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The Government Goes After Loan Officers
For example, the SEC could limit its investigation to mortgages that were foreclosed within the first 12 to 18 months after origination. The one public example of such an audit that we know of revealed stunning results. Stated income loans hurt everyone, the home buyer, the institution who buys the loan on the secondary market, and even the home shopper who does not inflate their income to purchase a home. The Government Goes After Loan Officers By Peter G. Miller One of the most galling aspects of the mortgage meltdown
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Wachovia Changes The Lending Game
More significantly — and unlike Wachovia’s competitors — it’s making it easier for borrowers to dump option-ARMs by waiving the prepayment penalties routinely associated with such loans. “Effectively immediately,” says the company, “Wachovia is waiving all prepayment fees associated with its Pick-A-Pay mortgage to allow customers complete flexibility in their home financing decisions. In effect, waiving prepayment penalties that may not be collected is far better than losing homes to foreclosures and short sales. Negative Amortization Wachovia is also trying to make the best of
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
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. This is just the tip of the iceberg.” McCabe believes that delinquencies and defaults will rise not only among subprime borrowers, but among prime mortgages, Alt-A loans, teaser rate loans and low money-down
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
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. This is just the tip of the iceberg.” McCabe believes that delinquencies and defaults will rise not only among subprime borrowers, but among prime mortgages, Alt-A loans, teaser rate loans and low money-down
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
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 released today. 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 Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5 percent from their peak in July 2006. "There
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Local Market Perspective: Lake Havasu, Ariz.
With our beautiful Lake and hot summers, we are considered a vacation and second home community. My last seven sales have all been bank-owned homes, with over 171 contacts from my RealtyTrac source. Unfortunately, what folks hear in the news, for the most part, does not apply to Lake Havasu; with it being a second home community, people from out of state are not jumping on the buying wagon since their present homes, which are up for sale, are still not selling. With a population of fewer than 55,000, the Lake Havasu, Ariz., real estate market is still declining.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Local Market Perspective: Corona, Calif.
I’m constantly hearing of agents submitting well above asking price offers on what some may say are above average homes, only to get rejected or beat out by buyer with large cash down deposits. In Corona, newly built foreclosures, with approximately 3,000 sq.-ft. The lenders are now starting to really move their inventory in Corona. It’s amazing what’s happening in Corona, Calif., a community in Riverside County Over the last month, I’ve witnessed over 500 properties go into pending status.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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A (Relatively) Few Bad Apples Spoil the Barrel
Still, nearly a quarter million properties in one month can have a significant impact on a housing market that is registering about 5 million existing home sales for the entire year . "Although quot;Although only about 2 percent of households nationwide will be in some stage of foreclosure this year, these properties contribute to already bloated inventories of homes for sale, and put downward pressure on home values," said James J. According to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report issued today, the total number of properties with foreclosure
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Where to find the best deals on foreclosures
Our analysis of nationwide foreclosure property sales in the last seven months shows that while some areas of the country documented a plethora of properties in foreclosure and big savings on foreclosure purchases, other areas reported relatively low foreclosure inventories and smaller average savings on foreclosure purchases. Those types of bargains are well within the parameters of what most experienced investors consider a sound investment, even in areas where home value appreciation is relatively slow. It’s important for buyers and investors who are interested in the foreclosures market to carefully evaluate local market conditions before diving into foreclosures in any given area.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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The Fed Rate Decision is Ongoing'
For example, for 17 consecutive meetings the Fed raised interest rates by a quarter of a percent each time (25 basis points in economist lingo), and the code word they used to justify those rate increases was adjustment . Even the National Association of Realtors, which originally thought the nation’s housing market would turn around significantly by year-end 2007, is pulling back a bit on its forecast , now calling for home sales to stabilize where they are this year, with noticeable improvement in sales activity by mid-2008. The Federal Reserve is starting to sound like a broken record.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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A 'Dialogue' on the Housing Market
Chief among those — local economic conditions, poor planning for the future by home buyers, and rising interest rates. In California, for example, 27 percent of all mortgages were so-called “option ARMs,” where the buyer pays 1 percent interest and the underpaid amount gets added to the loan’s principal. “Our And with increased inventory levels and longer marketing times around the country, the prospect of distressed homeowners being able to bail themselves Appearing on a recent episode of “Dialogue with Jim Doti”, RealtyTrac CEO James Saccacio cited a number of factors for the more than 60 percent year-to-year increase in foreclosure activity in September 2006.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Latest Reports Sending Out Mixed Signals
Two reports came out Tuesday that are prime examples of conflicting opinions and the confusion they can cause the average consumer or investor when it comes to assessing the state of the economy. The other report, released by the National Association of Realtors , reported that pending sales of existing homes were down 1.9 Yet, in the NAR announcement, chief economist Lawrence One report, the IBD/TIPP economic optimism index (published by Investor’s Business Daily and TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence), dropped to 39.2 in April, the largest drop in consumer confidence measured
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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The Government Goes After Loan Officers
For example, the SEC could limit its investigation to mortgages that were foreclosed within the first 12 to 18 months after origination. The one public example of such an audit that we know of revealed stunning results. Stated income loans hurt everyone, the home buyer, the institution who buys the loan on the secondary market, and even the home shopper who does not inflate their income to purchase a home. The Government Goes After Loan Officers By Peter G. Miller One of the most galling aspects of the mortgage meltdown
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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