Remodeling Checklists and Timelines

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Homeowners wanting to sell their homes are on tenterhooks these days, watching with avid interest as the market rocks and rolls. CNN reports that 85,000 homes in the U.S. were lost to foreclosure in October. Homes for sale, sitting vacant, are projected to remain on the market for six months or more, and sellers are [...]
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The Foreclosure Discount

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In today's real estate market, foreclosures abound. Is it time to cash in on the opportunity? As this article in the Wall Street Journal points out, finding a good foreclosure can be difficult.Banks don't like to advertise a home as "bank owned" but do provide lists of homes for sale on their websites. Search for "REO" (real-estate owned) on lenders' sites. Other sites to check include RealtyTrac.com, BankHomesDirect.com, and Foreclosures.com, all of which are for-pay sites. You can also ...
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A Holiday Foreclosure Nightmare

Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Ben) on under realty company, foreclosed property, cdo, foreclosure, nightmare, furniture |

I have heard tales of mistaken identity before, but this case takes the cake...and apparently everything else in the property. In a major foreclosure faux pas, a realty company had the condo of a woman cleaned out, mistaking her property for the real foreclosed property next door. The homeowner is now in a battle with the Realty company to either get all of her stuff back or be compensated. And since the company isn't coming back with her belongings (furniture, clothing, dish ...
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News: Mortgage Securities Show US Foreclosure Crisis Overblown: Credit Markets - Bloomberg

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Mortgage Securities Show US Foreclosure Crisis Overblown: Credit Markets
Bloomberg
The mortgage-bond market shows investors shrugging off speculation that the US is in the throes of a foreclosure-document crisis. Typical prices for bonds tied to home loans on which borrowers often failed ...
On Foreclosures, BofA Has Explaining to Do Wall Street Journal
BofA to partially end foreclosure halt Reuters
Bank of America plans to resume some foreclosures BusinessWeek
Financial Times  - BBC News  - Los Angeles Times
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