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Don't Dump Investors
See: From the New Deal, a Way Out of a Mess, The New York Times, Feb. These efforts are to help American families who both want to and can, through a loan modification or re-financing, stay in their homes.” Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge companies and massive stock brokerages theres no shortage of government interest and activity.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
The huge problems at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were supposed to be resolved with new management and revamped accounting, but no resolution could revolve a basic issue: Private mortgage buyers are always at a disadvantage when competing against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. If the two GSEs are further harmed, the banking system itself will face additional financial threats. "The potential effects of a rescue become more complex for the holders of Fannies and Freddies $19 billion in subordinated debt, so-called because it ranks below other bonds in the companies capital structures," says
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Avoid and Stop Foreclosure - Help at RealtyTrac
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- 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
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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RealtyTrac VP Speaking at USFN Seminar
Senate Joint Economic Committee and Banking Committee, Treasury Department, Federal Reserve, FBI and New York State Banking Department, have requested in-depth foreclosure data from RealtyTrac to help inform public policy decisions. If you’re attending the annual 2008 USFN National Default Servicing Seminar in Texas this week, you can catch RealtyTrac Vice President of Marketing Rick Sharga speaking on the latest foreclosure legislation at a 9 a.m. panel discussion titled “In the News: Current Issues Affecting the Default Servicing Industry.”
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Study Forecasts Rising Subprime Foreclosures
A new study released yesterday by the Center for Responsible Lending projects that one out of five subprime mortgages originated in the past two years will end in foreclosure, costing homeowners as much as $164 billion. “This rate is nearly double the projected rate of subprime loans made in 2002, and it exceeds the worst foreclosure experience in the modern mortgage market, which occurred during the “Oil Patch” disaster of the 1980s. It warns cities in California, Nevada, New Jersey, New York and Michigan, as well as the greater Washington, D.C. The study, which cites RealtyTrac numbers as one of its sources, looked at subprime foreclosure rates from 1998 through 2006 and closely ties those rates to house price appreciation.
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- 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. These investors will forgo jumping through the legal loopholes to help distressed homeowners and just wait for the public auction, or until the property has been repossessed by the lender. So maybe what is The FBI recently came out with its 2006 Mortgage Fraud Report , which somewhat anticlimactically concludes that there is “a strong correlation between mortgage fraud and loans which result in default or foreclosure.”
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Hold Onto Your Hat and Hat Rack
The New York Times recently reported in two related stories that in some instances, homeowners who have already lost their homes to foreclosure are now faced with suffering the greatest embarrassment of all — having their personal items auctioned off. It is also evidence that the foreclosure market has not bottomed out yet and that for patient and cautious home buyers and real estate investors, there are people out there who can use your help in the midst of a really critical financial storm that is literally blowing them away. Posted 05-21-2008
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- 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. New York, for example, is expected to lose $10.4 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
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure "Megatrends"
For investors and homebuyers, these and other rapidly developing “megatrends” could signal opportunities. Vultures Circling Wall Street wizards profited handsomely from the subprime market they helped create; Wall Street gurus will profit from cleaning up the mess they spawned. In a presidential year, Uncle Sam and politicians nationwide are rushing to unveil new and bolder schemes to unravel the foreclosure crisis. Foreclosures are rising. Home prices are falling.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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You Too Can Predict the Future...Maybe
Although he believes the $152 million economic stimulus package President Bush and Congress approved last month will help somewhat, Engle, a professor at New York University, is disappointed in the performance of the housing sector enough to blame it as the chief reason that a recession is likely. “What I’m hoping is that this sector of the economy doesn’t get legislated away. Time to dust off those Ouija boards and take out the tea leaves. The way things are going nowadays you too have about as much a chance of correctly predicting whether the nation and the state of California
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Rate Cut, Real GDP Are Some Positive News
economy — no matter how slight it is — the New York Times is reporting that the current situation does not fit into the classic definition of a recession, which is a "significant decline in economic activity spread acorss the economy, lasting more than a few months." On the plus side, personal consumption expenditures for services, private inventory investment, exports of goods and services and federal government spending helped prop up the nation’s economy for the quarter. One day after President Bush pointed the finger at Congress and told the American public to blame lawmakers for all of their recent financial woes, an inkling of actual positive news came out of Washington Wednesday with two announcements from government agencies.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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