6 Articles match "Detroit","Households","Houses"

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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. The notable exceptions included Detroit — a longtime posterchild for the foreclosure meltdown — and Philadelphia, along with a few other Pennsylvania metro areas. 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.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• The Trickle Down Effecting High-Tech
  
  The prolonged housing slump is having a measurable effect on the overall economy, and not just on home furnishings and housing supply chains (like Linens N’ Things, which recently filed for bankruptcy protection). Results of a survey conducted during the fourth quarter of 2007 by The NPD Group , a market research firm servicing the retail sector, revealed a direct correlation between areas hard hit by the housing crisis and a marked decrease in the sale of consumer electronics — like LCD televisions and notebook computers — and related products such as printer
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• California Tops PMI's Risk Index
  
  Seven out of the 10 riskiest housing markets in the nation for home price deflation over the next two years are located in California, according to the Winter 2007 PMI U.S. Of the top 50, all but four metro areas — Detroit and Warren, MI; Cleveland, OH; and Indianapolis, IN — saw employment growth. According to RealtyTrac’s year-end report for 2006 , Detroit led the nation’s 100 largest metro areas in Market Risk Index just released by the PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. Studying the 50 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the nation, scores increased for 34 out
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures Fade in World Series Spotlight
  
  The Detroit Tigers are the feel-good story of this year’s World Series, having made it to baseball’s big dance only three years after posting 119 losses — one of the worst records in history. Detroit’s Wayne County reported 4,190 properties entering foreclosure in September, the second most only behind Chicago’s Cook County (whose fans didn’t have any team to cheer in the playoffs this year). The Tigers have given local fans a chance to momentarily forget about another dubious distinction: that they reside in a city with one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation . The
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Local Market Perspective: Seattle, Wash.
  
  Our median household income is about $72,000 annually — among the highest in the country. It makes a transaction so much less of a nightmare, and in a few years you will have built yourself a great real estate portfolio in one of the best cities in the United States. Contact Nova Ukariha Shank or post comments below. Posted 05-27-2008 8:40 AM by NovaS Filed under: Pre-Foreclosures , Foreclosure Auctions , Bank-Owned/REOs
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
  
  Still, on a yearly basis existing home sales were down almost 24 percent from February 2007, and the national median sales price for all housing types for the month was down 8.2 percent), while Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles, Detroit, Tampa, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. households surveyed, consumer perception about the nation’s economy is generally pessimistic about everything from current business 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,
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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