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Real Estate Sales Decline 7.2%
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11.3 Million Houses Underwater
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Home Mortgage Rates Grew â Mortgage Applications Down
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Foreclosures At All Time High
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Pseudo Government Entity Raised Its Discount Rate
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Itâs Not Over â Mortgage Delinquencies Continue Their Climb
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33 Months of Coming Foreclosures
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Obama Shifts From HAMP to HAFA, Why?
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Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Are Being Set Up To Fail
President Obama Announces Housing Rescue Plan
Lynn Murtagh a real estate broker who works for that Coldwell Banker Residential in Mesa said that 25% of the 3149 homes put up for sale are owned by banks. They are either repossessions or properties given back by borrowers who were not able to pay up their mortgage.
The number of homes up for short sale that is those sold at a lesser value is approximately 27%. This means that more than 50 % of houses on the market are distressed properties.
The Phoenix metro area has seen a rise in foreclosures and more than 6% have received a foreclosure filing during the year according to RealtyTrac. In the month of January alone according to current foreclosure statics, there were 1,079 foreclosures; this represents a 33% rise a year earlier and a staggering 318% rise from the same month in 2007.
Earlier in this decade, the whole area of Phoenix experienced rapid growth in real estate due to an increase in population and realtors from high priced places like California looked to spread out. Investors enriched themselves back then since prices for homes appreciated. According to a report by the National Association of Realtors, the average real estate prices in the fourth quarter of 2005 were close to 50% higher than in the year 2004.
Since that period however, the prices of homes in Mesa have dropped drastically. Price declines in several neighbourhoods are very severe. An example given by Murtagh is whereby people bought homes for about $225,000 in the year 2005 and they have now listed the same properties for $75,000.
Many recent home owners are now in a tight fix in their mortgages since they owe more than their homes are actually worth. This makes them increasingly vulnerable to foreclosure. During the housing boom, according to Murtagh, many Mesa home buyers opted for exotic mortgage products such as adjustable rate mortgage (ARMs), hybrid ARMs, no-doc loans and interest only loans which are now failing at an alarming rate. Many foreclosures are as a result of these unmanageable mortgages due to predatory lending and falling property prices than from the global economic crisis.
Job losses in the area have resulted in people falling back on their mortgages since many residents were employed in the housing industry either as construction workers or sales persons and other fields reliant on home sales. Murtagh is of the opinion that if the job losses could be stemmed, then many people would be able to stop foreclosure and keep their homes.
Report: California Foreclosures Drop 31% In January
It appears that some people are getting the promised benefits out of the various stimulus, recovery, and bailout plans that the government has passed in the last year. Though the government of California has been having an immeasurable amount of economic trouble lately, the state’s citizens are getting a small amount of recovery.
There were only 14,351 foreclosures in the state of January in California, as opposed to 20,952 foreclosures the month before. This number of foreclosures was the highest of any state in the entire country, but not the most per capital.
Nationwide, foreclosures are down by more than a quarter between the last two months. Despite these numbers, however, this may not be due only to a moderate recovery in the economy, as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac both have a moratorium on foreclosures (and they own fifty percent of the United State’s mortgages), which has a big effect, completely separate from the strength of the market.
Furthermore, some commercial banks have agreed to do this as well.
Many banks are allowing consumers to change the terms of their mortgages, which can seriously hurt the banks’ balance sheets, and pumps up these numbers in an artificial way. This process is called Loss Mitigation.
Finally, the California senate has implemented a law recently, which may have had a large effect, that requires any lender to contact a homeowner before they are permitted to begin any type of foreclosure proceedings.
Banks Use Penalties To Tie Down Current Mortgage Holders
In today's society, switching services can mean costing you more money. Everywhere companies have taken this business model and turned it into a reputable way to do business.
Companies are protecting themselves by selling you a cheaper upfront service, for your long-term business. In practicality this sort of commitment is a fair practice. But at what point to you does it overstep the lines of fair business? After all, free market capitalism is what we have long built our economy on.
