Billions

Mortgage buybacks may cost banks billions click

Trillions???? are Zillions next?click

Bank of America back foreclosing:click

Where will it end?click

foreclosure folly

local lawyer in the crosshairs:click

Bank blunders:click

Key word, "worst recession since the 1930's"click

American death spiral:clickwarning crass language.

buyer beware...

thinking about picking up a steal in a foreclosure?? what's to preventing this happening to you...click members of the million dollar bank donation club. how would like to be the investor who purchased and rehabbed ?

Here's a more local million dollar donation club member.

click after the lender bought it back for 323k since no one else apparently would. parts and pieces reportedly still are turning up missing. last week it was reported an electric gate. the former owners purchased for 200k and managed to leverage over 1 million in "donations" from banks.

Chinese drywall:

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From bad to worse:click

Foreclosure fun

this foreclosure mess is a whole lot bigger than anyone wants to talk about in my opinion. First there are the buyers who cant buy: click then there are the lost commissions to the used house salesmen, and oh yeah what about the non performing asset on a banks books?

could this indeed bring down the banks? could the overload of inventory when it finally... reaches the market, over stress the court system and put prices in a death spiral?? good questions.

then there are the title issues. click

we read about some guy that bought a house in Dade I believe that was a short sale only, paid cash and the bank still proceeded to foreclose because of faulty paper work. He ended up with expensive legal bills and still no house. be careful out there. we wouldnt be surprise if this happens again due to faux paperwork.

Foreclosure law firm in question: click

Foreclosure mess could unhinge market... gee ya think ? click

old news still relevant: foreclosures could ruin florida:click

free rent, free house

This foreclosure faux paus could indeed ruin Florida, what's interesting on this page, the mortgage had not been paid in two years and the owner want's to leave on her own terms... say what ?... I am missing something here. click

South Florida bankruptcies up over 49%.. psssst... over here. You aren't going to get a free house, you will stall the proceeding and buy time. click

Or how about one in 5 homeowners will default, death spiral of home prices?click

Foreclosure folly

can you imagine, the amount of foreclosures, the system being halted coupled with recasts in Aug of this year which will ultimately become more foreclosures beginning around December???click

this message says it all... “It is my opinion that this may be a lull before the next storm,” said McCabe, who is widely quoted in the national financial press as an expert on South Florida's real estate market.

then there's the inventory problem,
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Mad max mentioned all the time plunger alert. lower than cost to build 9 years ago.
previously sold for 710 now 3 something? gee I want to step right up, as "this is a great time to buy, prices will never be lower".....

Foreclosures folly could ruin Florida

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chaos

foreclosure fun, seems paper shuffling, etc. one congreeman wants to halt all foreclosures in florida:click

piles of chaos;click how about the willing particpants, like the publix clerk who qualified for a million dollar mortgage?

Flippers folly

Here's one: click apparently the seller who purchased it from a bank for 400k last year, believes the recession is officially over and the property is now worth 295k more. purchase here: click how bout those 15k year taxes eh......we found one outstanding mtg for 300k. I guess he didn't get memo that I got from the local used house salesman.

Oh look, I like this guy, he predicts a fall in prices: click

more free houses???click

Plunge Alert

asking 390k, waterfront, short water Deerfield: click

price history: Price Reduced: 08/14/09 -- $610,000 to $595,000
Price Reduced: 09/09/09 -- $595,000 to $470,000
Price Reduced: 10/12/09 -- $470,000 to $430,000
Price Reduced: 12/03/09 -- $430,000 to $427,000

purchased in 03 for 397k.
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Flipper folly??

short sales

I also wonder about this click

they left one source out, greed:click

Free money and free homes:click
we love the comments

zero property tax:click

just for fun we looked at the palm beach foreclosure calander for october 5th,
there are 104 sales that day :click

someone who has trying to get me list my house with them wrote: "The market continues to be polarized. We’ve got lots of inventory….and few buyers. According to (redacted)’ research, this condition is projected to continue for the next 3 -5 years minimally." .

Flippers

3-5 years sell for double?click we think they are in for a huge surprise.

foreclosure folly:click

broward leads in foreclosure filings:click

Let it fall

we have to agree:
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and we just figured this out now....click

foreclosures:click just wait. the catch me if you can aug 2010 recasts should be hitting about now.

HELOC hell?click

Pending home sales

here's a well put little chart with an eye opening view:click

deliquencies rise:click

old listing, new news, remember 3701 N.E. 34th. paid 775k had a bunch of
plaster architectural features? anyways zip sent me a note it was being adverted as a short sale with asking of 599. dont see it now. someone bought it no doubt,
here is original purchase:

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Property taxes to increase; click

Hope you had a fun weekend. will try and publish at least twice weekly. wrist still painful.

Plunge Alert

Exisitng home sales plunge; imagine that...




Homes no longer a path to wealth :click 20 years????existitng home sales

Fla realtors get bp dollars:

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McMansions

are now ixnay in Fort Lauderdale:click

Huge mess coming:click

15 signs headed for total collapse:click

my view, in about 60-90 days from now, those recasts that are happening will start the foreclosure ball steaming along. All those catch me if you can, loans will now be
escalated to points unpredicted.

more foreclosures of builders:

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Plunge

what goes up.... must come down....click

mcmansion ville horror??click we love the comments

Foreclosure fun:click

appeal deadlines:click

27%

foreclosures and other events caused home values to plummet:click

Economic problems from foreclosures:click

Federal reserve and foreclosures:click

Florida foreclosures the bigger they are:click

get the lead out, new rules concerning homes built before 1978. click

Drywall litigation heats up:click

trapped

19 percent of all home owners trapped:click

More foreclosures could cause double dip recession:

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Home flippers back:click

first chinese drywall case gets 2.5 million:click

My my

prices in McMansionville tank:click love the comments.

Glug glug: underwater:click

Fell upon this auction site, not sure about it as I havent had the time to research it: click

Biggest losers: LHP....click

sellers

unhappy with realtors:click

here's a list of significant foreclosures, seems Ocean Bank wants their money:
click hotels, condos, you name it. impressive list.

New tax on sale:click

Foreclosures

Oh lookie Florida is first again;click

wait till the end of August when all those exotic interest only catch me if you can loans recast....

oil causing problems for us all:
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thanks for ref for Pam. will give her a call. Seems nobody is buying the pigeon holes in south beach:

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case shiller

prices increase in So. Fla. click

Thanks 140 re 51 st. interesting, the seller signed an option to sell in Feb of this year and buyer must have not exercised option,

click I read about all sorts of issues with lead with homes built before 1978 if my memory serves me correctly. has to do with paint. expensive as I recall. not that this had anything to do with this situation.

real estate listing here:
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speaking of LHP. I sent one of those used house salesmen in LHP an inquiry. told them I might be interested in renting one of their listings. told them I was a home owner with a paid for home, and good tenant etc. self employed. net worth over 1 mil.
never heard back. imagine that. I will remember should I have a need for future services in that area to be sure and avoid this company. typical. times must be ultra good in lhp for the used house salesmen. I will however write the owner directly should I have further interest. Thinking about renting my house and renting out a house further south. want pool, dock, etc. don't want to decrease my standard of living as they say.

Max's mcmansion seems typical. Was out in wellington today on an errand at the mall.
nobody there. I wonder if the city of wellington is still employing janitor fish for the plethora of green pools. no doubt they are.

wrist getting better

Ms. J.

zip

here's a nice little chart from zip showing Florida the worst place to sell a home.
surprise surprise click

death

of blogs ???click

Mortgages

here's a nice little chart:click

3 more years:click

bank repos up..click