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• How to Buy HUD Home Foreclosures - RealtyTrac
  
  HUD now has become the owner of the real estate. So it sells HUD home foreclosures through approved real estate brokers who advertise themselves as approved HUD brokers. These HUD-approved real estate professionals advertise their services in a number of places, including local newspapers and phone books. How Can I Buy HUD Home Foreclosures? Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Search nearly 650,000 Foreclosure and Government properties. More than 1 million total properties including For Sale by Owner, HUD Home Foreclosures,
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• FHA Program Linked to High Colorado Foreclosure Rate
  
  It’s not uncommon here in California for buyers to submit an offer above the asking price, with the contingency that the sellers will cover an inflated amount in closing costs for the buyer. That allows the buyer, who is likely taking out a 100 percent loan, to actually receive an ample cash payment at the close of escrow. These types of creative purchase agreements might leave the buyer unscathed An illuminating article in the Denver Post connects the dots between Colorado’s high foreclosure rate and an FHA program gone awry: “Created to extend the dream of homeownership to first-time buyers, the so-called FHA gift program instead has led to rampant foreclosures.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Gentle Ben Says the "R" Word...Finally!
  
  real estate holdings) are looking to our shores for great deals. commodities — like our real estate. But since you can’t really time the bottom, now may be a good time to take the plunge and start looking for those good bargains that foreclosure properties can offer. After all, by the time you do your research, find the property that’s right for you, Gentle Ben Bernanke has been careful not to ruffle any feathers on Capitol Hill since assuming his role as the chief caretaker of the U.S. economy. But during his first day of testimony before Sen.
  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 real estate training company. “The offered the owner a couple thousand dollars to walk. When he’s out door-knocking, Siems carries a suitcase filled with a laptop 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.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  Does this make it a good time to buy real estate? have access to credit have fat cash reserves aren't already over-exposed in real estate have a secure job or income stream expect to hold the property for at least two years" But be forewarned, prices are expected to fall further, and will take awhile to rebound, according to many economists. "I Now, in 2009, or will you wait until 2020 when everyone has forgotten about this housing slump and is raving about skyrocketing home prices? Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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