[AsburyPark] Foreclosures...

2008-10-23 Thread oakdorf
A total of over 851,000 homes have been repossessed by lenders
since August 2007.

Add to that the number of homes builders are going to lose to other
buidlers (who are stockpiling land for the future). Builders and
developers have stockpiled land for years and years. That's how their
success was achieved. not to say that some developers who purchased
land and got approvals weren't successful, but alot of problems now
are from those developers or developers in training who purchased high
with long approval processes and missed with high cots, given the
housing market.

Kara is one example. Then drive out to Lakewood/Jackson. Paramount has
a huge project with exactly one house on it and all the infrastructure
in place. There's quite a few projects in Mon and Ocean county in
process or all approved that will not built anytime soon. The guys
with the money will scoop up the land and sit. 

I think Dan said it best and it's something we learned in every biz
class...

The laws of supply and demand. 

That's why builders build in Phases . (creates demand)

Phase I sold out buy now before the price increases in Phase II
Grand Opening of the last building...the Monterey...

Builders also have to build in Phases when the bankers are nervous.
Sell out Phase I and pay us, and we'll fund you for Phase II.

Many people purchased homes not to live in, but to invest in. I think
my parents once in 39 years in their house, talked about moving up 
to Wayside. I think my ears are still ringing from my father talking
back. So when my wife sent me an email showing me a house in Toms
River on the water with the line maybe we should sell our house and
move here...

Are people losing their primary house because the invested in a
second home? Did people overpay, supersize it, take out a crazy loan
or believe they can get the rent the realtor told them would cover
all your expenses..

Not all realtors know what they're talking about
 - they might not own their own home
 - they may have never developed a property or for that matter,
rehabbed one or picked up a paint brush.
 - they may have never had to pay a mortgage or taxes or insurance
 
not taking a shot at anyone, but the truth is, YOU have to take the
responsbility to know what YOU are doing. YOU are the one who is
signing - not the feds, the realtor, the attorney, the morgtage
broker, apparaiser, underwriter or the seller of the property. In the
end, none of them really give a shit if you can make it or not. I
think I am the only idiot that asks questions like that. So if someone
says I want to buy a condo for an investment, you'll get an earful and
likely walk away unless you have that exta money.

Train time.








 








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[AsburyPark] Foreclosures Under Investigation

2007-11-05 Thread Mario

Adapted from Borrowers Face Dubious Charges in Foreclosures - New York
Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/business/06mortgage.html?hp=pagewant\
ed=all  , November 6, 2007

Companies instigating foreclosures may be taking advantage of imperiled
borrowers.

Bankruptcy specialists fear that some consumers may be losing their
homes unnecessarily or that mortgage servicers, who collect loan
payments, are profiting from foreclosures.

Bankruptcy specialists say lenders and loan servicers often do not
comply with even the most basic legal requirements, like correctly
computing the amount a borrower owes on a foreclosed loan or providing
proof of holding the mortgage note in question.

In an analysis of foreclosures in Chapter 13 bankruptcy, questionable
fees had been added to almost half of the loans, and many of the charges
were identified only vaguely.

Questionable practices by loan servicers appear to be enough of a
problem that the Office of the United States Trustee, a division of the
Justice Department that monitors the bankruptcy system, is getting
involved.

Fees for legal services in foreclosure are also under scrutiny.

A class-action lawsuit filed in September in Federal District Court in
Delaware accused the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, a home
loan registration system owned by Fannie Mae, Countrywide Financial and
other large lenders, of overcharging borrowers for legal services in
foreclosures. The system, known as MERS, oversees more than 20 million
mortgage loans.