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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
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Separating the wheat from the chaff: legitimate foreclosure investors vs. scammers
An article in the Los Angeles Times onTuesday documented the sad story of a defaulted homeowner who was thevictim of alleged foreclosure fraud. The homeowner said he was trickedinto signing over the title of his home by a scam artist who didnothing to stop the foreclosure and then took out another loan againstthe property with no intention of paying it off. The scammers dontcreate the foreclosure rates, but they swoop The article goes on tomake the case that foreclosure fraud crime is on the rise. It is a crime thatconsumer advocates fear could become increasingly common
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
History in Sen. Dodd's Favor, But Nothing Else
What Dodd suggested last week, at least as a temporary fix, is for the federal government to create a new agency called the Home Ownership Preservation Corp. Fashioned after the Home Owners’ Loan Corp. formed in the 1930s to deal with foreclosures, the new agency would assist homeowners in refinancing their subprime mortgages — many of which are now resetting at much higher interest rates, resulting, in many cases, in It’s a presidential election year. A
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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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Separating the wheat from the chaff: legitimate foreclosure investors vs. scammers
An article in the Los Angeles Times onTuesday documented the sad story of a defaulted homeowner who was thevictim of alleged foreclosure fraud. The homeowner said he was trickedinto signing over the title of his home by a scam artist who didnothing to stop the foreclosure and then took out another loan againstthe property with no intention of paying it off. The scammers dontcreate the foreclosure rates, but they swoop The article goes on tomake the case that foreclosure fraud crime is on the rise. It is a crime thatconsumer advocates fear could become increasingly common
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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History in Sen. Dodd's Favor, But Nothing Else
What Dodd suggested last week, at least as a temporary fix, is for the federal government to create a new agency called the Home Ownership Preservation Corp. Fashioned after the Home Owners’ Loan Corp. formed in the 1930s to deal with foreclosures, the new agency would assist homeowners in refinancing their subprime mortgages — many of which are now resetting at much higher interest rates, resulting, in many cases, in It’s a presidential election year. A
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure Fouls Up Sports Stars
It’s not just average Americans who are losing their homes to foreclosure these days. Even rich and famous athletes who earned millions of dollars during their careers can be subjected to the emotional highs and lows of losing a home. Two recent cases in point: record-setting baseball player Jose Canseco , and former NBA star Latrell Sprewell . Canseco, who first came to prominence as a right fielder with the Oakland Athletics back in the 1980s, has decided to walk away Canseco owed Washington Mutual more than $2.5 million on the 7,300 square foot mansion with four bedrooms
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
1) The National Association of Realtors announced Monday that existing home sales nationwide were up for the month of February compared to January. 2) On Tuesday, the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index reported the worst decline in home prices since the company started tracking data back in 1987. Commerce Department reported that new home sales in February were down 1.8 When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. When reports of telltale economic indicators are released, if
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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