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• Checklist for Buying a Bank-Owned REO Property - RealtyTrac
  
  CHECKLIST: For Buying a Bank-Owned REO Property Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Are you a real estate investor or homebuyer looking to purchase a bank-owned property? With the number of bank-owned foreclosures rising nationwide, there has never been a better time to purchase real estate owned by banks. REO Buying Checklist: Inspect the Property, Do a Title Search, Negotiate Payments and Rates, Evaluate the Offer,
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• A 'Dialogue' on the Housing Market
  
  Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University , the key concern is all those people who signed up for those “exotic” adjustable-rate mortgages in 2005 and thereafter. Still, owners of million-dollar properties, generally speaking, will normally have more cushion to work with in cutting prices and staying out of foreclosure than owners of the median-priced homes around the country, Saccacio concluded. Appearing on a recent episode of “Dialogue with Jim Doti”, RealtyTrac CEO James Saccacio cited a number of factors for the more than 60 percent year-to-year increase in foreclosure activity in September 2006.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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. Do your research... 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. At the Auction!
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• California Consumers Hit the Skids
  
  Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., 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. These concerns are genuinely justified in California, the state which has led the nation in total properties with foreclosure filings for 19 out of the last 20 months, according to RealtyTrac . Analysts at the A. are reporting consumer confidence among Californians at the lowest level
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Defaulting on the American Dream: A Troubling Trend
  
  properties entered some stage of foreclosure, up from 850,000 properties in 2005, according to RealtyTrac research . 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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• The 7 Lost Secrets of Foreclosure Investing
  
  Rapid and sweeping changes in the real estate market are altering the way investors and agents buy and sell properties — especially foreclosures. Therefore, RealtyTrac has compiled The 7 Lost Secrets of Successful Foreclosure Investing : SECRET #1: Secure Financing — Step one is obtaining a lender's written pre-approval letter before beginning to shop for a house or condo. Do you want to buy one house or 10? Increasingly, real estate investors are relying on the Internet to locate, track and ultimately buy and sell real estate. But real estate investing, like
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• MBA Numbers Mirror RealtyTrac Data:
  
  Looking ahead to 2007, the mortgage association expects delinquencies and foreclosures to continue on the rise at a “modest increase” over the next several quarters “as the housing market bottoms.” The MBA survey mirrors recent research conducted by RealtyTrac. More than 120,334 properties nationwide entered some stage of foreclosure in November, an increase of 4.1 The number of delinquent mortgage payments and foreclosures jumped in recent months, according to a new survey released today by the Mortgage Bankers Association . The MBA’s quarterly report — surveying more than
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• The Legend of Foreclosure Vandalism Grows
  
  The article claims that "real estate agents estimate that about half of foreclosed properties to be sold by mortgage companies nationwide have substantial damage, according to a new survey by Campbell Communications, a marketing and research firm based in Washington, D.C." And there are some real horror stories described by agents cited in the article: ferret droppings along the baseboards, walls pocked with holes, appliances and light fixtures ripped out, a trail of motor oil dripped on all the carpets throughout a house. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that more and more homeowners forced out of their homes by foreclosure are turning to vandalism to lash out in some tangible way in a situation where they feel powerless.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Realtors '07 Forecast Looks Promising for Future Foreclosure Activity
  
  If California’s economic indicators stay at their present course, 2007 should be a very good year for investing and purchasing foreclosure properties at bargain prices. At Wednesday’s Opening Session of California Realtor EXPO 2006, Leslie Appleton-Young, Chief Economist for the California Association of Realtors, presented her housing forecast for next year , calling for the state’s median home price to drop for the first time in 10 years and the pace of home sales to continue to decrease. LONG BEACH, Calif. — The CAR forecast also calls for a 2 percent drop in the state’s
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• How to Buy HUD Home Foreclosures - RealtyTrac
  
  How Can I Buy HUD Home Foreclosures? Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Search nearly 650,000 Foreclosure and Government properties. More than 1 million total properties including For Sale by Owner, HUD Home Foreclosures, Resale, and Home Auctions! Almost anyone can qualify... Almost anyone can qualify to buy a home owned by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (a HUD home) so long as they either have
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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