|
|
22 Articles match "Homes","Real Estate","Residential"
|
The Latest from RealtyTrac
|
MORE
|
|
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
Secrets of Pre-Foreclosure Investing
Most people in foreclosure today have zero equity in their homes,” said Thomas J. Lucier, a Tampa Bay real estate investor and author of The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor’s Kit . “That’s 20 and will provide a temporary, three-year change to the tax code to eliminate any taxes homeowners might face when banks renegotiate the terms of a home loan and forgive a portion of the outstanding mortgage debt. Secrets of Pre-Foreclosure Investing By Octavio Nuiry, RealtyTrac Staff Writer One pre-foreclosure expert says a new federal law will change everything, and short sales and short payoff sales will become the new trend in the marketplace.
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality
But the real story is different: Mandatory registration will potentially allow mortgage investors worldwide to rank loan officer performance — and to refuse deals from those with high levels of foreclosures and delinquencies. Seen another way, the new law makes mortgage lending more transparent, something which will reduce foreclosure rates, cut lender losses and make mortgages more enticing to investors worldwide. “Across the country we carefully license real estate brokers, lawyers and doctors,” says James J. National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality By Peter G.
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
|
-
|
The Best from RealtyTrac
|
MORE
|
-
Glossary of Foreclosure and Real Estate Terminology - Realtytrac
Check out our NEW Features! Login Why Join? FREE Trial Feedback Help
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
-
Home Price Indices Reporting Record Lows
Home prices on existing single-family homes continued to sink further into the abyss nationally during the first quarter of 2008, according to two leading industry indicators. The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) reported last week that prices fell 1.7 ldquo;These substantial home price declines bring positive and negative news,” said OFHEO Director James B. percent for the quarter, the largest quarterly price decline on record, based solely on purchase-only transactions (without refinancings). On a year-over-year basis the OFHEO reports that
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
-
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
-
Buying Bank-Owned REOs at the Auction - RealtyTrac
Buying Bank-Owned REOs at the Auction Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Thanks to a sharp rise in foreclosure filings nationwide, homebuyers and real estate investors are increasingly likely to encounter bank-owned properties that are for sale at real estate auctions. The increased presence of lender-owned homes in the market — known in the banking industry as REOs, for "real estate owned" — is fallout from the recent real estate boom that marked the first half of this decade.
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
-
Waning Confidence a Concern That May Help Foreclosures
If housing prices plummeted like they did back in the early 1990s, the loan-to-value ratio on many mortgages might force homeowners into foreclosure, providing new opportunities for real estate investors, speculators, real estate agents and anyone looking to buy a home from the foreclosure pipeline. Results of the most recent member survey conducted by the National Association of Home Builders shows the level of builder confidence in the nation’s housing market at its lowest point since 1995. Economics 401 – Effects of a housing ‘slump’? When James L.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
-
Data Suggests Decline in California Foreclosures
And what job losses there are – like in residential construction – should be absorbed elsewhere such as in non-residential construction. 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
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
-
Will Homeowners Sink or Swim?
And prices of existing homes fell in August for the first time in 11 years as sales dipped to their lowest level since early 2004, according to the National Association of Realtors . The next big wave of news may be a true real-estate slump, as hundreds of billions in adjustable-rate mortgages reset, making it even more difficult for homeowners in depressed markets to meet higher monthly payments. Many American homeowners — initially attracted to low teaser rates on those “exotic” ARMs and sub-prime loans — now find themselves swimming upstream in a desperate attempt to remain financially afloat.
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
-
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
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
-
More Powerful Than a Foreclosure
Visiting Orlando City Hall earlier this week, O’Neal told the Orlando Sentinel that, “I want to come in not to kick them out, but to work with them and save them so they can stay in their homes.” rdquo; Although exact details have not been released, attorney Mark NeJame explained that Shaq’s plan is basically to buy up the mortgages of distressed Orlando homeowners who have gone into foreclosure due to high interest rates and to sell their homes back to them at lower rates and hope to make a small profit. “Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
|
|
|
