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Separating the wheat from the chaff: legitimate foreclosure investors vs. scammers
The homeowner said he was trickedinto signing over the title of his home by a scam artist who didnothing to stop the foreclosure and then took out another loan againstthe property with no intention of paying it off. The scammers dontcreate the foreclosure rates, but they swoop in at the time thatsomeone is in distress," said Elizabeth Renuart, a staff attorney withthe National Consumer Law Center in Boston and the author of "DreamsForeclosed: The Rampant Theft of Americans Homes ThroughEquity-Stripping Foreclosure Rescue Scams." An article in the Los Angeles Times onTuesday documented the sad story of a defaulted homeowner who was thevictim of alleged foreclosure fraud.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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New Poll: Buyers to Remain on the Fence
If the results of the latest Associated Press-AOL Money & Finance poll are any indication, prospective home buyers will be keeping their wallets closed and remain on the fence at least until the latest economic downturn blows over. A majority of those polled for the survey expressed pessimism over the nation’s housing contraction (as the Federal Reserve calls it) enough to not consider buying a home anytime soon. And that could be years down the road. Other survey results included: • A quarter of the 769 homeowners included in the random sample of 1,002 adults surveyed
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Extreme' Dream Gone Bust
ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition came to the rescue, demolishing the Harper’s old run down home with a faulty septic tank and replacing it with a 5,300 square-foot, two-story dream home in Lake City, Georgia. When the show first aired back on February 20, 2005, the home was the largest ever built in a week by the show. The home, built with the help of 1,800 volunteers and Atlanta-based Beazer Homes, is now scheduled for public foreclosure auction on August 5. Three years ago Patricia and Milton Harper received a gift courtesy of reality television.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Extreme' Dream Gone Bust
    ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition came to the rescue, demolishing the Harper’s old run down home with a faulty septic tank and replacing it with a 5,300 square-foot, two-story dream home in Lake City, Georgia. When the show first aired back on February 20, 2005, the home was the largest ever built in a week by the show. The home, built with the help of 1,800 volunteers and Atlanta-based Beazer Homes, is now scheduled for public foreclosure auction on August 5. Three years ago Patricia and Milton Harper received a gift courtesy of reality television.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • New Poll: Buyers to Remain on the Fence
    If the results of the latest Associated Press-AOL Money & Finance poll are any indication, prospective home buyers will be keeping their wallets closed and remain on the fence at least until the latest economic downturn blows over. A majority of those polled for the survey expressed pessimism over the nation’s housing contraction (as the Federal Reserve calls it) enough to not consider buying a home anytime soon. And that could be years down the road. Other survey results included: • A quarter of the 769 homeowners included in the random sample of 1,002 adults surveyed
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Separating the wheat from the chaff: legitimate foreclosure investors vs. scammers
    The homeowner said he was trickedinto signing over the title of his home by a scam artist who didnothing to stop the foreclosure and then took out another loan againstthe property with no intention of paying it off. The scammers dontcreate the foreclosure rates, but they swoop in at the time thatsomeone is in distress," said Elizabeth Renuart, a staff attorney withthe National Consumer Law Center in Boston and the author of "DreamsForeclosed: The Rampant Theft of Americans Homes ThroughEquity-Stripping Foreclosure Rescue Scams." An article in the Los Angeles Times onTuesday documented the sad story of a defaulted homeowner who was thevictim of alleged foreclosure fraud.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Flamboyant Foreclosures
    In February, Veronica Hearst’s Manalapan trophy property — one of the most expensive foreclosures ever recorded — was sold at the Palm Beach County courthouse steps for an astounding $22 million. defaulting dream home — perched in the tony hills of Orange County — is a stately steal at $1.6 Loaded with all the accouterments blue Mention the word “foreclosure” and most investors conjure up images of run-down and dilapidated properties located in undesirable neighborhoods. But now some of the ritzy residences are increasingly falling into
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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