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Short sales rising
Short sales occur when home prices fall and mortgage debt exceeds the value of the property. If the lender agrees, homeowners can sell their depreciated home and settle their debt for a reduced sum. While short sales remain a small segment of the residential real estate market, the increase bears watching for investors, buyers and real estate agents. Scanning the Southern California Multiple Listing Service (MLS) last week, the one thing that stands out is the growing number of short sales. Last year, you rarely saw the phrase “short sale” in the MLS property description.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Housing glut gives foreclosure buyers and investors advantage
Home prices and sales plunge Sales of existing single-family homes declined in 40 states and in half of the nation’s biggest metropolitan areas in the last three months of 2006, according to the National Association of Realtors . million vacant homes await buyers In addition to weaker sales and declining prices, a record number of homes are sitting vacant awaiting buyers. Storm clouds are gathering over the nation’s battered housing market. Depending on whom you ask, the forecast calls for either thunderstorms or gale force hurricane winds.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Governor Suspends Controversial Law Affecting Investors
Rod Blagojevich suspended the law on January 19, 2007. A statement released by Dean Martinez, Secretary, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, explained the decision to suspend the law by stating, “the Secretary received and reviewed information that suggests that the prior designation may be detrimental to the Pilot Program’s purpose, namely, to curb predatory lending practices in areas with high rates of foreclosure on residential home mortgages.” It was controversial when it took effect, and it remained controversial until public officials decided enough was enough – roughly a little more than a year later.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Short sales rising
Short sales occur when home prices fall and mortgage debt exceeds the value of the property. If the lender agrees, homeowners can sell their depreciated home and settle their debt for a reduced sum. While short sales remain a small segment of the residential real estate market, the increase bears watching for investors, buyers and real estate agents. Scanning the Southern California Multiple Listing Service (MLS) last week, the one thing that stands out is the growing number of short sales. Last year, you rarely saw the phrase “short sale” in the MLS property description.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Housing glut gives foreclosure buyers and investors advantage
Home prices and sales plunge Sales of existing single-family homes declined in 40 states and in half of the nation’s biggest metropolitan areas in the last three months of 2006, according to the National Association of Realtors . million vacant homes await buyers In addition to weaker sales and declining prices, a record number of homes are sitting vacant awaiting buyers. Storm clouds are gathering over the nation’s battered housing market. Depending on whom you ask, the forecast calls for either thunderstorms or gale force hurricane winds.
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. 3915 ) claims to "amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to establish licensing and registration requirements for residential mortgage originators, to provide certain minimum standards
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Governor Suspends Controversial Law Affecting Investors
Rod Blagojevich suspended the law on January 19, 2007. A statement released by Dean Martinez, Secretary, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, explained the decision to suspend the law by stating, “the Secretary received and reviewed information that suggests that the prior designation may be detrimental to the Pilot Program’s purpose, namely, to curb predatory lending practices in areas with high rates of foreclosure on residential home mortgages.” It was controversial when it took effect, and it remained controversial until public officials decided enough was enough – roughly a little more than a year later.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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