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• July Foreclosure Report
  
  foreclosure activity in July increased 8 percent from the previous month and 55 percent from July 2007, according to the RealtyTrac Foreclosure Market Report released today. View state-by-state details . That is in contrast to REOs accounting for just 16 percent of all activity in July 2007, while defaults in July 2007 were still at 41 percent and auction notices were at 43 percent. U.S. Bank Repossessions (REOs) accounted for 28 percent of all activity during the month, while defaults accounted for 41 percent and auction notices accounted for 31 percent.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• FDIC Selling Off Detroit Inventory
  
  So it’s no wonder that it has no time to play nursemaid to a bunch of foreclosed real estate in foreclosure-laden Detroit, Mich. With one in every 176 households receiving a foreclosure filing during July, the Detroit metro area had the 18th highest foreclosure rate among the 230 MSAs reported by RealtyTrac for the month. Reporting 4,781 properties with foreclosure filings for the month, the Detroit metroplex saw a The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is having no trouble keeping busy these days.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• The $3 Billion Foreclosure Payday
  
  You may not know who John Paulson is, but you soon will. In July 2006, the ABX index began with a value of 100, but it soon fell to 60 and Paulson’s profits began to pile up. And things are looking even better in 2008 for the doomsday trading titan as real estate prices tumble and foreclosures spread like wildfires. Last year, Paulson made $3 billion betting on foreclosures . That puts the Wall Street hedge-fund manager among the top 150 richest Americans.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• A Small Silver Lining in Q1 Foreclosure Storm
  
  Dispatches from Detroit indicate that free-market forces may be the catalyst. That in turn allows lenders to start unloading foreclosure inventory, easing a heavy burden that has been weighing down the citys housing market. Different forces may be at work in Philadelphia, helping that citys foreclosure rate remain relatively low. Foreclosure sales originally scheduled for April and May will be postponed until at least July. While foreclosure activity in the first quarter of 2008 was up on a year-over-year basis in 90 percent of the nations 100 largest metropolitan areas, according to the RealtyTrac Q1 report issued today, there were a few notable exceptions that could prove to be a harbinger of hope for the nations battered housing market.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• I'll Take Sour Cream and Chives
  
  Nowadays, I may have to add a side of presidential politics too! RealtyTrac’s latest numbers released this morning show that the top five states with the highest number of foreclosure filings in July accounted for 55 percent of all foreclosure filings in the country. (see This is really just the gearing up for the real race which will most likely get intense in earnest after the first of the year. No butter for me. Personally, I like my hot baked potato covered with sour cream and chives.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from their peak in July 2006. "There percent from July 2007, the smallest annual decline among the 20 cities tracked in the report, followed by Dallas, which reported a 2.5 Does this make it a good time to buy real estate? percent from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today. Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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