11 Articles match "Georgia","Homes"

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• Avoid and Stop Foreclosure - Help at RealtyTrac
  
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  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• U.S. Foreclosure Laws
  
  Knowing the process in your state will help you adopt a more effective investing strategy and avoid procedural pitfalls. State Foreclosure Laws Quickly locate and review the foreclosure law specific to your state � or any state you�re considering investing in. Select A State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Priced to Foreclose
  
  A new report shows a strong correlation between slow home priceappreciation and high foreclosure rates, although its clear thecorrelation does not involve a direct cause-and-effect relationship. The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (thank goodness for acronyms) on Thursday released home price appreciation statistics for the first quarter of 2006, which show that U.S. homes are appreciating at the slowest quarterly rate since the firstquarter of 2004. The OFHEO report ranks the 50 states and the District of Columbia basedon year-over-year home price appreciation.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Extreme' Dream Gone Bust
  
  ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition came to the rescue, demolishing the Harper’s old run down home with a faulty septic tank and replacing it with a 5,300 square-foot, two-story dream home in Lake City, Georgia. When the show first aired back on February 20, 2005, the home was the largest ever built in a week by the show. The home, built with the help of 1,800 volunteers and Atlanta-based Beazer Homes, is now scheduled for public foreclosure auction on August 5. Three years ago Patricia and Milton Harper received a gift courtesy of reality television.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• US Foreclosures a Mixed Blessing in Q2
  
  This is good news for real estate investors, agents and home buyers looking for a piece of the American Dream at a potentially more affordable price. With the highest foreclosure rates in the nation, Colorado, Georgia and Texas continue to be the most likely places to begin searching for potential foreclosure properties. As the most recently collected data reported today in RealtyTracs Q2 2006 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report suggests, there is both an upside and a downside to the latest numbers.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• I'll Take Sour Cream and Chives
  
  The five: California, Florida (the hanging chad capital of the western world), Michigan, Ohio and Georgia. Just an FYI: in the upcoming 2008 presidential election, California will have 55 electoral votes, Florida 27, Michigan 17, Ohio 20 and Georgia 15. Investors, real estate professionals and potential home buyers looking to pick up a property at bargain prices should stay keenly focused on this election. No butter for me. Personally, I like my hot baked potato covered with sour cream and chives.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• FBI: Mortgage Fraud Begets Foreclosure
  
  The correlation is apparent in the report’s list of the top states for mortgage fraud: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Utah. If not caught, the flipper pockets the profit produced by the artificially inflated sales price (see diagram below from FBI report). The report goes on to pinpoint “foreclosure-rescue” scams as an emerging form of fraud that takes advantage of the growing number of homeowners in default. “The perpetrators convince homeowners that they can save their homes from foreclosure through deed transfers and the
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• March Mania and RealtyTrac's Sweet 16 Foreclosure List
  
  That will buy you a two-story home with three bedrooms and one bath. Gretna, LA — Opening Bid: $25,000 2) Florida — 2224 Widener Ter, West Palm Beach, FL — Opening Bid: $10,000 3) Georgia — 3478 Thompson Dr NW, Atlanta, GA — Opening Bid: $76,500 4) North Carolina — 5032 Buckingham Dr., Each spring brings the beginning of the real estate sales season and the end of college basketball, culminating with March Mania and the much awaited NCAA Sweet 16 playoff. This weekend, as the best college basketball players square off, RealtyTrac will tip off its Sweet 16 foreclosure list.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Where to find the best deals on foreclosures
  
  Foreclosure markets most favorable to buyers and investors According to data from the RealtyTrac database, homebuyers and investors realized average savings over the past seven months of more than 40 percent on foreclosure purchases in Ohio and average savings of more than 30 percent on foreclosure purchases in Indiana , Tennessee , Georgia and Texas . 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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• Foreclosure Filings Soar 90 Percent
  
  Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac, said a jump in foreclosures at a time of year that traditionally is the busiest for home sales means the slide in prices probably isn't over. “Such strong activity in the midst of the typical spring buying season could foreshadow even higher foreclosure levels later in the year,” said Saccacio. “Certainly Certainly not every community nationwide is seeing an increase in foreclosures, but foreclosed properties are becoming more commonplace and adding to the downward pressure on home prices in many areas.” A growing number of American homeowners across the country are getting foreclosure notices, according to new data released this week by RealtyTrac.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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