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• Forecasters Change Housing Estimates for '07/'08
  
  The nation’s housing market is not cooperating the way analysts at the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., Likewise, housing starts are forecasted to drop from their recent high in 2006 at 1.8 The worst of the downward national housing price spiral is not over,” said economist had hoped it would. The drop in residential construction is steeper and over a longer time than many analysts had predicted.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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. Expectation is a key factor in the movement of the real estate market up or down. Are people being pessimistic about their local real estate market? 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. Chief among those —
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• California Home Sales and Prices Inch Up
  
  California Home Sales and Prices Inch Up October 16, 2009, Los Angeles Times California's housing market showed more signs of recovery in September, as the median sales price rose nearly 1 percent from August, to $251,000, a real estate research firm...( read more ) ...Tags: Tags: foreclosure rates defaults foreclosur
  Foreclosure Pulse - Friday, October 16, 2009
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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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• 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. Increasingly, real estate investors are relying on the Internet to locate, track and ultimately buy and sell real estate. But real estate investing, like sailing a ship in the open sea, is a science of proved principles and methods. Indeed, navigating the uncharted waters of the foreclosure process can be a perilous journey. Therefore, RealtyTrac has compiled The 7 Lost Secrets of Successful
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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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• 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. 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. are reporting consumer confidence among Californians at the lowest level recorded since it began tracking
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Clash of Cultures at CAR Expo
  
  The opening session of what is billed as “Tech Tuesday” at the California Realtor Expo 2006 provided a somewhat unvarnished glimpse into how some Realtors are responding to real estate websites that are lifting the veil on home valuations and other previously hard-to-find real estate data. In short, some Realtors take offense at such sites, which they see as giving consumers a false belief that much of the research involved in a real estate transaction can be done without the help of a Realtor. “I LONG BEACH, Calif. — I don’t think value is
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• How to Buy HUD Home Foreclosures - RealtyTrac
  
  Department of Housing and Urban Development (a HUD home) so long as they either have the cash in hand or can qualify for a loan to finance the purchase. HUD home foreclosures have already gone through the entire foreclosure process. HUD now has become the owner of the real estate. So it sells HUD home foreclosures through approved 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,
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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, and
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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