Foreclosure is not a fun process.
Losing your house for any reason is a stressful, disheartening experience. And banks are notoriously difficult to deal with. Mainly because they’re not really interested in working out a deal with you. Especially if you have equity in your house.
That being said, I’m greatly amused by people who get the better end of the foreclosure process, especially when it comes to Bank of America. (I’m not a big fan of Bank of America – I have my reasons…)
Bank of America filed for foreclosure on a house in Florida, about six months ago. The strange thing was that the homeowners, Mr & Mrs. Nyergers, owned their home free and clear. They had bought their house with cash. They had never had a mortgage on it.
In court the judge found the bank wrongfully tried to foreclose on them. Basically he said BofA was trying to scam them out of their home, and ordered the bank to pay their legal fees.
So how did the couple end up foreclosing on the bank?
After more than 5 months of the judge’s ruling, the bank still hadn’t paid the legal fees, and the homeowner’s attorney did exactly what the bank tried to do to the homeowners. He seized the bank’s assets.
According to CBS, the attorney said, “They’ve ignored our calls, ignored our letters, legally this is the next step to get my clients compensated.”
Sheriff’s deputies, movers, and the Nyergers’ attorney went to the bank and foreclosed on it. The attorney gave instructions to to remove desks, computers, copiers, filing cabinets and any cash in the teller’s drawers.
After about an hour of being locked out of the bank, the bank manager handed the attorney a check for the legal fees.
“As a foreclosure defense attorney this is sweet justice” said Allen.
The unfortunate sad part is that bank errors like this are quite common.
The couple’s foreclosure attorney said he sees happen a lot in court, because banks didn’t investigate the foreclosure and it becomes a lengthy and expensive battle for the homeowner.
At least this story had a happy ending.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Proper awareness on Credit use
The credit score plays a vital role in your financial life, so you should be aware of your credit ratings. As you know to qualify for any kind of loan or credit card and even to get a better job it depends on how good credit score you have.
The credit bureaus collect your credit report from the creditors with whom you have different accounts and how you make the payments to them. The numerical scores are created for you depending on the information passed by the creditors. This score is called FICO score and the FICO score plays an important role in your life as whether you want to buy land or a cell phone.
Credit reports and credit scores both are considered very important like credit report is viewed as a mark sheet and credit scores are looked as higher ranks. If you have high ranks it said that you have good credit report. Anybody having credit score more than 600 is considered to have good credit ratings.
In order to obtain reliable mortgage rates, it is very much necessary to have good credit scores. To obtain home loans banks are giving special preference to persons FICO score due to the global recession. Due to excellent credit score you will have an opportunity to secure maximum capital only in interest.
It is always the good credit rating that helps you to get lower rates on insurance, say for instance your credit ratings are thoroughly viewed by auto and the most of the health insurance companies so that they can make the best of it by obtaining the premium on insurance. Most of the time people hardly report case against their policy when the have high credit score, whenever the customers gets reasonable rate on their life, health or auto insurance they get the reward.
Employment opportunities have a great impact only if the credit ratings are good enough. In order to make you good enough regarding money it is the duty of the employers to thoroughly check your past history specially your credit report. So it is very obvious customers having a good credit scores will be treated in a special manner rather than those having bad credit score.
Credit scores play an important role in your daily life. It is very true that if you have a good credit score then you are bound to lead a good life. However it is also important to constantly have a look on your credit because it changes at times and new information is always added.
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The credit bureaus collect your credit report from the creditors with whom you have different accounts and how you make the payments to them. The numerical scores are created for you depending on the information passed by the creditors. This score is called FICO score and the FICO score plays an important role in your life as whether you want to buy land or a cell phone.
Credit reports and credit scores both are considered very important like credit report is viewed as a mark sheet and credit scores are looked as higher ranks. If you have high ranks it said that you have good credit report. Anybody having credit score more than 600 is considered to have good credit ratings.
In order to obtain reliable mortgage rates, it is very much necessary to have good credit scores. To obtain home loans banks are giving special preference to persons FICO score due to the global recession. Due to excellent credit score you will have an opportunity to secure maximum capital only in interest.
It is always the good credit rating that helps you to get lower rates on insurance, say for instance your credit ratings are thoroughly viewed by auto and the most of the health insurance companies so that they can make the best of it by obtaining the premium on insurance. Most of the time people hardly report case against their policy when the have high credit score, whenever the customers gets reasonable rate on their life, health or auto insurance they get the reward.
Employment opportunities have a great impact only if the credit ratings are good enough. In order to make you good enough regarding money it is the duty of the employers to thoroughly check your past history specially your credit report. So it is very obvious customers having a good credit scores will be treated in a special manner rather than those having bad credit score.
