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Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
If Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collapse the result would be the wholesale destruction of the national mortgage system; a virtual halt to home sales because few local mortgages would be available; soaring interest rates because few loans would be available and a level of losses throughout the economy unseen since the Great Depression. The huge problems at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were supposed to be resolved with new management and revamped accounting, but no resolution could revolve a basic issue: Private mortgage buyers are always at a disadvantage when competing against Fannie Mae
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
New York Versus Freddie Mac: Round One
New York Versus Freddie Mac: Round One By Peter G. Miller It’s fight time in New York. On one side is newly-passed state legislation which sets tough standards for subprime and “high cost” loans and on the other is Freddie Mac, which says it won’t buy such loans in the state after September 1st, the day the new law goes into effect. This is a big deal because if New York lenders can’t sell mortgages to buyers such as Freddie Mac, they simply won’t make such loans. You can guess what happens next:
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes By Octavio Nuiry, RealtyTrac Staff Writer Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited briefly from favorable financing. The rising trend of prime delinquencies among the wealthy poses a new threat to a battered housing market, which McCabe and others specialists claim is in a recession or heading towards one. “The next two years
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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New York Foreclosure Laws
New York Foreclosure Laws New York foreclosures are handled either in court or out of court, although court foreclosures are more common. New York foreclosures can take up to 15 months, which is longer than most other states. Compare All State Foreclosure Laws New York Overview Judicial Non-Judicial Process Period Sale Publication Redemption Period Sale/NTS
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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New York Versus Freddie Mac: Round One
New York Versus Freddie Mac: Round One By Peter G. Miller It’s fight time in New York. On one side is newly-passed state legislation which sets tough standards for subprime and “high cost” loans and on the other is Freddie Mac, which says it won’t buy such loans in the state after September 1st, the day the new law goes into effect. This is a big deal because if New York lenders can’t sell mortgages to buyers such as Freddie Mac, they simply won’t make such loans. You can guess what happens next:
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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U.S. Foreclosure Laws
Knowing the process in your state will help you adopt a more effective investing strategy and avoid procedural pitfalls. State Foreclosure Laws Quickly locate and review the foreclosure law specific to your state � or any state you�re considering investing in. Select A State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Avoid and Stop Foreclosure - Help at RealtyTrac
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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$15.75 million pre-foreclosure purchase of Don Johnson's home
A last-minute pre-foreclosure sale last week allowed actor Don Johnsonof televisions "Miami Vice," to avoid foreclosure on his Aspen, Colo.,estate, estate, according to an article in the Aspen Daily News . "Don Johnson may have saved his Woody Creek ranch frombeing sold Wednesday at a foreclosure auction, but it was because thecelebrity unloaded his 17-acre property Monday for $15.75 million,according to records at the Pitkin Shaw Laminar Lending Inc., which lent Johnson $10.6
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Bank-Repossession Beat Continues in March
And for the second month in a row, the number of bank repossessions, or REOs, was up more than 100 percent year over year. The implication: while significantly more homeowners are falling into foreclosure, there is an even bigger increase in the number of homeowners already in the process who are losing their homes to foreclosure — whether through the typical foreclosure sale mechanism or whether by pre-empting the public foreclosure sale through what is called a deed in lieu of foreclosure. The lender also has to agree to the DIL arrangement, which may involve clearing out
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Subprime Market Sinking Further Into the Abyss
The latest victim of its own success is New Century Financial Inc. As a result, the lender’s stock on the New York Stock Exchange (Symbol = NEW) plummeted almost 70 percent. As this story continues to unfold, real estate investors, homebuyers and industry professionals are some of the legitimate sources of salvation for homeowners who may now be facing not only higher mortgage payments, but the sale of their loan servicing contract to a totally different lender who acquires it in bankruptcy. The latest developments in the subprime lending market should have the entire real estate industry up in arms (figuratively and literally).
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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FBI: Mortgage Fraud Begets Foreclosure
The correlation is apparent in the report’s list of the top states for mortgage fraud: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Utah. If not caught, the flipper pockets the profit produced by the artificially inflated sales price (see diagram below from FBI report). The report goes on to pinpoint “foreclosure-rescue” scams as an emerging form of fraud that takes advantage of the growing number of homeowners in default. “The perpetrators convince homeowners that they can save their homes from foreclosure through deed transfers
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure "Megatrends"
Sales are down. Here are some “megatrends” that may develop in the months ahead. In a presidential year, Uncle Sam and politicians nationwide are rushing to unveil new and bolder schemes to unravel the foreclosure crisis. As federal, state and local government weighs in of the rising foreclosure mess, look for new plans to halt the foreclosure train wreck. Foreclosures are rising. Home prices are falling.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes By Octavio Nuiry, RealtyTrac Staff Writer Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited briefly from favorable financing. The rising trend of prime delinquencies among the wealthy poses a new threat to a battered housing market, which McCabe and others specialists claim is in a recession or heading towards one. “The next two years
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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