4 Articles match "Foreclosures","Properties","Tampa"

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• Secrets of Pre-Foreclosure Investing
  
  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. All agree on one thing: The pre-foreclosure market is a highly specialized area of the foreclosure business that is not for amateurs. “Most Another claims that developing a series of “systems” in your business is the key to success. A third warns that accurate data and timely information
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Home Prices Fall Deeper Into the Abyss
  
  percent) and Tampa (-20.2 With home prices continuing to decline, both on a monthly and yearly basis, it stands to reason that distressed homeowners are not out of the woods yet if they need to sell their homes to escape foreclosure. For potential homebuyers, investors and real estate professionals, it means the flow of foreclosed properties should continue into the indefinite future — at least until home prices stabilize somewhere down the abyss and reverse their direction back up the elevator shaft. Posted Homeowners across the country may be feeling a bit like Mel Brooks’ character from his movie “High Anxiety” now that Standard and Poor’s has released its May numbers for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices .
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• New Tax Law Spurs More Short Sales, Expert Says
  
  For real estate investors looking for pre-foreclosure bargains, a new federal law could unleash a torrent of short sales as struggling borrowers facing foreclosure unload their over-mortgaged homes to avoid huge tax bills on capital gains. HR 3648 , or the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act, signed by President George W. 20, helps people whose homes are in foreclosure by canceling taxes on any mortgage debt that has been forgiven by their lender. Bush on Dec. The government previously viewed the difference between the debt and the value of the home as taxable “income.”
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
  
  What does all this mean to anyone looking to the nation’s foreclosure market for a home purchase? It means that there has never been a better time in recent history to get off the fence and buy that primary residence or investment property you’ve been waiting for. the city with the nation’s highest foreclosure rate in February, according to RealtyTrac. When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. When reports of telltale economic indicators are released, if Wall Street perceives them as bad,
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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