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• Buyers Come Out in Droves For LA Auction
  
  But in the end they were all there for the same purpose — a chance to purchase real estate in Southern California — Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties in particular — at a “bargain” price. REDC) drew an estimated 1,800 potential homebuyers and investors to the Los Angeles Convention Center recently in the sort of frenzied buying environment not seen since the boom days of foreclosures of the early 1990s. Some were dressed for business. Others were dressed like they were out for a weekend at the mall.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Fouls Up Sports Stars
  
  Two recent cases in point: record-setting baseball player Jose Canseco , and former NBA star Latrell Sprewell . Canseco, who first came to prominence as a right fielder with the Oakland Athletics back in the 1980s, has decided to walk away from his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Encino, Calif. Recently appearing on the Inside Edition television show, the one-time American League Rookie of the Year — who went on to establish batting records in many categories during his storied career — said much of the money he made as a ball player went to supporting his
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• When Foreclosure Is Not Politically Correct
  
  RealtyTrac estimates the current market value of the property at $503,000. At the time of sale Richardson allegedly owed her lender, Washington Mutual, more than $578,000 thanks to the 100 percent financing used to purchase the home and the additional fees and costs incurred by foreclosure. The home’s former owner also claims that she kicked in $15,000 towards Richardson's closing costs, according to the Los Angeles Times . Typically when you read about a politician and foreclosure, it’s in relation to some piece of legislation created to combat the recent surge in foreclosures.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Coastal Disasters = More Foreclosures?
  
  Back in 1994 something called “The Northridge Earthquake” (misnamed as it was) shook Los Angeles at 4:31 a.m. According to one recent report, insurance companies are getting skittish again — this time in Central Florida and other parts of the eastern seaboard. Citizens is expecting up to 500 claims to be filed due to last week’s storms, paying out an estimated $5 million to $6 million. For anyone who has lived through a natural disaster, the recent tornadoes in Central Florida and the horrific aftermath left behind — approximately 1,500 structures destroyed and 20 people killed — brings back memories of more than just the great need for disaster relief from the federal government (FEMA).
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  percent decline and Los Angeles with a 26.2 Does this make it a good time to buy real estate? quot;I think this time residential housing is in the 100-year flood, and I think it's going to take a long time to recover," said David Shulman, senior economist at the UCLA Anderson Forecast , at the Zelman & Associates Housing Summit in Dallas on Sept. 262 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 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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