Foreclosure Listings

Finding a Quality Bank Foreclosure List

October 29th, 2009 by Donald Hanz

The right bank foreclosure list can help you find a good foreclosure property at a very affordable price. Finding the right bank foreclosure list can be one of the most important decisions you make when you start looking for foreclosed homes, so make your choice carefully. Start by looking online. Most good lists are now available through the Internet. This is important because it allows you to search for properties at any time. It is also important because online lists are usually updated more often than print newsletters.

In addition to online foreclosure listings, look for listings that are professional. That is, look for listings that are updated very frequently. The foreclosure market changes very often and you will only get value from a foreclosure listing service if the properties are updated frequently. It is also useful if you can verify that a listing service offers accurate listings. Listing services complied by real estate professionals are often preferable just for this reason. Look for a foreclosure property list that has good customer service so that you can always get help if you need it, as well. All these signs of professionalism will ensure that your foreclosed property list is accurate and reliable for you.

In addition to these attributes, you will also want to find a bank foreclosure list with plenty of properties. The more comprehensive a list, the more likely you are to find a property that appeals to you. Look for a list that has plenty of currently available properties for your area. Especially look for a bank foreclosure list that offers many types of distressed properties, so that you can get a good sense of the overall foreclosure market for your area.

UN Rapporteur to Meet Renters of Bronx Foreclosures for Sale

October 27th, 2009 by Simon Lindsay

The United Nations Human Rights Council has appointed a special rapporteur who will meet with people whose properties are facing Bronx foreclosures for sale as part of the organization’s study of affordable housing in New York City.

Raquel Rolnik, the designated UN rapporteur on adequate housing right, will tour New York for about three days, together with some city officials and housing advocates, to hear the views of people who are suffering due to lack of affordable housing.

UN has been appointing independent experts to investigate and report on human rights conditions in various areas in the world. Rolnik, a University of Sao Paulo urban planning professor, is tasked to tour the city and six more places across the country and to report her findings on the progress and violations made on housing rights before the United Nations General Assembly.

If the report showed that there has been a violation of housing rights, the concerned cities will receive a letter from the UN asking them to intervene on the problem.

Included in Rolnik’s itinerary is a visit to Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards site to see the progress of the effort to use eminent domain to repossess property, Grant Houses of the New York City Housing Authority in Harlem to examine the living situation of public housing residents and to meet with renters whose properties are facing Bronx foreclosures for sale.

During a town hall meeting, some city residents complained about the deficient housing subsidies for people with AIDS, deteriorating public housing and landlord harassment among others.

Rolnik pointed out that affordable housing in the city is a misnomer because there is nothing affordable in the current housing market. She said that New York City is unusual in the sense that it took the responsibility to make sure that thousands of homeless people have roofs above their heads.

She said that it is about time that the city put affordable housing on the top of its agenda. After her New York City tour, Rolnik is scheduled to visit and examine the housing and living situations in New Orleans, Louisiana, Chicago, Illinois, Los Angeles, California, Washington, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and an Indian reservation in South Dakota.

One renter whose landlord is at risk of Bronx foreclosures for sale said that people with authority should be made aware of the fact that many residents have no one to turn to for help.

Loan Modification not Enough to Stave Off Bank Homes for Sale

October 27th, 2009 by Jason Westmann

The number of bank homes for sale continued to clog the housing market pipeline, pulling down home prices and values. In the third quarter of this year, foreclosure filings increased by 5 percent from the second quarter and 23 percent from the third quarter in 2008. The figures indicated that 937,840 houses were in some sort of foreclosure proceedings.

And looking at the numbers, it could not be denied that loan modification is not working as intended despite being touted as one of the most effective housing market recovery program of the Obama Administration.

Industry experts said that based on the progress made by the loan modification program in helping control the flow of bank homes for sale that is clogging the housing market pipeline, the program is not enough to help homeowners save their properties, especially those who are buried in debt and have little or no income to afford the monthly mortgage payments.

Experts said that the Obama Administration’s loan modification is designed to help distressed homeowners extricate themselves from the trouble caused by loose lending standards.

During the peak of the housing market, many homeowners took out loans against the increasing values of their houses and used the money to pay for other expenses. Others borrowed using loans that are adjustable and have no down payment to purchase properties that they could not afford otherwise.

Later, many homeowners found themselves missing monthly payments, especially when their loans adjusted to higher interest rates. Industry experts said that many homeowners opted to sell their properties. However, they found themselves willing to sale but unable to because home prices and values dropped below the market level.

And adding to the growing number of homeowners who are at risk of foreclosures due to loose lending standards are homeowners who have lost their jobs or their income have been cut.

A recent market study showed that 30 percent of delinquent borrowers will found some means to make their accounts current without help from lenders. Finally, despite loan modifications, as many as 45 percent of troubled homeowners will still end up unable to pay their mortgages again, usually within six months, and find their properties on bank homes for sale.

Atlanta Foreclosures for Sale Rose as Banks Posted Losses

October 26th, 2009 by Jason Westmann

Atlanta foreclosures for sale continued to grow in number as banks posted bigger losses in their residential and commercial property loan portfolios.

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Marriott Colorado Facing Bank Owned Property Listings

October 26th, 2009 by Peter Vernon

Marriott-branded real properties located in Fort Collins, Colorado are facing bank owned property listings. Last August, notice of demand for sale and election were filed in Larimar County on the properties which are part of the portfolio of Los Angeles, California-based Integrated Capital LLC.

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San Francisco Bank Foreclosures Growing with Prices Falling

October 23rd, 2009 by Jason Westmann

San Francisco bank foreclosures are still growing and prices are still falling, based on data released by a San Diego-based real estate research company and by information analyst Fiserv.

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Experts: Now Is the Right Time to Buy Bank Foreclosures

October 23rd, 2009 by Donald Hanz

In 20 metropolitan areas across the country, it is cost effective to buy bank foreclosures instead of renting. This is the conclusion of a recent study of housing markets in various metropolitan areas. Industry experts said that in the long run, it is cheaper to buy homes than rent them.

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San Diego Bank Foreclosures Slowing, but Defaults Rising

October 22nd, 2009 by Jason Westmann

San Diego bank foreclosures slowed in September, but mortgage defaults continued to rise as unemployment continued to be above the 10 percent level.
Based on a report from a California based real estate research firm, a total of 1,101 foreclosures were posted for trustee deed sales in September, marking a drop of 7.6 percent from [...]

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Rising Bank Foreclosure Listings, Homelessness in Michigan

October 22nd, 2009 by Jason Westmann

Many families in West Michigan who have lost their houses to bank foreclosure listings are driving the number of homelessness in the area. So far, 13,322 people are without homes in West Michigan.
Going around the Heartside District in Grand Rapids at night, one could see homeless people wander at highway underpasses or missions, roaming [...]

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Pittsburgh Bank Foreclosures Slow Down as City Flies High

October 21st, 2009 by Jason Westmann

Pittsburgh bank foreclosures continue to drop in number as the city continues its successful transformation from a place battered by the collapse of its manufacturing enterprises to a city flying high with its mix of growing steel, biotechnology and clean energy industries.

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