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• Home Prices Fall Deeper Into the Abyss
  
  The S&P figures for May show declines in all 20 metro areas reported for the second straight month — nine with record lows and 10 in double digits. percent from a year ago, while its composite 20 metro areas also reported a record yearly decline of 15.8 percent), Los Angeles (-24.5 Homeowners across the country may be feeling a bit like Mel Brooks’ character from his movie “High Anxiety” now that Standard and Poor’s has released its May numbers for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices . In the movie, Brooks’ character
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• History in Sen. Dodd's Favor, But Nothing Else
  
  time when politicians come out in droves to complain to the American public about pork-barrel spending and the massive red tape involved by increased Washington bureaucracy. formed in the 1930s to deal with foreclosures, the new agency would assist homeowners in refinancing their subprime mortgages — many of which are now resetting at much higher interest rates, resulting, in many cases, in foreclosures, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times . It’s a presidential election year. A
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• Mayors Predict Rising Foreclosures in 2008
  
  Mounting home foreclosures will lead to “profound” effects on the economy next year, bleeding billions of dollars in lost tax revenues, shrinking job growth and reducing consumer spending in the nation’s major metropolitan areas, according to a new report released this week by the U.S. Prepared by forecasting and consulting firm Global Insight , the report said weak residential investment, lower spending and income in the construction industry and curtailed consumer spending because of falling home values will combine to hold back the nation’s economic activity. Conference of Mayors .
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• When Foreclosure Is Not Politically Correct
  
  politician. Multiple media outlets are reporting that U.S. Located in the upscale Curtis Park neighborhood of Sacramento, the property has gone through the foreclosure auction process and reportedly been purchased by Red Rock Mortgage for $388,000, a far cry from the $535,000 Richardson paid for it back in January 2007. At the time of sale Richardson allegedly owed her lender, Washington Mutual, more than $578,000 thanks to the 100 percent financing used to purchase the home and the additional fees and Typically when you read about a politician and foreclosure, it’s in relation to some piece of legislation created to combat the recent surge in foreclosures.
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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. Canseco owed Washington Mutual more than $2.5 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 highs and lows of
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• Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
  
  When reports of telltale economic indicators are released, if Wall Street perceives them as bad, the market takes an immediate tumble. But when the indicators reported come is as expected, the reaction is generally good and we see an uptick in market activity. Four real estate industry related reports have already been released this week, and Wall Street has reacted. When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. So it is with real estate.
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  quot;Little positive news can be found when cities like Las Vegas and Phoenix report annual declines as large as -29.9% quot; Las Vegas and Phoenix posted the two biggest annual declines in home prices of the 20 metro areas tracked in the report, followed by Miami with a 28.2 percent decline and Los Angeles with a 26.2 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.
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