Foreclosure Spike Lures Prospectors To The Auction Option (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Step 2: After reviewing your updated credit file and finding that most or all the negative items have been removed, you may now focus on building a positive credit profile. Positive information will always outweigh a few negative items that may remain on your file.
Foreclosure Spike Lures Prospectors To The Auction Option (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Bargain hunters comb auctions for furniture, art, baseball cards ... and homes? Welcome to the latest stage in the troubled real estate market.
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Foreclosure gauge swells (The Charlotte Observer)
A national index of foreclosure activity almost doubled in July compared to the same month last year, reflecting a dramatic increase in the number of people struggling to pay mortgages. The RealtyTrac index, based on legal filings related to foreclosure, rose 93 percent over July 2006. There is no official or reliable count of foreclosures in the United States. But every available indicator has ...
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Would a Bush Bailout Save the GOP? (US News & World Report)
Bond manager Bill Gross says helping homeowners would create a new generation of Republican voters.
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Alabama foreclosure rate bucks national trend (Montgomery Advertiser)
BIRMINGHAM -- The rate of home foreclosures in July was not as severe in Alabama as elsewhere in the nation, according to a new survey, with fewer risky loans, a good economy and stable home prices credited by the industry with keeping the numbers down.
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California group asks state to intervene on foreclosures (Los Angeles Times)
California needs to slap a moratorium on home foreclosures that have hit their highest level in 20 years, consumer advocates said this morning.
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HUD meets with area leaders over problems 08/26/07 (News-Herald)
SOUTHGATE — A federal agency under fire earlier this year for failing to properly maintain hundreds of houses it owns Downriver has made some dramatic moves to correct the problem.
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Housing Bubble and Real Estate Market Tracker (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance)
A roundup of articles and data about the housing market.
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Activists to push new loan standards (Los Angeles Times)
State lawmakers' help is sought in protecting homes and borrowers. sacramento -- With California facing its highest foreclosure rate in 20 years, consumer advocates are pressing the state Legislature to tighten standards used by lenders for approving loans and help consumers already in danger of losing their homes.
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States Act on Subprime Mess (HispanicBusiness.com)
North Carolina's governor signed into law last week legislation that would limit the ability of mortgage brokers to charge customers bove-market rates and prepayment penalties and to protect subprime borrowers from abusive adjustable rate mortgages.
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Collierville Crossing Sells for $15.4 Million (The Memphis Daily News)
An 86,000-square-foot Collierville shopping center has been bought by a Jacksonville, Fla.-based company for $15.4 milli....
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Foreclosure Spike Lures Prospectors To The Auction Option (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Most people know that most creditors use credit report agencies for obtaining information on a person when they have applied for any type of financing. However, there are actually two levels of credit reporting agencies. There are three major repositories of credit and background information. They are Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. When someone obtains credit, the creditor reports the payment history to these repositories. This is usually done monthly but may be done on an irregular basis. These repositories simply accept the information as it comes in electronically and they DO NOT check the accuracy of the information.
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