8 Articles match "Home Prices","Homes","June"

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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  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. Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5 quot; percent from their peak in July 2006. "There quot;There are signs of a slow down in the rate of decline across the metro areas, but no evidence of a bottom," said David M.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Rise in Home Values Keeps Foreclosures in Check
  
  Economics 301 – Home Price Appreciation and Household Net Wealth According to the Business & Economic Review June 2006 released last week by the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University, home price appreciation on the national level has been virtually unstoppable since 1980. Reaching a double-digit peak above 14 percent before dropping back to 9 percent Relying on their economic model, forecasters at Chapman are calling a further retreat in the national rate, however, back to a 5.5 percent rate of appreciation by the end of 2007,
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Ohio Lawmaker Seeks Solution to Foreclosure Level
  
  The state went from the seventh highest total of foreclosures in the nation in April to the fourth highest total in June. At the local level Cuyahoga County went from the county with the highest foreclosure rate in the state — one foreclosure filing for every 453 households in May — down to the seventh highest foreclosure rate in the state — one foreclosure filing for every 508 households — for June. Mortgage delinquencies continue to rise, the number It looks like foreclosures are starting to become a national call to action for some Washington bureaucrats. One example — Rep.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Immediate Relief Nowhere to Be Found
  
  According to its latest report released Tuesday, Standard & Poor’s said home prices across the nation continued to fall in April 2008, with prices in all 20 metro areas it studies for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices showing annual declines. and its June measurement (50.4) Three top indices of economic health in the U.S. came out with negative reports this month, supporting the notion that the nation’s inventory of available properties — particularly the supply of properties in foreclosure — will remain elevated
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Michigan Goes Hollywood to Help Homeowners
  
  In June 2008 — the most recent monthly ranking available from RealtyTrac — the Great Lakes State ranked fifth nationally, reporting 12,025 properties with foreclosure filings, accounting for 5 percent of the nation’s total foreclosure filings for the month. With all these distressed homeowners getting into financial trouble, combined with layoffs from the auto industry, it’s understandable that the state government may want to do something to promote homeownership and to educate its citizens about the details of what owning a home really means from a practical
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Mid-Year Report: Nation Not Over the Hump Yet
  
  But real estate — housing prices to be precise — is the sign that forecasters at the A. In their June 2008 issue of the Economic & Business Review, the U.S. Forecast article for 2008-2009 is entitled, “The Recessionary Outlook: Housing Prices Will Determine Its Length and Intensity.” As it has in times past, real estate has led this nation into recession, and it will lead us out as well — when the signs are there for a recovery. We’re now mid-way through 2008 and the signs aren’t there yet to say for certain that we’re over
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Mortgage Reform to Calm Foreclosure Storm
  
  In an attempt to address the recent downturn in the real estate market — evidenced by rising foreclosures and falling home prices and which many believe may threaten to undermine the overall economy — the House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that imposes more stringent regulatory oversight of the mortgage industry. The law takes effect in June 1. Called The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007, the bill ( H.R. 3915 ) claims to "amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices,
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Can "Appreciation Sharing" Solve The Mortgage Mess?
  
  Miller     We’re about to see something new in the mortgage marketplace: The government is going to insure huge numbers of shared-appreciation mortgages, a type of home financing rarely seen in the U.S. Unlike equity sharing, with appreciation sharing if the property’s value goes down Uncle Sam or an investor is not responsible for any part of the loss. “If we’re going to restore home values nationwide then we need to get more buyers into the marketplace,” says James J. Can “Appreciation Sharing” Solve The Mortgage Mess? By Peter G.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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