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Real Estate is the playing ground for investors for profits – more than any field. And it is not a secret that U.S. real estate is reeling under the pressure of depression. We are not talking here about a home owner ardently searching for a home for their family to reside, although they too stand [...]
Written on August 24, 2010 | Posted in
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The problems faced by U.S. Real estate market is unquestionably due to growing unemployment. If you see right from the beginning, the difficulties U.S. economy faced somewhere from the start of 2006 were cyclic in effect – ballooning of adjustable rate mortgages; repayment installment going beyond the family budget; defaults; delinquencies; foreclosures; stoppage of inflow [...]
Written on August 10, 2010 | Posted in
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The half-yearly Foreclosure Report – released by Realtytrac – says there is a decline of foreclosure filings for the sixteenth straight month in the country. During the first six months of 2010, the total foreclosure filings number stood at 1,961,894. In essence – one in 78 housing units received foreclosure filings during this period. The [...]
Written on July 31, 2010 | Posted in
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Housing |
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It the direct aftermath of foreclosure crisis is hitting the housing markets, by flooding of foreclosure properties, the side-effect is bringing the construction industry to a grinding halt. When there are huge inventory of unsold homes, inevitably new home building had to take a back seat for want of buyers. The downward economy saw to [...]
Written on July 27, 2010 | Posted in
Commercial,
Foreclosures,
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When the foreclosure problem is thickening by delinquencies of financially down home owners, there is also another phenomenon springing up recently. Those borrower-home owners, who can well-afford to pay the mortgage payments are refraining from doing so, on their own accord. These defaults are known as “Strategic Defaults” and are causing concern to the mortgage [...]
Written on July 24, 2010 | Posted in
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First of all what is a Strategic Default? Defaulting in repayment of mortgage loan installments is widely occurring in the US, basically for financial reasons of inability. Millions of home owners find themselves in this precarious position, for assorted reasons such as – job loss; ballooning effect of repayment installments going beyond their monthly budget; [...]
Written on July 17, 2010 | Posted in
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Tax deduction on mortgage interest paid by home buyers, coming under high-end property market segment are happily enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of Americans. The homebuilding and real estate industry circles say the deduction is an important part of promoting homeownership. Yet financial experts have long questioned the link between homeownership and tax subsidies provided [...]
Written on July 13, 2010 | Posted in
Housing,
Luxury Homes,
Tax |
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Tax payers enjoy the benefit of tax deduction on the interest they pay on mortgage loans. The tax policies of government help reduce the cost of a home while buying, and millions of tax payers – especially those buying homes from the high-end property segment – are happily making use of this benefit, although it [...]
Written on July 10, 2010 | Posted in
Housing,
Lending,
Tax |
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The latest Move.Inc Homeowners survey has brought out many interesting facts to the fore. According to this random online survey, the present state of US economy has forced some homeowners to make serious sacrifices or changes to their lifestyle, since they wait for conditions to improve optimistically. Over two thirds of people surveyed – 69.1% [...]
Written on June 29, 2010 | Posted in
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The federal government has come up with one more program, in the series following Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) to alleviate the grievances of those – who have experienced a job loss; are behind on mortgage payments or soon will be. This is a supplemental program to HAMP took effect from April 5, 2010, which [...]
Written on June 26, 2010 | Posted in
Bail Out Plan,
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