Sounds like a good title for a horror flick doesn’t it? However it’s a reality show!
The Wall Street Journal reported today that the major banks are revving up the big foreclosure machine again.
The brief respite wasn’t due to any change in market fundamentals or because the banks were simply being nice but rather because of an “agreement” … a moratorium if you will on pursuing foreclosures. It seems that the big banks wanted to see what the big plan Obama had for cleaning up this mess, obviously they have lost faith. They’re not alone!
- J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co., Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac all say they have increased foreclosure activity in recent weeks. Those companies say they have lifted internal moratoriums which temporarily halted foreclosures.
- We’ve talked to reps at GMAC mortgage who have told us to be ready for a deluge of activity in the market as they begin churning forward on the backlog of defaulted loans.
- Citigroup Inc. says it stopped all foreclosures until March 12, at the Obama administration’s request, on loans serviced for Fannie and Freddie. Since then, says a spokesman, it has reverted to our previous business-as-usual.
- Wells Fargo has also increased foreclosure actions since the expiration of its foreclosure moratorium. Both Fannie and Freddie have stepped up sales of foreclosed properties since their moratoriums ended on March 31.
- More than 2.1 million MORE homes will be lost this year because borrowers can’t meet their loan payments, up from about 1.7 million in 2008, according to Moody’s Economy.com.
Obviously all of this additional foreclosure activity will result in loads of additional inventory hitting the market and potentially causing home prices to dip yet again. Darn economic laws of supply and demand!
No, we have not hit bottom yet. Not by a longshot!
So what’s next, another round of handouts to banks? Who knows. What I will say is that this further underscores the feeling that we have been advancing that this is truly the BEST REAL ESTATE MARKET EVER!
Our Buyers are ecstatic. We are seeing banks being EXTREMELY aggressive in pricing and liquidation. We’re taking orders from across the Country and from across the pond from Buyers who aren’t at all afraid of being Capitalists.
If your interested in buying that home that you thought wasn’t affordable or if you are looking to expand your present portfolio of holdings, I can show you deals that will astound you. Each week we are featuring the Fort Lauderdale Real Estate Deal Of The Week and last week’s DOW sold in 8 hours!
Can you believe it? In this market we have homes selling in just hours. A lot of people are whining about the economy and the housing market. I’m tired of hearing it.
As we all prepare for the big rush to the post office for the annual governmental donation, how about participating in your own little “real estate tea party’ and tell yourself that you’re tired of people reaching in your pocket.
The banks need us to liquidate these non-performing assets and the abundance of wealth building opportunities is only going to grow in the coming months. Be prepared, get educated and give me a call if you’d like to exploit this opportunity for all that it’s worth!
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I just finished writing a blog article explaining Illinois Senate Bill 2513 which was signed into law in April. Essentially this is a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures in IL.
In IL foreclosures are motionless. Homeowners are receiving Notices of Default in a Certified letter. Are given the option to seek counseling at a HUD approved office and are trying to modify loans with their lender based on the Obama plan.
What will happen in the next 90-days is unsure. I expect we will also begin to see a rise in foreclosures as banks begin to accelerate the foreclosure process.
It is true that those who have liquid assets are in a position to buy. However, on a broader note, it is the banks that are quite literally starving people and who have a strangle hold on the government. So, the news is good, but let’s not fail to recognize that the debt money system does not work and hurts people who are using debt to pay for things, including mortgages, and it will be the cause of bigger and bigger financial ruin with each contraction that takes place in the economy. It’s on path headed for destruction.
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Hi Dominic..you make a good point. However as a buyer who seizes upon opportunity sometimes I overlook that some are really getting hurt. Thanks for the perspective.
Wells Fargo and all these banks are guilty of mortgage fraud. Why don’t we settle all this right now and just put a addenum to every foreclosure in every state in the United States of Wallstreet and give them the right to foreclosure of every loan. But at the same time let us make it a conditional foreclosure which simply states that foreclosure proceedings are final but are subject to lawful recourse that any such bank and or any lending agency and or financial institution shall agree and PAY AN AMOUNT TO EQUAL THREE (3) TIMES THE AMOUNT OF ANY FORECLOSURE THAT WAS GRANTED indefinately thereafter and at any time such Mortgage is proven to be fraudulent and or illegal, THEN LETS SEE IF WARREN BUFFET AND BILL GATES WHO OWN Wells Fargo Robbers Inc.are wiLling to put their money where their big lying mouths are. Down with Wall Street period. People it is now or never and you better believe it. Whether you are an investor in these crooked lying WallStreet idiots or whether you are a victim of their lying arrogant tryanny wise up now and get away as fast as you can! You all go ahead and blame. You go ahead and blame OBAMA or blame anybody you want, but the blame rides on every money making scheme asshol* that exsists on WallStreet and any or all takers of their money and all Senators, Congressmen, or any other political associate who takes their lobbying money and makes laws and benefits their cause as a reward. America has been bought and sold thousands of times by these assholes. How long are we going to sell America to these asshol*s. Stop this madness for monetary gain? Think about America and what it should stand for. But then again you probably want just the money don’t you? Well go ahead and pass all your gains on to you children for their extended benefits. But don’t be surprised if these Wallstreet money sucking Bastar*ds don’t all ready have it in greedy little pockets.