Posts Tagged ‘foreclosures’


Foreclosure Activity Slows

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

According to foreclosure-tracking firm RealtyTrac.com, the number of foreclosure notices dropped 2 percent between April 2009 and April 2010. 2 percent may not seem like much, but it’s the first time in the history of the RealtyTrac report that the annual foreclosure rate has dropped.

Trying to Time the Prices? Time the Interest Rates Instead.

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

I’m hearing a lot of buzz about people trying to time the market from a pricing perspective.  Reminds me a lot of people trying to time the stock market.  Looking closer at the fundamentals, most economists agree the market is bottoming out and prices will remain stagnant over the next 3-4 years.  This will be [...]

Multiple Offer Wave Makes Landfall on Foreclosures

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Our business requires us to purchase a lot of homes which we then perform extensive due-diligence and prepare for sale to our buying clients.   This means we need to constantly be purchasing homes from a variety of sources including; bank foreclosures, motivated sellers, and bulk REO sellers.   After being a real estate investor [...]

Investors Represent Only 13% of The Foreclosure Problem

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

According to a new study by the Nevada Realtors Association, 87% of foreclosures were from owner occupants, not investors.  Although this may be startling to some, it tends to make sense.   Lending to real estate investors wasn’t nearly as loose as it was to owner occupants.  I remember owner occupants being able to get [...]