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The numbers don’t lie, and if you think that California real estate is better check out the information below, and you determine for your self.
Every one knows of the hardest hit states in the country through the foreclosure crisis has been California.
California Pre Foreclosures have been consistently high in Los Angeles County, which has 3.08 percent of its households in foreclosure; Orange County has 3.42 percent of families in foreclosure, followed by San Diego at 4.26, San Bernardino with 7.31, and Riverside is still first with 9.27 percent of families in foreclosure.

With Los Angeles Pre Foreclosure down, the outlook for the region is positive you would suspect, as the area has seen foreclosure rates decline on average 25 percent from the November 2008 to November 2009;however we have not seen the eye of the storm as of yet.
The cities with the highest numbers of Notice of Default and Notice of Trustee Sales are Los Angeles (1120), San Diego (1067), Riverside (717), and Corona (505).
Jeff Coga, a short sale investor in Southern California pulled local data, and it clearly showed over 20,000 notice of defaults, and over 31,000 trust deed sales set between January- March. This is a frightening number as it could even be higher as the holiday Moratorium is now officially over today 1/04/2010.
Bernie Germani, another short sale investor in Southern California said ” that 2010 will be no different than 2009 as far as the real estate market in California. We are still declining, and I don’t care what the media tells you, We Aren’t On A Recovery Road Yet. The option arms that are going to adjust this year, and next year we will see many many new foreclosures, and these are good credit borrowers. Don’t let the media trick you into believing we have the bottom of the market.”

Written By:
Susan Park

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Los Angeles, California:

Bernie Germani, a short sale investor in Southern California said “He personally knows of siutations where the homeowner was notified the foreclosure was postponed until further notice, and Bernie said some of these familes cried with joy that they could stay through the holidays.”

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Remember it was first the sub-prime market and now mortgage experts agree, adjustable rate mortgages combined with rising unemployment and falling property values could create another economic storm capable of ravaging the weak economic recovery. Here’s a quick breakdown of the ARM Storm-Tracker for those savvy short sale investors to beginning their planning:

Resetting Rates: Current interest rates are at or near historic lows with 30 year fixed mortgages below 5 percent while ARM’s are likely to readjust and drive the cost of monthly mortgage payments to double their former payments. Unfortunately, many current ARM holders do not qualify for refinancing due to changes in employment status, high loan to value ratios and increased debt to income percentages.

Evaporating Equity: Not only did millions of Americans take out Adjustable rate mortgages but they built additions and over-improved their homes based upon loans. As home values fell, so did the equity reserves required to refinance their ARM mortgages. Whether it was a first mortgage with minimal down payment or a second (and even third) mortgage, lower property values have all but erased excess equity from a large number of buyers.

Cheaper to Walk: Many homeowners are finding it less expensive to simply walk away from rapidly rising mortgage, rent for awhile then repurchase. According to industry experts, a significant number of homeowners are capable of making the mortgage payment but simply don’t desire to do so given the cost of purchasing the same home after foreclosure. Jesus Yinh of Exit Real Estate Group, said ” he has seen a trend of this happening in the mid Wilshire area of Los Angeles.” Current homeowners are eligible for FHA loans in as few as three years after default – creating an inverse incentive to continuing paying on a property worth tens (or even hundreds) of thousands dollars less than the existing mortgage.

Renting an Increased Option: Throughout the nation lenders are getting creative in order to reduce the inflow of defaulting properties on their portfolio; one of the more popular options among existing homeowners is the ability to rent your current property for a specified period of time.

ReFi with an ARM? It’s true, the FHA has a 3.87 five year adjustable rate mortgage option designed to help keep payments affordable. Unfortunately, it may simply delay the pain until interest rates continue to rise later. However, with a 2 percent cap on each adjustment/rate increase, it could conceivably buy time for those in unusual short term situations such as temporary illness, job loss of other large expenses. It also has the benefit of “buying time” for the banks and lenders who are in no hurry to acquire even more properties given the current backlog of non-performing properties in their portfolio.

What is a California short sale investor to do? Get ready for the coming wave of ARM properties to hit the market. Be sure your mindset is in place and position yourself to solve problems for both homeowners and lenders in need of a new start. Well first off, please come back shortly to http://www.shortsalewealthbuilders.com/
We can show you how to take advantage of California’s short sale market, and in 2010-2011 it will become California’s second Gold Rush… So saddle up, and get ready for the ride of your life.

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There is news that I just saw that was astounding to me, and could make for a great run for investors in the short sale market.

A record-high 23,117 trustee sales are scheduled for sale Monday, November 30^th coverage area (CA, AZ, NV, WA, OR).

