Foreclosures

The foreclosure situation in Utah is not looking good. According to RealtyTracs numbers, Utah ranks 6th nationally in terms of percentage of foreclosures. What’s most alarming, is the fact that foreclosure activity during August was up by 25% compared with a year ago. One in every 236 Utah homes saw some sort of foreclosure filing [...]

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Alan Barker on September 22nd, 2010

Before I ever got my real estate license, I was always interested in HUD homes. I didn’t really understand what they were, but just new that they were foreclosure homes that were usually in disrepair and could be purchased for less than other real estate. One deceiving thing I learned about HUD homes is that [...]

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The fact is, many Cache Valley residents are experiencing hard financial times. Even here in Logan, foreclosures are happening. Foreclosures are primarily caused by loss or decreases in household income. Many homes that are foreclosing, don’t actually have to go through foreclosure though. There are options for people having difficulties making their house payments, people [...]

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Alan Barker on July 16th, 2010

Foreclosure numbers in Utah have increased in recent months, and it’s not in a good way. Utah now trails only Nevada, Arizona, California, and Florida as the states in percentage of default borrowers. According to RealtyTrac.com, over the last six months, 1 in every 52 Utah households received a foreclosure notice. In total there were [...]

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Alan Barker on June 11th, 2010

Right now, thanks to a temporary legal battle there won’t be any Bank of American Foreclosures in Utah for a little while. Bank of America   probably has more properties in default than any other Utah lender. This is in large part due to their acquisition of Countrywide, which was one of the biggest lenders and [...]

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Alan Barker on May 24th, 2010

So I just ran the numbers to see the latest trends for Logan Utah Short Sales, and unless the MLS changed the way short sales are calculated, short sale numbers in Logan are way down. Of the 812 homes listed for sale right now, just 29 Logan Real Estate listings are short sales. This is [...]

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Alan Barker on May 11th, 2010

A recent stat shows that 23.3% of all US homes are underwater, meaning that the owners of these properties owe more on their home than what it is actually worth.  If these homeowners need to sell, they generally have to do it by means of Short Sales. Unless they have reserves of Cash stashed away, [...]

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Alan Barker on April 29th, 2010

I am always trying to stay on top of the national real estate news, and right now the big subject of topic is with Foreclosures and “Shadow Inventory.” Shadow inventory is essentially default homes that will eventually foreclose. Many national economists and housing experts are predicting that the foreclosure problem is only going to get [...]

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Alan Barker on April 23rd, 2010

As real estate agents, we often get asked about HUD Homes. There is a lot of misunderstanding of what HUD homes are, but people usually know that HUD homes have something to do with foreclosures, and think they are some kind of special deal. Well people that think this, are mostly correct. HUD Homes are [...]

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Do you want to buy a home that is a fixer upper, but don’t have the cash to fix it up? Is the home you are looking to buy a foreclosure, or in a state of disrepair where it won’t qualify for FHA financing? This morning Telly Longhurst from Longhurst Mortgage Group came to our [...]

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