42 Articles match "Houses","Sales","Short"

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• Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Fell Less Than Forecast
  
  metropolitan areas declined less than forecast in the year ended in July, a sign the housing slump that led to the worst recession in seven...( Tags: foreclosures short sales housing foreclosure filing Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Fell Less Than Forecast September 29, 2009, Bloomberg News Home values in 20 U.S. read
  Foreclosure Pulse - Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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• Who’s Modifying Mortgages?
  
  With Foreclosures Rising, Why is Housing Market Improving? Christian Science Monitor The US housing market shows signs of progress, even in the face of a rising and record tide of foreclosures. Tags: foreclosures Underwater short sale On its face, that sounds incongruous. All those loan defaults...(
  Foreclosure Pulse - Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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• Are Short Sales Really the Next BIG THING?
  
  If you believe the hype, it appears that the next phase of the housing market recovery is going to rely heavily on short sales to help remove distressed properties from the home sales pipelin
  RealtyTrac Article Library - Friday, October 30, 2009
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• How a Short Sale Can Stop Foreclosure, Short Selling Bank Foreclosures - RealtyTrac
  
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  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• New Tax Law Spurs More Short Sales, Expert Says
  
  For real estate investors looking for pre-foreclosure bargains, a new federal law could unleash a torrent of short sales as struggling borrowers facing foreclosure unload their over-mortgaged homes to avoid huge tax bills on capital gains. HR 3648 , or the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act, signed by President George W. Lucier , means more struggling borrowers will consider selling their homes to investors through short sales. Bush on Dec. 20, helps people whose homes are in foreclosure by canceling taxes on any mortgage debt that has been forgiven by their lender.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Tips for Buying Short Sales from the Lender
  
  With more and more sellers unloading their homes for less than what they owe on their mortgages, now is a good time for investors to start negotiating “short sales” with lenders . Next, when you talk with the lender's loss mitigator, you'll want to find out three things: • Will the lender agree to a short sale; • What additional information they'll need to complete the process; • Request the “payoff quote schedule,” which is what the lender thinks they are owed. Real estate investors can find good deals as long as you are aware of the extra time and work required to make it happen.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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. 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 and Chapman President James Doti in a press release distributed Tuesday . “Our Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., had hoped it would.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• 2007: Housing Slowdown Good for Foreclosures
  
  housing market into a full tailspin, according to forecasters at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. That means 2007 should be a good year for anyone involved in the foreclosure sector of the market — whether they are real estate agents, potential home buyers or real estate investors. Some highlights of the Chapman forecast: The sky isn’t falling, but housing prices are projected to decline 2.2 Housing starts are expected to remain down in many parts of the country, The cooling real estate sector will continue to plague the national economy next year, but enough positive economic fundamentals remain in place to counteract forces threatening to push the U.S.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Betting Everything on the House: 3 Risky Loans to Avoid
  
  Falling prices, sluggish sales and risky loans that let borrowers pile up debt faster than they can pay it off could put more homeowners out of their houses this year than at any other time this decade. The loan then readjusts periodically in tandem with often volatile short-term interest rates. Buyers who intend to own a home for a short time, or can handle Yet many homeowners — particularly in California, Florida and Colorado — are still purchasing or refinancing their mortgages with “exotic” loans that may keep their monthly payments low now, but when these gimmicky loans “reset” upward borrowers could lose their homes if they haven’t planned for an increased monthly mortgage payment.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures and Home Price Appreciation
  
  Take a look at this chart based on RealtyTracs foreclosure statistics and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversights House Price Index . Posted 01-10-2008 7:59 AM by darenb Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends Comments
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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