Bankers everywhere are using contracts to keep you held down from searching for the most competitive price. They use penalties or a break funding penalty to keep people from breaking off their current agreement or mortgage. This can mean a very large sum of money by you the borrower.
Some banks are different but the typical bank wants three to six months of interest on a one to two year fixed rate loan. This means that a thirty year loan will be costing you additional interest payments just to break your agreement.
That is a lot of cash!
At what point does this simple practice teeter the unfair business practices?
Tumbling Home Values Boost Mortgage Defaults
The mortgage problem and foreclosures are very bad in the United States right now.Jobs are getting lost, home prices are falling, and the credit crunch is showing the horror of poorly taken and given investments and loans. According to the Foreclosures Canada Information Systems, there have been more foreclosures since November as in the six months before that, and and this is definitely getting worse.
The problem is confirmed by many other sources, including many of the banks falling victim.
Calgarians and Albertans are having an especially bad time of it. Calgary alone, a very small area, has more than 125 homes that are in the foreclosure process right now. It appears that much of the market is under water, and that everybody is falling victim.
In the past, few people who lost their job or had a drug or alcohol problem were foreclosed upon, many banks are finding that they must foreclose upon everybody. Many Realtors are finding that as much as fifteen percent of their business is now in helping banks to sell all of those homes that they find on their hands.
The Unprecedented Recession In The World Economy
The unprecedented recession in the world economy today seems to have hit every nation badly, though the percentage or the extent of damage may vary in each case. First it was believed that only the stocks were falling and the repercussions thereof would be redressed soon. But, as a wider panorama unfolded itself, it was discovered that not just finance companies but others too would face the cascading effect of the meltdown. Then followed housing loans and mortgages fiasco, credit card disillusionment’s, mortgage foreclosures in order to meet rising insecurities in the employment arena, so on and so forth.
Now, the bigger picture of the global meltdown is emerging. Mammoth commercial complexes that once housed hundreds of commercial establishments and looked unshakable, are slowly losing their clients who are moving to more affordable areas as cost cutting measures. Holding on to the prestigious address and location sheen seems to wearing off in the face of stark realities like layoffs and absence of contingency plans.
Landlords who once ruled the estate market are now pondering and are offering newer and attractive rebates to retain existing tenants. Vornado Realty Trust who apparently offered 10 months’ free stay to a tenant threatening to move out of One Penn Plaza at Manhattan is a case in point.
Another heart rending tale is that of 60-storeyed John Hancock Tower at Boston, the tallest building in New England, which has suffered heavy loss on account of severe fall in real estate price. The fact that it is being auctioned soon poses a very grim picture of the sad reality. The steep fall in its price from $1.3 billion to $700-900 million according to Associated Press, is shocking, to say the least.
According to Mark Goldman of San Diego State University, "a storm is brewing" in the commercial real estate industry and it is not just a storm in the tea cup as the adage goes.
No doubt, every company would want to carry a posh address on its card, but the sooner the harsh economic realities are confronted with , the better it would be for the survival to lend some semblance of balance to the current picture.
June Foreclosure Filings Up 53% From 2007
Home foreclosure filings are up 53% in June. This is the second straight month more than 250,000 homes have foreclosed. This is according to the latest report from RealtyTrac.
First of all, what is going on with the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac news. how will that affect the housing market? It could be huge. The real debate is held in the reforms will be and still have enough capital to do with a need to do to affect relief on the markets. If Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do not have the capital they need, foreclosures will go up. They are already up an enormous 53%, but down 3% from May 2008.
‘Unusual Circumstances’ and Foreclosing On Your Home May Not Ruin Your Credit
Foreclosing on your home may no longer ruin your credit rating because of ‘Unusual Circumstances’.
