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Posted on 04 December 2008. Tags: 3 years, affordable housing, AZ, case shiller index, fannie mae and freddie mac, freddie mac, free market economics, home buyer, large portion, liquidity, lows, mortgage applications, mortgage industry, mortgage rates, phoenix, recession, stock market woes, us treasury
We may not be here yet, BUT, we are much closer than you may think. In an effort to stabilize the steep and continued and what seems to be an accelerating decline in real estate prices, the US Treasury announced (yesterday) that is in talks with the now Government run entities Fannie Mae and Freddie [...]
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Posted on 30 September 2008. Tags: arizona, credit crisis, fannie mae, freddie mac, home buyers, home sellers, lehman brothers, mesa, paradise valley, peoria, phoenix, phoenix real estate, Scottsdale
We all know that it has been a difficult time for Phoenix Real estate. Homeowners from Mesa to Scottsdale to Peoria are having a difficult time selling homes. As a result, values of homes in Phoenix area have dropped as much as 30%. To make matters more difficult for Phoenix area homeowners the fallout of [...]
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Posted on 20 September 2008. Tags: arizona, bank owned homes, bank owned real estate, ben bernanke, carfree, chandler, day trading, fannie mae, fannie mae and freddie mac, financial bailout, foreclosed homes, foreclosure sales, foreclosures, fountain hills, freddie mac, GEO, gilbert, Glendale, government owned real estate, great depression, greater phoenix, lender owned homes, maricopa county, massive initiative, mesa, north scottdale, north scottsdale, paradise valley, peoria, phoenix, phoenix area, phoenix scottsdale, price declines, real estate, reo, Scottsdale, short sales, thursday news
In Phoenix, Scottsdale and the other cities we are flooded with short sale, bank owned real estate (REO), lender owned homes, foreclosure sales and foreclosed homes. The glut of homes in Phoenix area market have caused Phoenix home prices to drop as much as 30% for Maricopa County (greater Phoenix). In Scottsdale, North Scottsdale, Carefree, [...]
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Posted on 17 September 2008. Tags: 30 year fixed mortgage rates, american insurance group, arizona, bernanke, Carefree, chandler, consumer confidence, fannie mae, Federal bailout, federal open market committee, fixed mortgage rates, fountain hills, freddie mac, gilbert, Glendale, greater phoenix, maricopa county real estate, mesa, mesa chandler, new home builders, new home construction, paradise valley, peoria, phoenix, phoenix real estate, real estate, real estate boom, Scottsdale
Dear Mr Bernanke and the members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), Phoenix area (Maricopa County) real estate is suffering. The decline in Phoenix area housing has had a crippling effect on the Phoenix economy. Unemployment within the Phoenix real estate industry including Realtors, loan officers, mortgage brokers, appraisers, inspectors, new home builders, title [...]
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Posted on 15 September 2008. Tags: arizona, bankruptcy protection, bear stearns, depositor, fannie mae and freddie mac, federal bankruptcy, fountain hills, freddie mac, global consortium, goldman sachs, great depression, greater phoenix, international involvement, lehman brothers, lofty heights, morgan stanley, national crisis, paradise valley, phoenix, phoenix arizona real estate, Scottsdale, us taxpayer, weekend emergency
Phoenix, Arizona real estate has fallen from its lofty heights of 2005. Prices have fallen nearly 30% for most areas of greater Phoenix, except Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and Fountain Hills which have fallen about 10-15%. Earlier this year, the first major investment bank, Bear Stearns was approaching bankruptcy and the Federal government stepped in and [...]
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Posted on 24 August 2008. Tags: cash offers, condominium, fannie mae, fha loans, first time homeowners, fountain hills, freddie mac, lease option, lease purchase, loan application, payment assistance, phoenix, Scottsdale, tempe
I have been writing short sale nightmare stories in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Peoria, Fountain Hills and Tempe for some time. I have shared stories about banks ignore offers that request Down Payment Assistance. There are banks that will only accept cash offers. I have spoken about lenders wanting additional monies for buyers using FHA loans. I [...]
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Posted on 23 August 2008. Tags: bailout, bear stearns, CMO, fannie mae, First National Bank of Arizona, foreclosure, freddie mac, GSE, indymac, mortgage lending, phoenix, predatory lending, real estate, Scottsdale, tempe
Phoenix home prices are down nearly 30%. Scottsdale home prices are dropping. Phoenix area Condo project sales have stalled and are revering to rentals. Foreclosures rising by staggering amounts in Maricopa County. Many Arizona Builders are drowning and Bankruptcy is the only life preserver. Liar-loans and sub-prime mortgages are may total more than $100 [...]
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Posted on 06 August 2008. Tags: alt-a loan, bank america, bank failure, bank of omaha, Chase, fannie mae, fdic, first national bank, freddie mac, Housing Stimulus Legislation, interst rates, loans, mortgages, phoenix, real estate, risky loans, scottdale, wells fargo
The (FDIC) shut down Arizona’s largest Arizona’s based bank. Based out of Scottsdale, First National Bank of Arizona , (the self-described” home of the Alt-A mortgage“), a specialist in lower quality mortgages was taken over by Mutual of Omaha. A link from the First AZ web site immediately forwards to the Mutual of Omaha site [...]
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