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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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• 2007: Housing Slowdown Good for Foreclosures
  
  Housing starts are expected to remain down in many parts of the country, due to increased marketing time and inventories of unsold homes that grew from a 3.7-month supply in 2005 to a 7.3-month supply in 2006 at the national level. Mortgage rates increased 15 percent between 2005 and 2006, but economist and Chapman President James L. 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. housing market into a full tailspin, according to
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• March Goes Out Like a Lamb
  
  Even with the drop, over 100,000 new properties entered some stage of foreclosure in March, and the foreclosure rate still represented a 63% increase over March 2005. There is just too much inventory out there, especially in the previous hot markets such as Phoenix and San Diego. A glimmer of hope or the calm before the storm? Whichever way you choose to view it, the good news is that the national foreclosure rate dropped by 13% in March, according to the RealtyTrac U.S.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Waning Confidence a Concern That May Help Foreclosures
  
  If these concerns fuel a downward spiral, home prices could drop significantly, resulting in a loss of homeowner equity (which in itself could have serious economic repurcussions) and an increase in the inventory of foreclosure properties. Experts like Doti see this scenario as unlikely. And unless something fairly dramatic happens to cause the housing market to take a dump like it did in the early 1990s, the chances are that folks looking to the foreclosure pipeline for significant deals are going to have to broaden their search for properties. With coverage from over
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Activity Deflating or Just Deferred?
  
  quot;The year-over-year increase of more than 50 percent indicates we have not yet reached the top of this foreclosure cycle," he said. As can be seen in the chart below, the default and auction categories experienced double- and triple-digit YOY percentage increases for much of 2007. But the increases in those categories started to slow down in 2008. U.S. foreclosure activity in June decreased 3 percent from the previous month but was still up 53 percent from June 2007, according to the RealtyTrac U.S.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• A 'Dialogue' on the Housing 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. Our concern is with interest rates not going down, with wages growing very slowly, employment growing slowly, we’re going to see increases in Notices of Default and ultimately foreclosures. Chief among those — local economic conditions, poor planning for the future by home buyers, and rising interest rates. Now the stage is set.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Don't Dump Investors
  
  Because investor properties lost to foreclosure will continue to flood the market, driving down all home values. Long-term holders of real estate have commonly benefited from property prices which have increased faster over time than the rate of inflation, thus creating increased buying power and real wealth. In the latter group we have second homes and investment property. Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller    When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge companies and massive stock brokerages theres
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Foreclosures and Hurricanes: A Nasty Combo
  
  The Institute of Business and Housing Safety is reporting that the increasing number of abandoned or vacant foreclosed homes is so great as to generate real concern for the oncoming hurricane season this year. The potential for damage to other homes and personal property, along with the hazardous danger of bodily harm involved, may give support to the idea being promoted in many cities, counties and states around the country to hold lenders liable for maintaining the foreclosed properties in their REO inventory until they are sold. The fallout that followed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 left many Gulf Coast residents homeless or facing foreclosure — or both.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Too Soon For a Comeback
  
  The NAR tried to be positive about the nation’s situation earlier this month in stating that, “Existing home sales could start to show a sustained increase within the next few months.” Home inventory continues to be a huge problem for the Realtors, currently up to a 9.9 According to the official statement of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), a monthly increase At present it does not appear that there is enough evidence yet to declare that a market comeback is in the offing. The bottom line is that no one can say anything with 100 percent certainty given
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
  
  But increasingly there are signs that the foreclosure problem is spilling over into wealthier areas, where prime borrowers — and even high-end real estate developers — are rapidly falling behind on their construction loans, mortgage payments, property taxes, auto loans and credit cards at an alarmingly fast pace, according to industry analysts, economists and real estate brokers . In a lot of the bubble markets — like Miami, Palm Beach, San Diego, Las Vegas, Orange County and the Inland Empire in California — we are going to see an increase in the number of high-end foreclosures
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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