge of correctly predicting another. “Bruce
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Housing Slump Prelude to Recession, Study Says
    The nation’s housing slump, crippled by falling prices and rising inventories of unsold homes, is the worst in a generation and still hasn’t run its full course, according to Harvard University’s annual housing report. rdquo; The study, the “ State of the Nation's Housing 2008 ,” noted that housing starts, new home sales and existing home sales are at all-time lows since after World War II, while home price declines and foreclosure filings are the worst on record. Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies painted a bleak picture of the current housing downturn, claiming that “the nation is in the throes of a housing downturn that is shaping up to be the worst in a generation.”
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • The 7 Lost Secrets of Foreclosure Investing
    Being pre-qualified gives you bargaining power when it comes time to writing offers. SECRET #2: Plot a Course — Chart your course before you set sail. Smart captains plot their course — and stick to it! SECRET #3: Assemble a Seaworthy Sales Team — Begin your foreclosure adventure by creating a team of real estate professionals that can help you locate, analyze and purchase properties quickly. Rapid and sweeping changes in the real estate market are altering the way investors and agents buy and sell properties — especially foreclosures. Increasingly, real estate
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Realtors '07 Forecast Looks Promising for Future Foreclosure Activity
    If California’s economic indicators stay at their present course, 2007 should be a very good year for investing and purchasing foreclosure properties at bargain prices. At Wednesday’s Opening Session of California Realtor EXPO 2006, Leslie Appleton-Young, Chief Economist for the California Association of Realtors, presented her housing forecast for next year , calling for the state’s median home price to drop for the first time in 10 years and the pace of home sales to continue to decrease. LONG BEACH, Calif. — The CAR forecast also calls for a 2 percent drop in the state’s
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosures: Chicken or Egg?
    That slowing of demand had a domino effect, causing home sales to slow and home price appreciation to flatten and even go negative in the first quarter of 2007, according to Carney’s research. The slowing sales and stagnant home prices have in turn contributed to a sharp rise in defaults and foreclosures . Of course, foreclosures are caused by a more complex set of factors than just It’s a classic chicken-and-egg question: are foreclosures a cause or a symptom of the slumping housing market? One Southern California economist believes they’re clearly a symptom. “I
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Don't Dump Investors
    After all, its in our national interest to protect investors — unless, of course, theyre folks who merely bought a house or two. Because when buyers look at recent home sales they do not distinguish between homes sold by owners and homes sold by investors, they merely look at sale prices. The reason, of course, is that the real money is not in real estate, its in seminars, books and tapes. Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller    When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge companies and massive stock brokerages
    www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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  • New York Versus Freddie Mac: Round One
    You can guess what happens next: No subprime loans, no high cost loans, no buyers, no sales. These loan buyers are generally protected against borrower claims under a legal principle called the “holder-in-due-course” rule. According to The Language of Real Estate , “a holder-in-due-course enjoys a favored position with respect to the instrument because the maker cannot raise certain ‘personal defenses’ in refusing payment. New York Versus Freddie Mac: Round One By Peter G. Miller     It’s fight time in New York.
    www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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  • Will Homeowners Sink or Swim?
    And prices of existing homes fell in August for the first time in 11 years as sales dipped to their lowest level since early 2004, according to the National Association of Realtors . At RealtyTrac , we look to help you chart your course through rough waters, by supplying you with the latest in real estate news and information on foreclosure activity. Many American homeowners — initially attracted to low teaser rates on those “exotic” ARMs and sub-prime loans — now find themselves swimming upstream in a desperate attempt to remain financially afloat. But as the rising tide of mortgage
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Local Market Perspective: South Carolina
    There is an immense amount of short sale activity going on. Of course the condo market is what is really making our area look bad. We are seeing more and more foreclosures come onto the market at this time here in South Carolina. We are in an area — known as the Grand Strand — that is a tourist town, popular with second home buyers and investors.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • The Truth About Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Avoiding Foreclosure, Chapter 7, Chapter 13 - RealtyTrac
    Additionally, there are court costs to be paid, AND, of course, the homeowner must hire an attorney who is going to want to get paid too! Visit Foreclosure Center Visit our Foreclosure Center to read more detailed information about foreclosures. Home Value Analysis: Order Your FREE Report! Price: raquo; How to Avoid Foreclosures FAQs » Avoiding a Home Foreclosure » The Truth About Bankruptcy
    www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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