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High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
In a lot of the bubble markets — like Miami, Palm Beach, San Diego, Las Vegas, Orange County and the Inland Empire in California — we are going to see an increase in the number of high-end foreclosures in relatively wealthy communities. Brady said the owners of high-end Hampton foreclosures tend to be “people who kept pulling money out of their houses for their business, using equity in their second homes to pay business debt, credit cards, buy cars, go on trips.” High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes By Octavio Nuiry, RealtyTrac Staff Writer    Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited briefly from favorable financing.
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
quot;Little positive news can be found when cities like Las Vegas and Phoenix report annual declines as large as -29.9% quot; Las Vegas and Phoenix posted the two biggest annual declines in home prices of the 20 metro areas tracked in the report, followed by Miami with a 28.2 The estimates ranged from 25 to 40 percent from peak to trough, but all the economists thought prices could overshoot going down (as they did going up) and Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from a year ago, according to the
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Local Market Perspective: Seattle, Wash.
Over the past three months, my clients and I have presented nine contracts to pre-foreclosure, REO and short sale sellers. In the Northern Seattle area there currently very few REO properties, and in terms of real short sales, I have seen under 10 that are decent over the past month. The money in this town has just shifted from buying retail to buying wholesale, and there are a lot of hungry wallets burning holes for positive equity investments. Out of those nine contracts, nine have been beat by better offers. I
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Local Market Perspective: Cleveland, Ohio
    Other sellers are really the relocation companies or the banks backing a short sale. The Cleveland market will correct and you will have instant built-in equity. Other locations — including Las Vegas, much of California and Florida — have two corrections to make. WATCH: Here in Cleveland, watch the market for the best deals! Some sellers are against the wall and will sell well under market value.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
    In a lot of the bubble markets — like Miami, Palm Beach, San Diego, Las Vegas, Orange County and the Inland Empire in California — we are going to see an increase in the number of high-end foreclosures in relatively wealthy communities. Brady said the owners of high-end Hampton foreclosures tend to be “people who kept pulling money out of their houses for their business, using equity in their second homes to pay business debt, credit cards, buy cars, go on trips.” High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes By Octavio Nuiry, RealtyTrac Staff Writer    Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited briefly from favorable financing.
    www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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  • Local Market Perspective: Seattle, Wash.
    Over the past three months, my clients and I have presented nine contracts to pre-foreclosure, REO and short sale sellers. In the Northern Seattle area there currently very few REO properties, and in terms of real short sales, I have seen under 10 that are decent over the past month. The money in this town has just shifted from buying retail to buying wholesale, and there are a lot of hungry wallets burning holes for positive equity investments. Out of those nine contracts, nine have been beat by better offers. I
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
    quot;Little positive news can be found when cities like Las Vegas and Phoenix report annual declines as large as -29.9% quot; Las Vegas and Phoenix posted the two biggest annual declines in home prices of the 20 metro areas tracked in the report, followed by Miami with a 28.2 The estimates ranged from 25 to 40 percent from peak to trough, but all the economists thought prices could overshoot going down (as they did going up) and Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from a year ago, according to the
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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