Since state laws do not allow trustee sales on state holidays, we are now hit with an overabandunce of sales today. The total number of trustee sales per day for the region is typically five to six thousand.

To cover Thursday, Friday and Monday, the number of sales should reflect three days (15,000 – 18,000). In addition, trustee sales typically slow during the holidays and see a bump in January.

So it’s a little surprising to see four-day’s worth of sales from a three-day period right after Thanksgiving. That being said, it doesn’t mean 23,117 families will lose their homes on Monday. Lately, ninety percent of trustee sales are just postponed to another day.

Susan Park, a short sale investor in Southern California mentioned “that she could not believe all the trust deed sales scheduled for today just in Los Angeles County.”

Jeff Coga, said “more than likely half of those foreclosures will get postponed.”

Bernie Germani, another short sale investor said in his market place Lakewood, Long Beach California that he is starting to see the affects of the mortgage meltdown starting to affect the higher end luxury homes, and a lot more people from the higher economic financial status is now starting to call me more in need of help.”

Jesus Yinh, and Exit Real Estate Group Realtor, said that he got a large number of calls over this Thansgiving weekend to help new clients from foreclosure.”

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Fannie Mae announced a program aimed at helping ordinary home buyers compete with investors for foreclosed homes. We are not sure this is a right choice, because across the nation real estate investors have less than 10% foreclosure rate.

Under the program, dubbed First Look, Fannie plans to consider offers only from potential owner-occupants and certain public-housing entities during the first 15 days in which a foreclosed home is on the market.

Fannie and its main rival, Freddie Mac, are government-controlled companies that buy or guarantee home mortgages. They are among the biggest owners of foreclosed homes. As of Sept. 30, Fannie said it had 72,275 single-family foreclosed homes on its books. Freddie had 41,133 as of that date.

Bernie Germani said” many of us real estate investors can move faster on home purchases because we are able to pay cash and don’t have to wait to qualify for a loan and get an appraisal. Investors often turn the homes into rental units or resell them to other buyers for a quick profit. People seeking to take advantage of the drop in housing prices to buy their first homes have been grousing that they often lose bidding wars to investors.”

Fannie said it also would help owner-occupants acquire homes by reducing deposit requirements to as little as $500 and giving them a chance to renegotiate offers after appraisals. Such buyers also are to be allowed as many as 45 days to complete the transaction, up from the usual 30 days.

A Freddie spokesman said the company has similar pilot programs and is helping owner-occupants pay closing costs.

Fannie announced Tuesday that 4.72% of the single-family home loans it owns or guarantees were 90 days or more overdue in September, up from 4.45% in August and 1.72% in September 2008.

Jesus Yinh, and Susan Park, short sale investors in Southern California said ” We are not sure why Fannie would even consider this program. Us investors are the ones who are helping the economy not adding to the foreclosure challenges, but at the same time we welcome the competition of non-investors.”

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According to data released by ForeclosureRadar.com, foreclosures in California increased 22.24% from September to October.  Last month’s foreclosures increased 20.95% from October 2008, which were 42.56% below California’s peak month of July 2008.  But since then, the inventory of real estate owned (REO) properties has grown 131.36% in California.  “While we continue to see a steady stream of properties entering foreclosure, relatively few are completing the process and being sold at auction despite the increase this month,” said Foreclosureradar.com CEO Sean O’Toole.  “The bigger picture is that more and more homeowners are finding themselves upside down in foreclosure limbo,” O’Toole added, “some hoping for a loan modification or short sale, while others are just waiting for a knock on the door.”  The number of foreclosures initiated in October remained level with September levels but this is due in large part to recent legislation enacted in California that will temporarily slow the foreclosure process. The majority of properties foreclosed on in October were originally purchased with mortgages originated between January 2005 and December 2007.

Jeff Coga, a short sale investor in So. Cal. said ” he has seen a trend in the number of trust deed sales in Norwalk, California being reduced, but an increase in the number of short sales on the market.”

Bernie Germani, another short sale investor in So. Cal. said he is seeing in his market place that banks are postponing the trust deed sales sometimes 3-5 times, and homeowners are staying in their homes longer without making mortgage payments.”

Jesus Yinh, and Susan Park, Realtors with Exit Real Estate Group, said “that their inventory of REO listings they currently have multiple offers on, and are moving quickly, but the servicers they work for which include many large banks, are scrambling for inventory to allow us to keep unloading their assets to the Los Angeles County market place at a discount.” Exit Real Estate Group is one of the largest REO asset managing companies in the mid Wilshire area of Los Angeles.

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