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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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Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Dave) on under s real estate, wall street journal, websites search, lts, foreclosure, foreclosures, lenders, wall street, homes for sale, banks, real estate market |

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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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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Tagi: mortgage securities, wall street journal, bofa, bank of america, typical prices, credit markets, los angeles times, financial times, businessweek, throes, reuters, home loans, bds, foreclosure, borrowers, foreclosures, bbc, cr, bd, wall street