10 Articles match "Homes","Inventory","Presentation"

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• Immediate Relief Nowhere to Be Found
  
  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 for at least the immediate future. 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. Three top indices of economic health in the U.S. Of those 20 metros,
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Local Market Perspective: Lake Havasu, Ariz.
  
  With our beautiful Lake and hot summers, we are considered a vacation and second home community. My last seven sales have all been bank-owned homes, with over 171 contacts from my RealtyTrac source. Unfortunately, what folks hear in the news, for the most part, does not apply to Lake Havasu; with it being a second home community, people from out of state are not jumping on the buying wagon since their present homes, which are up for sale, are still not selling. With a population of fewer than 55,000, the Lake Havasu, Ariz., real estate market is still declining.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Data Suggests Decline in California Foreclosures
  
  None of the factors that contributed to the last great rush in the state’s foreclosure pipeline back in the early 1990s is present this time around. Since unemployment rates are historically a good indicator of foreclosure rates, this bodes well for California homeowners, but less well for real estate investors, first-time home buyers and real estate professionals who may be waiting for the long-anticipated flood of foreclosure inventory. California’s latest economic numbers reported by forecasters at the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Too Soon For a Comeback
  
  At present it does not appear that there is enough evidence yet to declare that a market comeback is in the offing. Even the National Association of Realtors, which has come out with its latest report documenting a two percent decline in existing home sales for March 2008, down 19.3 The NAR tried to be positive about the nation’s situation earlier this month in stating that, “Existing home sales could start to show a sustained increase within the next few The bottom line is that no one can say anything with 100 percent certainty given the current state of our national economy.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Local Market Perspective: Seattle, Wash.
  
  Over the past three months, my clients and I have presented nine contracts to pre-foreclosure, REO and short sale sellers. Because of the lack of “urban sprawl” in Seattle we do not have the inventory of foreclosure homes that the rest of the country has. Even then these homes are being purchased at 20 percent less then market value. So, if you want to beat the competition when it comes to an equity positive real estate investments Out of those nine contracts, nine have been beat by better offers. In the Northern Seattle area there currently very few
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• The Fed Rate Decision is Ongoing'
  
  Even the National Association of Realtors, which originally thought the nation’s housing market would turn around significantly by year-end 2007, is pulling back a bit on its forecast , now calling for home sales to stabilize where they are this year, with noticeable improvement in sales activity by mid-2008. So as it turns out, ongoing is a good word for investors and first-time homebuyers looking for a decent discount on a home in this buyer’s market. The Federal Reserve is starting to sound like a broken record. Oops!
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• Latest Reports Sending Out Mixed Signals
  
  The other report, released by the National Association of Realtors , reported that pending sales of existing homes were down 1.9 Yet, in the NAR announcement, chief economist Lawrence Yun states his belief that existing home sales will see little change over the next few months before making a notable improvement during the second half of 2008. “The The slip in pending home sales implies we’re not out of the woods yet, though an era of successive Two reports came out Tuesday that are prime examples of conflicting opinions and the confusion they can cause the average consumer or investor when it comes to assessing the state of the economy.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Local Market Perspective: Cape Coral, Fla.
  
  Your comments, questions and feedback are welcome. Gloria Tate Raso Realty, Inc. I work with buyers in my area; new jargon and issues are making buying a home more difficult than ever before. The opportunity to own a home at affordable prices has never been greater, but getting to the closing table is so much more difficult. The homes sit for a very long time and the Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of guest blog posts from members of the RealtyTrac Agent Network . The agents will be sharing their insights about what is happening on the ground in
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• Mid-Year Report: Nation Not Over the Hump Yet
  
  Doti in presenting the national forecast to attendees of the university’s forecast update conference. “There’s rdquo; Banks are holding back on all types of lending, the report notes, and probably for good reason considering the $300 billion in write downs already taken by the nation’s financial institutions, with the prospect of more on the way, depending on which direction home prices go in the future. Median home prices 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.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Bush Foreclosure Solution Just Adds Water
  
  At present, under the Tax Code a homeowner who loses a home to foreclosure has to pay income taxes on any portion of the mortgage debt the lender may decide to forgive. Given such reasoning, amending the legislation’s core concept may indeed be justified because in the free market system under which this country operates homeowners, like any other consumers, should not be rewarded for making bad financial decisions in purchasing more home than they could really afford in the first place. It wasn’t very long ago that President George W. Bush came out with a public policy
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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