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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 On December 18, Congress passed new legislation to eliminate taxes on mortgage debt. They deeded the property over to me. Then, after five days, 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. Another claims that developing a
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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2007: Housing Slowdown Good for Foreclosures
percent on average next year, after an almost 50 percent run-up in appreciation between 2001 and 2006, says the Chapman Economic & Business Review December 2006 . percent. Lower home prices and slower sales activity, combined with growing inventories of unsold housing, will make it more difficult for distressed homeowners to sell off their properties to avoid foreclosure. The cooling real estate sector will continue to plague the national economy next year, but enough positive economic fundamentals remain in place to counteract forces threatening to push the U.S.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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2006: An Adjustable' Year for Foreclosures
Based on data collected between December 18 and December 21, 2006, the survey cited three major conclusions: That the overall market share of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) as a whole declined in 2006 as the savings gap in interest rates between ARMs and fixed-rate mortgages shrank; Lenders offered greater incentives (discounts) in 2006 in order to maintain the flow of ARM originations coming in the door; and Hybrid loans — particularly the very popular 5/1 ARM where the teaser interest rate is fixed for five years before the lender can push the interest rate upward — became the most popular
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • 2006: An Adjustable' Year for Foreclosures
    Based on data collected between December 18 and December 21, 2006, the survey cited three major conclusions: That the overall market share of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) as a whole declined in 2006 as the savings gap in interest rates between ARMs and fixed-rate mortgages shrank; Lenders offered greater incentives (discounts) in 2006 in order to maintain the flow of ARM originations coming in the door; and Hybrid loans — particularly the very popular 5/1 ARM where the teaser interest rate is fixed for five years before the lender can push the interest rate upward — became the most popular
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • 2007: Housing Slowdown Good for Foreclosures
    percent on average next year, after an almost 50 percent run-up in appreciation between 2001 and 2006, says the Chapman Economic & Business Review December 2006 . percent. Lower home prices and slower sales activity, combined with growing inventories of unsold housing, will make it more difficult for distressed homeowners to sell off their properties to avoid foreclosure. The cooling real estate sector will continue to plague the national economy next year, but enough positive economic fundamentals remain in place to counteract forces threatening to push the U.S.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Subprime meltdown means jump in foreclosures
    The mortgage industry plunged deeper into distress this month as two of the biggest subprime lenders — London’s HSBC Holdings and Irvine-based New Century Financial Corp. — filed for bankruptcy on Feb 7, sounding the alarm and bringing the total failure of subprime lenders to 20 since December, according to Bloomberg News . With the advent of Web-based real estate sites like RealtyTrac , real estate Panic is spreading in the U.S. subprime mortgage market after the bankruptcy of at least 20 lenders in the last two months, triggering a mass liquidation of securities on Wall Street
    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 On December 18, Congress passed new legislation to eliminate taxes on mortgage debt. They deeded the property over to me. Then, after five days, 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. Another claims that developing a
    www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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