Foreclosing on your home may no longer ruin your credit rating because of ‘Unusual Circumstances’. With tens or even hundreds of thousands of homeowners loosing their house banks have to figure out how to handle this new dilemma.
You have to remember that lender have to lend and Americans are opting to walk away from homes in financial crunch. With millions of people all entering into the same exact financial and Credit situation it may not be good for the banks to wipe all these people from their potential client list.
Walking away from your home may no longer kill your credit. Obviously, this does not justify for anyone to walk away, however, the question remains.
How will the credit agencies and the banking institutions handle this new area of credit problems?
Foreclosure Fears - How To Emotionally Handle This Difficult Time
Managing the stress associated with foreclosures.
Recently APA did a study where found 40% to 60% of homeowners tie their self esteem directly with the mortgage and foreclosure problems they face.
It is important to remember that a mortgage is REALLY a business transaction.
If you are emotionally bleeding, if you are financially bleeding, let it go. It is OK if you have to sell your home, move and start over. Stress is bad and can hurt your health more.
Don’t wait till your back is up against the wall. If you sell your home, you don’t have to sell your self esteem, It’s OK. Alot of people are going through this.
Face your foreclosure because your foreclosure can have an impact on entire family.
Seek advice from professionals. If you chip your tooth, you goto a dentist. Right? If so, then why face your largest investment alone? Hire a loss mitigation professional today.
Home Foreclosures Up 35% From 2007
CNN.com recently stated, even with all the foreclosure prevention programs developed by the government, only about 30% of the homeowners can be helped. The reason is obvious. Why does any, for profit banking institution, want to take on the problems of another bank?
New number show home foreclosures up 35% from last year, with more than 6.35% of all home loans in the United States falling delinquent. This number does not include homes currently in foreclosure.
Manassas Northern Virginia hit hard where 1 in 20 homes are in foreclosure.
14.5% of all homes for sale across the US in April 2008 were the result of a foreclosure.
Fighting Foreclosure, Ed McMahon Owes Millions On Mansion
Stop Foreclosure To 100% Of A Homes Value
"We often discover a bank's ‘policies’ to
stop foreclosure differ from the law"
Homeowners run into sad realities once they discover their home is in pre foreclosure or foreclosure. Amazingly, Loss Mitigation can help stop foreclosure, perhaps up to 100% of a homes value.
Foreclosure begins when something really bad happens - loss of employment, the passing of a family member, illness, catastrophe, divorce, drug problem, separation, family crisis, gambling, etc. The results are heartbreaking and often add up to the loss of a home. A family is on the street and family members start to blame each other.
Meanwhile, lenders place borrowers in the hands of their collection departments and they are relentless, calling at all hours, both at home and at work. Some subprime lenders even call neighbors. A few "A" lenders strive to be helpful and offer to review your file to see if a program can help.
Unfortunately, for the most part, homeowners are unaware of the guidelines for these unfamiliar programs and tell lenders what they think they want to hear.
"Typically, we discover that the bank's ‘policies’ that stop foreclosure differ from what the law allows for. Since most people are new to the foreclosure process they can’t make their best case. It appears that banks take advantage of the fact that most homeowners are unaware of the process."
Since foreclosures are legal issues printed in local newspapers, homeowners will typically find some interesting folks drawn to their ‘foreclosure opportunity’.
Fifty or more attorneys write to say bankruptcy is the only way to save their home. Forget that bankruptcies commonly fail, as homeowners are required to pay all creditors, all those old IRS taxes, medical bills and credit cards long-forgotten.
Homeowners need to understand that their credit will be damaged for the next 7 to 10 years since both a foreclosure and a bankruptcy will appear on them.
Home owners need trustworthy professionals. Most homeowners are able to solve their financial troubles in a short time. They frequently can handle their bills but are $10,000 to $30,000 behind on their home loan and their lender won’t take partial payments. Often times, they have saved some money from the nonpayment but still are losing their home.
