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• How to Buy HUD Home Foreclosures - RealtyTrac
  
  How Can I Buy HUD Home Foreclosures? Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Search nearly 650,000 Foreclosure and Government properties. More than 1 million total properties including For Sale by Owner, HUD Home Foreclosures, Resale, and Home Auctions! Almost anyone can qualify... Almost anyone can qualify to buy a home owned by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (a HUD home)
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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. quot; Las Vegas and Phoenix posted the two biggest annual declines in home prices of the 20 metro areas tracked in the report, followed by Miami with a 28.2 Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5 percent from their peak in July 2006. "There
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures: Chicken or Egg?
  
  That slowing of demand had a domino effect, causing home sales to slow and home price appreciation to flatten and even go negative in the first quarter of 2007, according to Carney’s research. The slowing sales and stagnant home prices have in turn contributed to a sharp rise in defaults and foreclosures . Quipping that most economists are lucky to be right once in their It’s a classic chicken-and-egg question: are foreclosures a cause or a symptom of the slumping housing market? One Southern California economist believes they’re clearly a symptom. “I
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Avoid Foreclosure Before it Starts at RealtyTrac
  
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  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• 40 Is the New 30 for Lenders and Investors
  
  Tauting the lower monthly payments the new product offers will appeal to first-time buyers, consumers in high-cost markets, real estate investors and buyers on a fixed income, the companys press release also warns that equity will build up more slowly as a result of the lower payments and a lot more total interest will be paid over the extra 10 years. Still, this new loan may be a viable alternative to home buyers who may soon be finding themselves in trouble with the popular interest-only and option adjustable-rate mortgages -- especially if the Fed ups the interest rates more this year
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• And the Hits' Just Keep On Coming!
  
  Citigroup came out with a press statement last week projecting that the company will suffer a 60 percent decline in third quarter income between 2006 and 2007. The statement also explains the company’s need to write down more than $3 billion in various financial instruments including subprime mortgage-backed securities, highly leveraged financial commitments and fixed income credit trading. In its release, WaMu Countrywide. Citigroup.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Dealing With the Affordability Quandry
  
  In addition to real estate investors and agents, the RealtyTrac website can be a great help to first-time homebuyers looking for a way to get into a home at a price that is more affordable, even in areas where prices seem out of reach for most people. First-Time Buyer Housing Affordability Index (FTB-HAI) , it is a wake-up call for first timers in that it measures the percentage of first-time buyers who can legitimately afford to purchase a median-priced home in California. Affordability is the key here. Especially in light of the new consumer index just announced by the California
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• How a Short Sale Can Stop Foreclosure, Short Selling Bank Foreclosures - RealtyTrac
  
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  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
  
  You say you want to buy a home but have no money. Let me introduce you to the option ARM, an affordability mortgage product that can get you into the home of your dreams.... According to Fitch "the potential average payment increase on this recasting population is 63 percent, representing on average an additional $1,053 due each month on top of the current average payment of $1,672." You dont have to be a math major to figure out what will happen next: Huge numbers of option ARMs will fail in the next 24 to 30 months Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time By Peter G.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Fighting Foreclosure: Seven Ways to Dodge Delinquency
  
  Paying off the reinstatement amount will cancel the foreclosure and enable the homeowner to continue to live in the home as if no default occurred. You may qualify for this option if you recently lost your job, became ill and lost your source of income. Selling also leaves you in a much better financial position should you want to buy another home in the future. The sharp rise in foreclosure activity in recent months does not paint a pretty picture for distressed borrowers: 437,000 foreclosure filings were reported in the first quarter of this year, according to RealtyTrac .
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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