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Don't Dump Investors
It appears everywhere and is never challenged, as if real estate investors are somehow disposable players in the foreclosure mess. However, none of these efforts are a silver bullet that will undo the excesses of the past years, nor are they designed to bail out real estate speculators or those who committed fraud during the mortgage process. Why is someone who invests in real estate a “speculator” while corporations that Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing out giant banks,
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality
But that’s about to change because registering mortgage loan officers is now the law of the land. But the real story is different: Mandatory registration will potentially allow mortgage investors worldwide to rank loan officer performance — and to refuse deals from those with high levels of foreclosures and delinquencies. Seen another way, the new law makes mortgage lending more transparent, something which will reduce foreclosure rates, cut lender losses and make mortgages National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality By Peter G. Miller
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Missouri Foreclosure Laws
allows a mortgagee to commence foreclosure actions in the circuit court in the county where the real estate is located against the original mortgagor, any persons who assumed the indebtedness, junior lien holders or judgment creditors, others claiming an interest in the real estate, and people having right of possession. Non-Judicial Foreclosure Typically, Missouri foreclosures are non-judicial because a contractual power of sale is valid in Missouri, a state which allows the use of Deeds of Trust to grant a security interest in real estate. Missouri Foreclosure Laws In Missouri, foreclosures are handled both in and out of court.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Glossary of Foreclosure and Real Estate Terminology - Realtytrac
Million Foreclosures
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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 a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today. Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5 quot; Las Vegas and Phoenix posted the percent from their peak in July 2006. "There quot;There are signs of a slow down in the rate of decline across the metro areas, but no evidence of a bottom," said David M.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Will Homeowners Sink or Swim?
And prices of existing homes fell in August for the first time in 11 years as sales dipped to their lowest level since early 2004, according to the National Association of Realtors . The next big wave of news may be a true real-estate slump, as hundreds of billions in adjustable-rate mortgages reset, making it even more difficult for homeowners in depressed markets to meet higher monthly payments. Many American homeowners — initially attracted to low teaser rates on those “exotic” ARMs and sub-prime loans — now find themselves swimming upstream in a desperate attempt to remain financially afloat.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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UCLA: Crash and Burn Unlikely for National Economy
The nation’s economy, driven mostly by the real estate sector, has been flying at Mach 1 in clear blue skies for a number of years. Home sales and housing starts, the report estimates, will both drop (12 percent and 26 percent respectively) with home prices declining on a year-over-year basis as the economy heads for a soft landing. For investors, real estate agents and potential homebuyers looking to RealtyTrac’s radar screen Now, however, some clouds are starting to appear on the horizon, and as air currents are changing, pilots are starting to throttle back and slow things down a bit, and distressed homeowners are belted into their seats as they find themselves in for a more bumpy ride in the foreseeable future.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Fed Pauses to Pass the Popcorn Around
The bond market — which called for the Fed to take a breather from making further adjustments — went unchanged for the day, and the real estate industry — which believes the market is in the midst of a major period of correction and headed for a soft landing — breathed a momentary sigh of relief. The problem is, in Tuesday’s press release the Fed noted the slowing growth rate of the national economy, directly commenting on “the gradual cooling of the housing market and the lagged effects of increases in interest rates and energy prices.” Alan Greenspan started directing this movie more than two years ago when he made the first of 17 consecutive edits (so-called “adjustments”) to interest rates, raising them 25 basis points each.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Don't Dump Investors
It appears everywhere and is never challenged, as if real estate investors are somehow disposable players in the foreclosure mess. However, none of these efforts are a silver bullet that will undo the excesses of the past years, nor are they designed to bail out real estate speculators or those who committed fraud during the mortgage process. Why is someone who invests in real estate a “speculator” while corporations that Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing out giant banks,
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Foreclosure bargain for summer home of JFK's grandfather
A post last week on The Real Estate Bloggers recounted how the former summer home of President John F. Kennedys grandfather sold for a bargain price at a Feb. Kennedy’s grandfather sold at auction at a steep discount Tuesday for the price of $950,000. The assessors office 28 foreclosure auction . The Hull, Massachusetts home of John F. The home had been fraudulently purchased by Jamie Edelkind who was sentenced for 5 years in jail.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Ohio Lawmaker Seeks Solution to Foreclosure Level
And for subscribers to RealtyTrac — albeit investors, real estate agents or potential homebuyers — Ohio is a land of opportunity right now. Mortgage delinquencies continue to rise, the number of single-family permits are declining, the rate of home price appreciation is below the national average, and the state’s median home price declined in Q1, although home sales were up 6 percent for the quarter One news report on the outcome of the meeting has witnesses placing blame squarely on easy lending practices, which is the same story heard in many states around the country
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Realtors '07 Forecast Looks Promising for Future Foreclosure Activity
If California’s economic indicators stay at their present course, 2007 should be a very good year for investing and purchasing foreclosure properties at bargain prices. At Wednesday’s Opening Session of California Realtor EXPO 2006, Leslie Appleton-Young, Chief Economist for the California Association of Realtors, presented her housing forecast for next year , calling for the state’s median home price to drop for the first time in 10 years and the pace of home sales to continue to decrease. LONG BEACH, Calif. — The CAR forecast also calls for a 2 percent drop in the state’s median
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures in Money's 'Best Places to Live'
Money’s writers and editors selected from an initial pool of 745 “livable” cities with populations of more than 50,000 with good jobs, low crime, quality schools, plenty of open space, lots to do, AND rational home prices. 2) Sugar Land, Texas; 4) Columbia and Endicott City, Md.; This list in Money magazine, supported by data acquired from RealtyTrac, is a prime example Money magazine came out last week with another of its Top 10 lists; this one called "America’s Best Places to Live 2006 ." And the winner is . . .
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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