So how can you stop foreclosure for the 1,000,000+ families going into foreclosures this year? One at a time…
The answer for the majority of home owners is simple. "When people injure their foot they go to a foot specialist, when they are faced with legal matters they retain an attorney and they see a dentist for teeth care. The clear choice when confronted with a home foreclosure is to leverage the years of experience that a professional Loss Mitigation Specialist has". Not to mention the fact that this is the least stressful and most cost effective option. In fact, a good specialist will not charge for the first consultation, this will allow a homeowner the opportunity to see if they are candidates for the program.
There are several options for a homeowner in foreclosure and a stop foreclosure Specialist will uncover their best choice. Their vast understanding and skill set typically help home owners out of foreclosure 98% off the time. Perhaps some homeowners have enough equity to do a "foreclosure bail out" loan. Others may need the services of a real estate company that can work to sell a home in a timely manner to avoid foreclosure.
Lenders may offer a solution directly to a home owner but it is designed with the bank's best interest in mind and frequently requires borrowers to meet impossible underwriting guidelines. Typically they approve plans that are outside a home owner’s budget. "The trick is to force the lender to approve a plan that is in the best interest of the home owner and their ability to pay their mortgage".
The goal is to come out of the foreclosure as fast as possible and within a short time refinance with a "B/C" loan and this will improve your credit. Lenders can lend from 80 to 90 percent of a homes value once the foreclosure has been resolved. Within a year, home owners often discover they are qualified for an "A" loan once their credit has improved.
Stop Foreclosure with Loss Mitigation Programs
Loss mitigation programs were established by the federal government and the mortgage industry in order to stop home foreclosure.
Loss Mitigation helps foreclosure victims in default on their mortgages to find alternatives to home foreclosure. Every homeowner’s situation is unique and each lender has their own policies regarding the use of these programs to stop foreclosure.
Our extensive experience and solid working relationships with mortgage lenders allows us help homeowners avoid the common pitfalls that many encounter while trying to work things out directly with their lender.
After performing a thorough assessment of homeowners personal finances and analyzing lender’s loss mitigation policies our professional loss mitigators will negotiate with lender to get homeowner the best possible solution to home foreclosure problem.
We help homeowners save their home and credit history through a variety of loss mitigation options stop your foreclosure now.
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The program generally has 12 plans but 2 of them are the most dominant. The free plan calls for $25,000 per year and the premium plan calls for $250,000 per year. Under the business plan we guarantee that all premium Consultants at least earn $45,000 within the first 6 months or they get 100% upgrade fees returned. Since free Consultants do not invest any upgrade fees they do not share with such guarantees.
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Common Reasons People Go Into Foreclosure
COMMON REASONS: If a family loses their home in Foreclosure, it is easy to critically speculate and assume that they must have been irresponsible with the loan payments or they bought a home way out of their league. Despite the fact that those are possible reasons for foreclosure, truth be told that there are many other reasons people foreclose on a home and many times it is out of their control. For any reason that a person or family forecloses on a home, there is always hope and someone to help. This is why it is necessary for knowledgeable and equipped investors to be on their toes, ready to help those in pre-foreclosure or those who already are in foreclosure. Those who have defaulted on a loan could have suffered from any of many life changing events, such as the following:
Divorce | Divorce is a life changing issue and a split in a household can cause people to lose their home in foreclosure. A frequently used statistic today is that one in about every two marriages end in a divorce, and sadly its true. Divorce is undeniably a reality of our society today. Depending on who keeps the house is the determining factor of who will take over the monthly dues of the house. Unless arrangements are made in a prenuptial agreement, it is not a given who becomes the home proprietor and the legal process of a divorce takes time. The cost of a divorce itself can be the main cause of losing a home in foreclosure. Poor communication in a divorce is a factor which leads to unintended negligence and defaulted payments as well. Naturally, there are many different divorce scenarios that lead to home foreclosure.
