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• 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
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• California Consumers Hit the Skids
  
  The report cites concerns about the housing market, gasoline prices, the job market and the volatility of the stock market as key to the negativity among consumers about present and future economic conditions. According to the Chapman report, consumer spending on big ticket items — like housing — is expected to drop precipitously over the next six months. Analysts at the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University in Orange, Calif.,
  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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• Foreclosures: Chicken or Egg?
  
  It’s a classic chicken-and-egg question: are foreclosures a cause or a symptom of the slumping housing market? Michael Carney, Professor of Finance and Real Estate at Cal Poly University in Pomona, Calif., and Director of the Real Estate Research Council of Southern California . One Southern California economist believes they’re clearly a symptom. “I I think there were troubles to start with; that’s what caused the defaults and foreclosures,” said Dr.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• ARM'd and Dangerous?
  
  Jonathans question reflects a popular bias these days towardsdirectly linking the rising foreclosure rates to default rates onsome of the higher risk loans that have become increasingly popular -ARMs, interest only, negative amortization, etc. Under "normal" circumstances, wedprobably look at the Midwest rates and chalk them up tohigher-than-average unemployment rates (a very strong predictor offoreclosure rates) and lower-than-average house appreciation ratescoupled with weak housing demand. Another nice post from Jonathan Miller on his Matrix blog, "Foreclose Already So We Can Get Back To Normal" ( http://matrix.millersamuel.com/?p=568
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• 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 percent between Q1 2007 and Q1 2008 to the lowest level seen in the 17-year history of its purchase-only house price index. “These 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
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Defaulting on the American Dream: A Troubling Trend
  
  It’s true that foreclosures could have a negative impact on the housing market if they continue to increase at this rate.” Read the full report . Posted 01-29-2007 4:17 PM by Octavion Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trend A rising number of Americans — particularly those who took out riskier adjustable-rate and subprime mortgages — are increasingly defaulting on their loans, according to figures released this week by RealtyTrac , providing striking evidence that a growing number of borrowers are at risk of losing their homes.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• 8 Ways to Dodge Delinquency and Stopping Foreclosure - RealtyTrac
  
  Consult with a real estate attorney or an experienced real estate broker because reinstatement laws vary from state to state. Option #3: Forbearance One of the most overlooked foreclosure options a borrower has is forbearance. If you have enough equity in the house to allow you to pay off the mortgage in full, then a sale is usually your best option. Check out our NEW Features! Login Why Join? FREE Trial Feedback Help
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• California Foreclosures 2007: Steady As She Goes
  
  Still, enough of the prime indicators are projected to turn and remain negative — or slightly positive at best — this year to conclude that the flow of California foreclosures will at least remain steady. Only a slight uptick in job creation throughout California is expected, along with low housing affordability, a larger inventory of unsold houses, declining home prices, lower sales volume and less residential construction. Through November, RealtyTrac tallied nearly 130,000 properties that entered some stage of foreclosure in California alone during 2006; accounting for roughly 11 percent of the nation’s foreclosures for the same period.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Wachovia Changes The Lending Game
  
  Additionally, for all new loan originations, Wachovia is discontinuing offering products that include payment options resulting in negative amortization.” “This is one of the most-enlightened decisions by a major lender in the past 18 months,” says James J. If that happens, the Wachovia plan may well be responsible for saving tens of thousands of families from foreclosure.” Washington On Capitol Hill, both the House and the Senate have passed measures that would allow the FHA to insure up to $300 billion in special mortgages for those facing foreclosure. Wachovia Changes The Lending Game By Peter G.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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