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A new study shows that home prices in the United States fell an average of 13% from the first quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2008. These sorts of drops are huge, and many fear that the housing market is in its worst decline since the depression era of the 1930's.

After years of rising home prices, prices have begun to recede, however, the number of foreclosures for sale have increased. In March 2008 the number of foreclosure homes increased 57% above the pace being set one year prior. Bank foreclosures and government foreclosures coupled with the new sub prime mortgage market are becoming a nationwide epidemic with an estimated one million homes to face foreclosure within the next year. Government Tax foreclosures and tax lien foreclosures traditionally were auctioned off 4 times annually. However, due to the staggering number of foreclosed homes in this market, these additional auctions are scheduled and with a record setting number of these repossessed homes being placed on the auction block.

According to a report from the National Association of Realtors, their Pending Home Sales Index fell by 1.9 percent in February to 84.6 - the lowest since 2001. This index is for "homes under contract for sale".

The Senate Foreclosure Prevention Bill that has been stalled due to arguments over provisions between Republicans and Democrats lately finally looks as though it is primed to move forward and be passed. Many are remarking that the longer the Senate stalled, the more pressure they came under to do something about the foreclosure situation. Now the two sides are working to put partisan politics aside and focus on aiding homeowners in foreclosure.

Sometimes when buying foreclosures, buyers will find that properties may have other liens held against them in addition to the mortgage default debt, and such properties are known as tax lien foreclosures. Tax lien foreclosures can be dangerous for buyers, because in buying them, they can sometimes become responsible for the debts themselves, and that can hurt your overall cost analysis, and ultimately negate the savings you stand to earn by buying homes on a foreclosures list in the first place.

Why should you invest in bank foreclosures when there is so much variety available in the real estate market across the United States? There is only one reason and that is: to save money & make profit. At the end of the day investors will buy property that will bring them some amount of profit and who wouldn't want to buy good real estate property for less than the market price. This is exactly the reason why so many people have started to look at investing in foreclosure homes as a serious business option.

Yes! You can find cheap foreclosures for sale. Many people will wonder how this is possible especially in the wake of skyrocketing real estate prices. Well! There is a lot of difference between the real estate market and the foreclosure market. In the foreclosure homes market, you can get a good discount while buying a home. The discount more often hovers between 10% and 20%. It is not a rare phenomenon to find a beautiful villa with a personal gym and a neat swimming pool for a price tag of $180,000 in an up-market locality. The market price of the same villa would probably be around $250,000. So you are able to actually save $70,000, which is a lot of money.

It is not really surprising that you would want to try your hand at real estate investing. Although it is strongly recommended that you learn about the industry before making any buying decision, investing in foreclosure homes will surely be worth all the work. When thinking of purchasing bank foreclosures for sale, there are at least three things you should consider.

Just like any other investment, foreclosure investing requires some degree of knowledge and experience. You can not simply decide to jump right in without knowing the basics of buying these bank foreclosures for sale for investment. Naturally, you have to start somewhere. It is not enough that you have the money to buy them. The question is - will they be worthwhile investments? Here are some of the advantages of purchasing these bank foreclosures.

The current real estate market condition in the United States shows a considerable rise in foreclosures rate. This means that many home owners have failed to keep up with their mortgage payments and gave up their home to foreclosure. Over one million homes succumbed to foreclosure in 2006, resulting to a large inventory of bank foreclosure properties. So what are these properties?

Foreclosure investing has certainly gone a long way. Compared to other forms of investment, real estate foreclosures have made many investors rich because of the tremendous return potential that these homes are offering. If you are thinking of investing in bank foreclosures, you should know the two most important factors.

For some time now, people have been discussing the effects of the large inventory of bank foreclosures on the overall market condition, the national economy and on the earnings of real estate buyers and investors. What people failed to look at closely are their effects on lenders.

For many months, news of increasing foreclosures rate have filled the mind many home owners, home buyers and real estate investors. The circus started more than a year ago, when interest rates of subprime mortgages began re-setting. In no time at all, thousands of home owners found themselves unable to pay their mortgage obligations. The rise in delinquency rate was staggering. At the end of 2006, more than one million owners have lost their home to bank foreclosures.

Bank foreclosures are actually one of the easiest and safest ways to buy foreclosures. Find out how.