Medical Reasons | Unexpected illnesses lead to a surplus of uninvited bills and many people can’t afford these expenses or do not have the insurance coverage to save them. Nobody plans to foreclose on their home, just like they do not expect to pay thousands of dollars in hospital bills. Ideally saving money out of each paycheck to cover potential medical expenses would be great, but that is not always an option. Many Americans live paycheck to paycheck, barely making the home loan payment. When a medical emergency happens within a family, the monthly mortgage payment is put on the back burner. Reason being that an illness can cause emotional stress, or disable someone from working (which leads to the next topic)
Job Loss | Job loss is a frequent cause of home foreclosure. The economy strengthens and weakens, and in conjunction with that the workforce moves up and down in numbers. As the unemployment rate goes up in a city it is safe to assume that foreclosure numbers will raise as well. Again, ideally one might hope to have saved enough money over the years to cover the home loan, credit card bills, electricity, etc in the case of job loss. However, this is not a social reality. The many Americans who have suffered job loss cannot pay monthly dues and they result with a default home loan, fall in to debt, and in many cases are foreclosed on by their mortgage lender.
Death | Death is single handedly the most detrimental happening for a person or family. Death can, in many ways, cause a family to lose everything; including their home to foreclosure. Take for instance, if the sole provider of the mortgage payments has died, then it is very likely that the rest of that family will lose their home in foreclosure. Unfortunately, the other spouse may be disabled or unable to work and sadly that person is in a seemingly out of control situation. This is where a qualified investor specializing in foreclosure will step in and help him/her get control again.
Conclusion | The reason a person or family goes into foreclosure is important for all to understand. As a homeowner one can be prepared for such a situation as the aforementioned, and as an investor, one can be informed as to what causes foreclosure and how to be of service. Death, job loss, medical expenses, and divorce are a few of the most common reasons people foreclose on a home. These factors are real and an everyday part of society.
Subprime Delinquencies Rising
Subprime Delinquencies Rising. Analysis and Discussion with Featured Guest Owen Fitzpatrick of Deustche Bank Private Wealth
Q and A: Buying a Foreclosed Home
Experts predict an uglier year in 2008 as home owners nationwide are increasingly likely to be forced into a mortgage foreclosure. However, experts are warning homebuyers that purchasing a foreclosed home may not be the best deal.
Foreclosures Fix
Ways To Avoid Foreclosure
September Foreclosure Filings Up 2%
Tennessee Sees 50,000 Properties In Foreclosure
Foreclosure Mortgage Mess. According to Realtytrac, some 50,000 Tennessee properties have been listed for foreclosure.
2 Million More Could Face Foreclosure
What Goes Up, Must Come Down
Residential properties that are in some state of foreclosure rose 30% in the third quarter and doubled on a year over year basis, to 446,726 units, according to new figures released by RealtyTrac.
Nevada had the highest foreclosure rate in the nation, with one filing for every 61 households.
After Nevada, California (one for every 88 households) and Florida (one for every 95) had the highest incidence of foreclosures.
California, though, saw its foreclosure filings quadruple to 148,147 incidences from those of a year earlier.
Other states ranking among the top 10 in foreclosures include Michigan, Ohio, Colorado, Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, and Texas.
A Government Bailout is Not the Answer
Focus on Subprime: A Government Bailout is Not the Answer. Interview with FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair: Poor Lending Standards and Weak Consumer Protections Led to Problems.
Even Realtors Are Not Immune From Foreclosure
Real estate agent Jon Vaughn discusses home foreclosure.
Foreclosure Rates On The Rise In Santa Maria
244K Foreclosures in August Equals Katrina Displacements
Analysis and Discussion with James Galbraith of University of Texas: 244K Foreclosures in August Equals Katrina Displacements. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke Speaks to NY Economic Club Tonight.
