These are some very scary numbers. If you want into the market in Northern California you can now pick up property at almost half what it was going for a year ago."Despite an increasingly uncertain economy,...
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The NY Times, freakanomics blog writes:"These are the economic times that try men’s souls, and women’s too. In the past few months, a lot of people have seen their net worth fall substantially, and I’m sure...
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With this boiling economic crisis hurling across the country, the number of foreclosure homes have steadily risen for several months reaching a staggering 71% last September, instigated by an unemployment wave...
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The U.S. Treasury will name Neel Kashkari, assistant secretary at the department, to head the new Office of Financial Stability and manage the administration of the $700 billion bailout plan. Neel Kashkari is a...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 18, 2008) — The government-insured share of mortgage applications tripled in the past year according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. Of all mortgage applications accepted during the month...
It seems that the tough times in the market are still not over. If you check out the data gathered from the month of July, it shows that foreclosure filings increased by 8 percent from the previous month and 55...
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Sitting at the heart of the national housing crisis, the Central Valley in California faces new foreclosure challenges as the prices of basic commodities rise and household incomes contract. This situation is...
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Residents and local officials of Phoenix have really something to worry about. According to the latest data, there was a 534 percent increase in the number of foreclosure filings for the first half of the current...
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Less than two hours before her home was scheduled to be auctioned, a Massachusetts woman decided to commit suicide by shooting herself. This unfortunate news shocked Americans and forced many to think if it is a...
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Established a year ago, HOPE NOW is an alliance comprised of mortgage lenders and private advocacy groups with a primary objective of providing assistance to troubled homeowners in order for them to avoid losing...
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The falling house prices caused by the real estate foreclosure crisis have pushed thousands of US homeowners to negative equity. Negative equity is when a home owner owns a home that is worth less than the value of...
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The UK has been hit by a similar housing crisis that it is affecting the US. Specialists have predicted that if the crisis is not stopped at the beginning it could be far worse than the US foreclosure crisis, as the...
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The foreclosure crisis has affected thousands of homeowners, lenders, builders, as well as students who cannot qualify for student loans due to the high standards posed by mortgage companies. It seems that now its...
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This week, we look at an award only money could buy, how a Pentagon investigation isn't bad for business, and who thinks struggling homeowners are whiny. In "Six Degrees of Spin and Fakin'," we look at the checkered...
I write as a member of an organisation called 'Citizens of Europe' and enclose underneath relevant parts of our newsletter. More gloom for property owners here on the Costa Blanca, I'm afraid to say !
1. In a new section of the National Law on Land (Ley del Suelo)...