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As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
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. We had to do it, sadly, because of our elderly parents in need of assistance — so we moved to South Florida . 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.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Housing glut gives foreclosure buyers and investors advantage
Depending on whom you ask, the forecast calls for either thunderstorms or gale force hurricane winds. The biggest declines were in Florida-Sarasota-Bradenton (down 18 percent), Palm Bay-Melbourne (17 percent) and Cape Coral-Fort Myers (12 percent). At the same time, Nevada sales plunged 36 percent, while Florida posted a decline of 31 percent. Storm clouds are gathering over the nation’s battered housing market. Fueling the latest concerns is a deluge of discouraging data in the housing sector.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Fannie: Q1 a Swift Kick in the Rear
As a result of the losses, Fannie is revising its forecast for home price declines from a 5 to 7 percent loss nationally for all of 2008, to a 7 to 9 percent loss for the year, with significant regional differences in the rate of home price declines. Still, Fannie’s largest credit losses were concentrated in the states with the largest home price declines — California, Florida, Michigan and Ohio — four states that have remained among RealtyTrac's top foreclosure states in the nation for more than a year now. It may have been created and chartered by the federal government, but Fannie Mae (the Federal National Mortgage Association) is first and foremost a private company responsible to shareholders for running at a profit.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Housing glut gives foreclosure buyers and investors advantage
    Depending on whom you ask, the forecast calls for either thunderstorms or gale force hurricane winds. The biggest declines were in Florida-Sarasota-Bradenton (down 18 percent), Palm Bay-Melbourne (17 percent) and Cape Coral-Fort Myers (12 percent). At the same time, Nevada sales plunged 36 percent, while Florida posted a decline of 31 percent. Storm clouds are gathering over the nation’s battered housing market. Fueling the latest concerns is a deluge of discouraging data in the housing sector.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Fannie: Q1 a Swift Kick in the Rear
    As a result of the losses, Fannie is revising its forecast for home price declines from a 5 to 7 percent loss nationally for all of 2008, to a 7 to 9 percent loss for the year, with significant regional differences in the rate of home price declines. Still, Fannie’s largest credit losses were concentrated in the states with the largest home price declines — California, Florida, Michigan and Ohio — four states that have remained among RealtyTrac's top foreclosure states in the nation for more than a year now. It may have been created and chartered by the federal government, but Fannie Mae (the Federal National Mortgage Association) is first and foremost a private company responsible to shareholders for running at a profit.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
    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. We had to do it, sadly, because of our elderly parents in need of assistance — so we moved to South Florida . 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.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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