Jim Ferguson, Palm Desert City Councilman received a foreclosure notice, which is the first step of the foreclosure process. Ferguson, an incumbent facing re-election November 2, said there is a pending offer for more than what is owed on the house, and quickly added "the sale of the house should not reflect on my ability [...]
For the fourth successive months notice of default filings are up in California. According to ForeclosureRadar August brought a 16.6% increase in the first step in the state’s foreclosure process. The same report, release by the tracking firm shows a 11.2% drop in foreclosure cancellation in August, and more homes repossessed by the lenders. ForeclosureRadar [...]
With short sales becoming ever more popular as an alternative to foreclosures, an alarming trend dampens the irrefutable success the process offers all parties. Of course the short sale process requires the approval of the lender. Large portion of the short sales have been severely hampered by lenders failing to respond timely to the short [...]
With the Eureka Short Sale Program the homeowner’s details are withheld from the market while the conditions of the settlements are being negotiated. Subsequently the property will never be marketed as distressed sale; it will be presented to the market based on its features, not on the vulnerabilities of the parties involved. So the Eureka [...]
While Eureka is able to negotiate an agreement with the timely approval of the lender then simultaneously utilize its immense marketing capabilities to off load the property is a tremendous value to a homeowners flailing in financial uncertainty. Since the property is not marketed as short sale it gives an instant boost in marketability. Real [...]
All categories of foreclosure, (freshly instituted foreclosures, foreclosures in progress, and completed foreclosures) experienced solid gains of almost 20% from Q4 in 2009. Clearly the legal system is being tested to the very boundaries of its capacity. With fundamental assistance from the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) loan modifications have increased slightly by approximately 5%. [...]
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RealtyTrac® recently published data shows that foreclosure homes accounted for 31 percent of all residential sales in the first quarter of 2010, and that the average sales price of properties that sold while in some stage of foreclosure was nearly 27 percent below the average sales price of properties not in the foreclosure process. Read full article
