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• Buying Bank-Owned REOs at the Auction - RealtyTrac
  
  Buying Bank-Owned REOs at the Auction Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Thanks to a sharp rise in foreclosure filings nationwide, homebuyers and real estate investors are increasingly likely to encounter bank-owned properties that are for sale at real estate auctions. The increased presence of lender-owned homes in the market — known in the banking industry as REOs, for "real estate owned" — is fallout from the recent real estate boom that marked the first half of this decade.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Foreclosures Won't Break the Market Next Year
  
  The ups and downs of every economic cycle have always been directly impacted by the health of the real estate sector. Director of Research and Analytics for First American Real Estate Solutions, said that even with $1 trillion of adjustable-rate mortgages ready to reset to higher interest rates in both 2007 and 2008, he believes the number of defaults and foreclosures resulting from the increased mortgage payments will be “painful but won’t break the economy or the market.” Basing his comments on data collected on first mortgages — with an emphasis on those originated between
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• 8 Ways to Dodge Delinquency and Stopping Foreclosure - RealtyTrac
  
  Consult with a real estate attorney or an experienced real estate broker because reinstatement laws vary from state to state. Option #3: Forbearance One of the most overlooked foreclosure options a borrower has is forbearance. Borrowers may accomplish this by refinancing (with a family member cosigning perhaps) or by a friend or relative bailing out the borrower in exchange for equity or some other financial arrangement. Check out our NEW Features! Login Why Join? FREE Trial Feedback Help
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• ARM'd and Dangerous?
  
  Jonathans question reflects a popular bias these days towardsdirectly linking the rising foreclosure rates to default rates onsome of the higher risk loans that have become increasingly popular -ARMs, interest only, negative amortization, etc. Thats a pretty reliable formula forhigh foreclosures: No job + no equity + no homebuyer = distressedhomeowner. Another nice post from Jonathan Miller on his Matrix blog, "Foreclose Already So We Can Get Back To Normal" ( http://matrix.millersamuel.com/?p=568 p=568
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Home Price Indices Reporting Record Lows
  
  ldquo;These substantial home price declines bring positive and negative news,” said OFHEO Director James B. ldquo;For homeowners and financial market observers, these declines spell further erosion in home equity levels and potentially more trouble for mortgage markets. ldquo;The steep downturn in residential real estate continues,” said David M. Home prices on existing single-family homes continued to sink further into the abyss nationally during the first quarter of 2008, according to two leading industry indicators. The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) reported last week that prices fell 1.7
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Economic Indicators Support Slow Gain in Foreclosures
  
  The key factor of concern to real estate investors, first-time homebuyers and agents looking to get into the foreclosure business is interest rates. Esmael Adibi, executive director of the Anderson Center, the people who are going to be hurt the most by these adjustments, and those taking the greatest risk of going into foreclosure, are homeowners who purchased within the past couple of years, have insufficient equity built up, and financed their purchase with either a adjustable-rate or negatively amortizing mortgage, or some other form of creative financing. Economics 101 – Interest Rates Now that we are hovering at the mid-year point, economists are starting to review their projections for this year.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Fighting Foreclosure: Seven Ways to Dodge Delinquency
  
  Consult with a real estate attorney or an experienced real estate broker because reinstatement laws vary from state to state. Borrowers may accomplish this by refinancing (with a family member cosigning perhaps) or by a friend or relative bailing out the borrower in exchange for equity or some other financial arrangement. If you have enough equity in the house to allow you to pay off the mortgage in The sharp rise in foreclosure activity in recent months does not paint a pretty picture for distressed borrowers: 437,000 foreclosure filings were reported in the first quarter of this year, according to RealtyTrac .
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Avoid Foreclosure Before it Starts at RealtyTrac
  
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  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• California Foreclosures 2007: Steady As She Goes
  
  Still, enough of the prime indicators are projected to turn and remain negative — or slightly positive at best — this year to conclude that the flow of California foreclosures will at least remain steady. At the end of the day, it appears as if expectations that home prices will continue to go upward and build up more equity in 2007 is a gamble that is going to backfire on many of these short-term homeowners, resulting in opportunities for investors, real estate professionals and home buyers to purchase California homes at bargain prices. Posted 01-15-2007
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• OTS Director Offers Alternative Plan to Congress
  
  The intent of their plan, the OTS says, is to “provide a negative equity position to the original loan holders in an amount equal to what they are giving up by taking the partial pay-off or short sale from the proceeds of the new FHA-guaranteed loan.” In the meantime, investors and potential home buyers have plenty of time to sort through an abundance of bargain properties nationwide that can satisfy their investment or personal lifestyle criteria. Posted 04-16-2008 9:00 AM by joelc Filed under: Foreclosure
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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