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Distressed Portfolio Transactions? Be Patient…..

Oct. 14, 2009

Tagged with: distressed homes, market, portfolio, real estate, reo, sales, valuation

Another week went by, we prepared valuation models for three distressed single family portfolios we bid on and were rejected by the seller for being to low. In today’s market we need to submit... [Read More]

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The End of the Moratorium on Foreclosures

May. 25, 2009

Tagged with: brokers, distressed homes, foreclosures, housing market, loan modifications, mortgages, real estate, reo, sales

The end of the unofficial moratorium on foreclosures, combined with rising unemployment, signals that the REO housing market is only just beginning.

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Mortgages, Housing Market and Loan Modifications

May. 8, 2009

Tagged with: brokers, distressed homes, foreclosures, housing market, loan modifications, mortgages, real estate, reo, sales

Mortgages, Housing Market and Loan Modifications

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Lessons from a REO Portfolio Transaction

Apr. 23, 2009

Tagged with: brokers, distressed homes, foreclosures, investment, real estate, reo, sales

Lessons Learned from a REO Housing Portfolio Transaction

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90 Day Residential and Commercial REO Trends

Apr. 15, 2009

Tagged with: brokers, commercial real estate, distressed homes, foreclosures, investment, real estate, reo, sales

Tracking market interest in the REO market over the past 90 days

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The Housing Investment Rush of 2009/10?

Mar. 30, 2009

Tagged with: distressed homes, foreclosures, investment, real estate, reo, sales

Indications are small local investors recognizing opportunity are buying properties, installing renters, setting the stage for a housing recovery.

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Private Investment Stimulates the REO Market

Mar. 26, 2009

Tagged with: investment, portfolio, real estate, reo, sales

Private investment efficiently bringing REO housing to market is showing early signs of stimulating housing sales around the country. Good news in this decidedly downtrodden economy

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When Greed Overrides Fundamentals

Mar. 2, 2009

Tagged with: banks, credit, economy, real estate, technology

Rising real estate prices extended the value of collateral, encouraging growth, and slowly banks increased their holdings of real estate backed loans. This increase in the price of real estate resulted in an excess in the supply of credit for real estate

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Banks Gamble on Real Estate and We Lost

Feb. 27, 2009

Tagged with: american dream, banks, economy technology, real estate

Real estate markets are in flux. The key question looking over the wreckage in the capital markets is whether real estate risk should have ever been defined, and transacted as it has been done in the public securities markets?

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Real Estate Booms and Banking Busts

Feb. 26, 2009

Tagged with: american dream, banks, economy technology, real estate

Real estate busts have happened throughout our countries history and are in fact, PREDICTABLE. History demonstrates real estate booms have often ended in banking busts. When banks over capitalized real estate; markets become overly optimistic.

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