14 Articles match "Foreclosures","Houses","Los Angeles"

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• California Home Sales and Prices Inch Up
  
  California Home Sales and Prices Inch Up October 16, 2009, Los Angeles Times California's housing market showed more signs of recovery in September, as the median sales price rose nearly 1 percent from August, to $251,000, a real estate research firm...( Tags: foreclosure rates defaults foreclosur read more ) ...Tags:
  Foreclosure Pulse - Friday, October 16, 2009
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• Separating the wheat from the chaff: legitimate foreclosure investors vs. scammers
  
  An article in the Los Angeles Times onTuesday documented the sad story of a defaulted homeowner who was thevictim of alleged foreclosure fraud. The homeowner said he was trickedinto signing over the title of his home by a scam artist who didnothing to stop the foreclosure and then took out another loan againstthe property with no intention of paying it off. The article goes on tomake the case that foreclosure It is a crime thatconsumer advocates fear could become increasingly common — especiallyin Southern California, where many homeowners have stretched themselvesto their financial limits to afford the regions record high housingprices. "The
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Crisis Sparks Surge in Arson
  
  Facing foreclosure, some homeowners are setting fire to their homes for the insurance money. Consider the following: In South Carolina , a homeowner was charged with burning her home on the eve of foreclosure. In Massachusetts , there’s a growing concern that foreclosure arson is becoming a problem around the state as more and more properties are abandoned. In desperate times people resort to desperate measures. But they usually end up with a criminal conviction instead of cash.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures Fade in World Series Spotlight
  
  The Tigers have given local fans a chance to momentarily forget about another dubious distinction: that they reside in a city with one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation . Detroit’s Wayne County reported 4,190 properties entering foreclosure in September, the second most only behind Chicago’s Cook County (whose fans didn’t have any team to cheer in the playoffs this year). The Detroit Tigers are the feel-good story of this year’s World Series, having made it to baseball’s big dance only three years after posting 119 losses — one of the worst records in history. The
  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. This does not bode well for worried homeowners who are sitting on the cusp of foreclosure. Florida had 124,721 foreclosures last year — a 2 percent increase from 2005, and a foreclosure rate of one new filing for every 59 households. 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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• Foreclosure Fouls Up Sports Stars
  
  It’s not just average Americans who are losing their homes to foreclosure these days. 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. Neighbors reportedly call it “The Hotel” because it was the biggest house Even rich and famous athletes who earned millions of dollars during their careers can be subjected to the emotional highs and lows of losing a home.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• When Foreclosure Is Not Politically Correct
  
  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. But the topic of foreclosure recently became much more personal for one Long Beach, Calif ., Laura Richardson has lost, via foreclosure, the 1,600 square-foot, two-story Sacramento home with three bedrooms and 1.5 politician. Multiple media outlets are reporting that U.S. Rep.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Mayors Predict Rising Foreclosures in 2008
  
  Mounting home foreclosures will lead to “profound” effects on the economy next year, bleeding billions of dollars in lost tax revenues, shrinking job growth and reducing consumer spending in the nation’s major metropolitan areas, according to a new report released this week by the U.S. million homes will enter foreclosure next year. Conference of Mayors . Prepared by forecasting and consulting firm Global Insight , the report said weak residential investment, lower spending and income in the construction industry and curtailed consumer spending because of falling home values
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Fed's Latest Moves No Real Surprise
  
  Tight credit conditions, the ongoing housing contraction, and some slowing in export growth are likely to weigh on economic growth over the next few quarters.” rdquo; The New York Times commented today that the decision to keep the key rate where it is clearly demonstrates the Fed’s limited ability to solve a problem involving the nation’s housing and mortgage markets. Remarking on the Fed’s Financial analysts who were hoping for some downward movement on interest rates yesterday by the Federal Reserve were disappointed as Ben Bernanke and his merry band unanimously voted to do nothing.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Room Enough for a Catnap
  
  In this lackluster real estate market potential homebuyers have been sitting on the fence, observing from the sidelines as the number of foreclosures keeps going up and home prices keep plummeting. The original report that went out said they were mountain lions, according to The Los Angeles Times . Representatives of animal control services noted that bobcats are not known What are they waiting for? Hopefully the right time to pounce on a devastated market, timing the bottom of the market before the turnaround begins.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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