Nevada, Flordia, and California Top State Foreclosure Rates
Foreclosure Filings Up 99 Percent From September 2006
RealtyTrac(R) the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its September 2007 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 223,538 foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — were reported during the month, down 8 percent from the 32-month high in the previous month, but still up 99 percent from the number reported in September 2006. The national foreclosure rate for the month was one foreclosure filing for every 557 households.
RealtyTrac publishes the largest and most comprehensive national database of foreclosure and bank-owned properties, with over 1 million properties from nearly 2,500 counties across the country, and is the foreclosure data provider to MSN Real Estate, Yahoo! Real Estate and The Wall Street Journal’s Real Estate Journal.
"U.S. foreclosure activity experienced a fairly broad-based retreat in September, with 39 states reporting decreasing activity and national numbers down in all foreclosure categories — defaults, auctions and bank repossessions," said James J. Saccacio, chief executive officer. "Nevertheless, it’s important to note that September’s total was still the second highest monthly total we’ve seen since we began issuing our report in January of 2005. It’s too early to tell if September’s numbers represent a one-month lull or if they could signify that more buyers and investors are getting back in the market and snatching up discounted foreclosure properties, thereby providing a release valve for distressed homeowners and overwhelmed lenders."
Nevada, Florida, California post top state foreclosure rates
National Foreclosure Rate Was One For Every 557 Households
Interview with Rich Sharga of RealityTrac: We Don’t See September as the Beginning of the End in this Cycle of Foreclosures; California Had Most Foreclosures with 51,259; Truth of the Matter is That Borrowers are Going Into Default as Soon as They Hit Their Adjustments
The Good, The Bad, and The Foreclosed in Florida
Foreclosure Auctions: The Good, The Bad, and The Foreclosed• Oct. 12, 2007. 12:51 PM EST
If you’re in the market for real estate, now could be the time to buy. Right now, Florida is second in the nation when it comes to foreclosures.
Foreclosures Up 149% With Countrywide
Countrywide Financial had a 1.27% foreclosure rate on its servicing portfolio at the end of September, a 149% increase from that of the same period last year.
According to September operational figures released by the company, Countrywide serviced $1.459 trillion worth of loans at Sept. 30, which means $18.5 billion worth of mortgages it services are in the "foreclosures pending" category.
Roughly 5.85% of its servicing portfolio is delinquent. Countrywide funded $21 billion in loans in September, a 44% decline from the level recorded in September 2006. It also saw its employee headcount fall by 4,935 during the month, most of it, presumably, due to layoffs.
Mortgage Payments for Homeowners Facing Foreclosure Up 42%
Here’s Help for Rising Mortgage, Housing Costs
For many homeowners, an increase in monthly mortgage payments, growing property taxes or higher home insurance costs are making it more difficult to pay their housing bills.
Research by Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS) of Greater Atlanta, Inc. shows that homeowners it is counseling to prevent foreclosure report an average monthly mortgage payment of $1,573, a 42% increase compared to the $1,110 monthly payment reported in 2006. CCCS of Greater Atlanta is a nonprofit credit counseling agency that serves consumers across the United States.
Foreclosure Activity Decreases 8 Percent in September
Foreclosure Filings Up 99 Percent From September 2006
RealtyTrac(R), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its September 2007 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 223,538 foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — were reported during the month, down 8 percent from the 32-month high in the previous month, but still up 99 percent from the number reported in September 2006. The national foreclosure rate for the month was one foreclosure filing for every 557 households.
RealtyTrac publishes the largest and most comprehensive national database of foreclosure and bank-owned properties, with over 1 million properties from nearly 2,500 counties across the country, and is the foreclosure data provider to MSN Real Estate, Yahoo! Real Estate and The Wall Street Journal’s Real Estate Journal.
Forestalling Foreclosure
FORCLOSURES & THE ECONOMY
House Financial Services Committee - September 20, 2007Full committee hearing on "legislative and regulatory options for minimizing and mitigating mortgage foreclosures." Witnesses included Henry Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury; Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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