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Delinquent Home Mortgages 21.3 Percent Higher Than Last Year; Foreclosure Rates at Record High

Dennis Norman

A report published by Lender Processing Services (LPS) analyzing homeowner’s performance on their mortgages as of February 2010 has some data that is encouraging but that data is overshadowed by data that shows the problems int he U.S. housing market are far from over.

Let’s start with the good news…

Delinquencies on home mortgages declined [...]

Update on Fed’s Foreclosure Prevention and Loan Modification Programs

Dennis Norman

Today the Federal Housing Finance Agency released it’s “Foreclosure Prevention & Refinance Report for the Third Quarter 2009“. This report gives data on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two-quasi-government agencies that either own or insure most of the home loans in the U.S., including how foreclosure prevention and loan modification [...]

Has the real estate market hit bottom? Is it time to buy?

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

Recent reports on the real estate market have been pretty encouraging and, in fact, many are suggesting the real estate market has hit bottom or is even beginning a recovery.  Some of the current stories I’ve seen are:

Stocks spike on recovery hopes- CNNMoney.Com - ”The report is basically telling us that the [...]

Foreclosures UP 32 percent in July from a year ago

By: Dennis Norman

There just seems to be no end in site for the sickening numbers of foreclosures we are seeing take place in the housing market.  While, from an investors standpoint, it seems like a “positive” in that foreclosures often present a good opportunity for an investor to purchase property at below-market prices however it’s really [...]

New law gives tenants in foreclosed homes additional protection

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

If you buy a foreclosed home that has an existing tenant in it you need to be sure you are aware of and comply with  provisions of the “Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009″.  The act went into effect on May 20, 2009 and provides the following protections for the existing tenant:

For [...]