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• Buyers Come Out in Droves For LA Auction
  
  But in the end they were all there for the same purpose — a chance to purchase real estate in Southern California — Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties in particular — at a “bargain” price. REDC) drew an estimated 1,800 potential homebuyers and investors to the Los Angeles Convention Center recently in the sort of frenzied buying environment not seen since the boom days of foreclosures of the early 1990s. Some were dressed for business. Others were dressed like they were out for a weekend at the mall.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Separating the wheat from the chaff: legitimate foreclosure investors vs. scammers
  
  An article in the Los Angeles Times onTuesday documented the sad story of a defaulted homeowner who was thevictim of alleged foreclosure fraud. The homeowner said he was trickedinto signing over the title of his home by a scam artist who didnothing to stop the foreclosure and then took out another loan againstthe property with no intention of paying it off. Overall,the foreclosure rate in the Los Angeles region has The article goes on tomake the case that foreclosure fraud crime is on the rise. It is a crime thatconsumer advocates fear could become increasingly
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Crisis Sparks Surge in Arson
  
  In Massachusetts , there’s a growing concern that foreclosure arson is becoming a problem around the state as more and more properties are abandoned. In Colorado , a homeowner was convicted for setting his home on fire to prevent the lender from repossessing the property. “We’ve We’ve seen a dramatic increase in this kind of fraud,” Dan Bales, the head of fraud investigations at Mercury Insurance, told the Los In desperate times people resort to desperate measures. Facing foreclosure, some homeowners are setting fire to their homes for the insurance money.
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• Room Enough for a Catnap
  
  Hopefully the right time to pounce on a devastated market, timing the bottom of the market before the turnaround begins. Well, for one family it was the right time, an attractive property, and so they came off the fence and pounced at the opportunity of occupying a foreclosed property — quite literally, given that it’s a family of bobcats. And they apparently have good taste too since the property is located in what is considered In this lackluster real estate market potential homebuyers have been sitting on the fence, observing from the sidelines as the number of foreclosures keeps going up and home prices keep plummeting.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Fouls Up Sports Stars
  
  Two recent cases in point: record-setting baseball player Jose Canseco , and former NBA star Latrell Sprewell . Canseco, who first came to prominence as a right fielder with the Oakland Athletics back in the 1980s, has decided to walk away from his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Encino, Calif. The property has since gone back to the lender as an REO. It’s not just average Americans who are losing their homes to foreclosure these days. Even rich and famous athletes who earned millions of dollars during their careers can be subjected to the emotional
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
  
  What does all this mean to anyone looking to the nation’s foreclosure market for a home purchase? It means that there has never been a better time in recent history to get off the fence and buy that primary residence or investment property you’ve been waiting for. percent), while Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles, Detroit, Tampa, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. When reports of telltale economic indicators are released, if Wall Street perceives them
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  percent decline and Los Angeles with a 26.2 have access to credit have fat cash reserves aren't already over-exposed in real estate have a secure job or income stream expect to hold the property for at least two years" But be forewarned, prices are expected to fall further, and will take awhile to rebound, according to many economists. "I So were in a bit of limbo right now in terms of projecting where the trend is headed. Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3
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