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Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
Of all the mortgage ideas developed during the past few years, none tops the option ARM for sheer awfulness. 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 with results that will be devastating to borrowers, loan portfolios and local home values. How They Work Formally known as "payment
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Florida Homeowners Overconfident Despite Foreclosures?
Results of a new study released last week by Attorneys Title Insurance Fund (The Fund) suggests that Florida homeowners are feeling pretty good nowadays about the value of their homes and the potential for those values to rise further in the future. Their least concern: falling victim to mortgage fraud -- even though the survey says that Florida is the top state in the nation for such fraud (something that is, unfortunately, always associated with real estate investors working in the foreclosure arena). Their biggest concern: being hit by a hurricane. Between those two extremes,
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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California Tops PMI's Risk Index
Seven out of the 10 riskiest housing markets in the nation for home price deflation over the next two years are located in California, according to the Winter 2007 PMI U.S. Studying the 50 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the nation, scores increased for 34 out of the nation’s top 50 over a year earlier, with an average score of 342. Of the top 50 metros, 19 face a more than 50 Market Risk Index just released by the PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. Based on a 1000 point scale, that score translates into a 34.2
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • California Tops PMI's Risk Index
    Seven out of the 10 riskiest housing markets in the nation for home price deflation over the next two years are located in California, according to the Winter 2007 PMI U.S. Studying the 50 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the nation, scores increased for 34 out of the nation’s top 50 over a year earlier, with an average score of 342. Of the top 50 metros, 19 face a more than 50 Market Risk Index just released by the PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. Based on a 1000 point scale, that score translates into a 34.2
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • The Trickle Down Effecting High-Tech
    The prolonged housing slump is having a measurable effect on the overall economy, and not just on home furnishings and housing supply chains (like Linens N’ Things, which recently filed for bankruptcy protection). Results of a survey conducted during the fourth quarter of 2007 by The NPD Group , a market research firm servicing the retail sector, revealed a direct correlation between areas hard hit by the housing crisis and a marked decrease in the sale of consumer electronics — like LCD televisions and notebook computers — and related products such as printer
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Florida Homeowners Overconfident Despite Foreclosures?
    Results of a new study released last week by Attorneys Title Insurance Fund (The Fund) suggests that Florida homeowners are feeling pretty good nowadays about the value of their homes and the potential for those values to rise further in the future. Their least concern: falling victim to mortgage fraud -- even though the survey says that Florida is the top state in the nation for such fraud (something that is, unfortunately, always associated with real estate investors working in the foreclosure arena). Their biggest concern: being hit by a hurricane. Between those two extremes,
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
    Of all the mortgage ideas developed during the past few years, none tops the option ARM for sheer awfulness. 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 with results that will be devastating to borrowers, loan portfolios and local home values. How They Work Formally known as "payment
    www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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