Credit scores play an important role in your daily life. It is very true that if you have a good credit score then you are bound to lead a good life. However it is also important to constantly have a look on your credit because it changes at times and new information is always added.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
$20,000 Month is Not Too Big
Getting started I had a goal of making $20,000 a month. That’s all I focused on: How could I make $20,000 a month? I listened to all the courses and read all of the books talking about the mythical $20,000 months in real estate and yet it wasn’t happening for me. In fact, what was happening was month after month of a big fat zero, nothing, nada. So of course I became cynical. This isn’t for real. You can’t really make $20,000 a month in real estate. Plus, even if I do it once, is it going to take forever to do it again? Arrrgggh! I can’t handle that.
Then I discovered the real secret and with it came not just $20,000 months, but $30,000; $50,000; $80,000; even $100,000 months in REAL ESTATE! Month after month. What do you know it was true after all. It wasn’t just a pack of lies that a bunch of conspirators had formulated just to frustrate me.
Now I’m on the other side and I watch so many others going to what seems much be some kind of rite of initiation of something, They have the same dreams and aspirations as I did. They face the same frustration. And they are becoming just as cynical. Is that you?
Let me help you out and reveal the secret that I took so long to discover. Unfortunately you’re going to be as disappointed as Dorothy when the true “wizard” of Oz was revealed behind the curtain.
OK, here’s the big secret. Are you ready? Here you go…
Don’t focus on the dollars.
That’s right. That’s it. That’s the big secret that will change your financial future if you follow the advice.
Well, maybe I should clarify a little bit so it has a deeper meaning and you’ll start to see me as the wise sage…or should I say “wizard”?
You see, when you focus on the dollars…like $20,000 a month…you have no way to make it happen. Frustrating right. It’s too big.
I learned that you eat an elephant one bite at a time. So let’s approach this the same way. Let’s break it down. If you want to make $20,000 a month, how many deals per month do you need to do? Well, you should be able to make $10,000 a deal, so that means you need two deals. OK, that already sounds a lot better than $20,000, but how do we get 2 deals?
Well. it takes about 20 leads for every 1 deal. So to do 2 deals you need 40 leads a month. If we break that down further, that’s 1.3 leads per day. Now there’s your focus. Focus on driving in 1.3 leads each and every day. The rest will happen on its own. If you’re not averaging 1.3 leads per day, ask yourself what else do I need to do to get more leads. And let’s define a lead: it is a prospect who is responding to your marketing.
To get your business to take off and soar and make you as much money as you want focus only on lead generation. Never be satisfied with the number of leads you’re getting. Always ask “How can I drive in more leads?” If you focus on leads, $20,000 months will seem like child’s play and you’ll call me the Wizard.
Expect abundance!
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Then I discovered the real secret and with it came not just $20,000 months, but $30,000; $50,000; $80,000; even $100,000 months in REAL ESTATE! Month after month. What do you know it was true after all. It wasn’t just a pack of lies that a bunch of conspirators had formulated just to frustrate me.
Now I’m on the other side and I watch so many others going to what seems much be some kind of rite of initiation of something, They have the same dreams and aspirations as I did. They face the same frustration. And they are becoming just as cynical. Is that you?
Let me help you out and reveal the secret that I took so long to discover. Unfortunately you’re going to be as disappointed as Dorothy when the true “wizard” of Oz was revealed behind the curtain.
OK, here’s the big secret. Are you ready? Here you go…
Don’t focus on the dollars.
That’s right. That’s it. That’s the big secret that will change your financial future if you follow the advice.
Well, maybe I should clarify a little bit so it has a deeper meaning and you’ll start to see me as the wise sage…or should I say “wizard”?
You see, when you focus on the dollars…like $20,000 a month…you have no way to make it happen. Frustrating right. It’s too big.
I learned that you eat an elephant one bite at a time. So let’s approach this the same way. Let’s break it down. If you want to make $20,000 a month, how many deals per month do you need to do? Well, you should be able to make $10,000 a deal, so that means you need two deals. OK, that already sounds a lot better than $20,000, but how do we get 2 deals?
Well. it takes about 20 leads for every 1 deal. So to do 2 deals you need 40 leads a month. If we break that down further, that’s 1.3 leads per day. Now there’s your focus. Focus on driving in 1.3 leads each and every day. The rest will happen on its own. If you’re not averaging 1.3 leads per day, ask yourself what else do I need to do to get more leads. And let’s define a lead: it is a prospect who is responding to your marketing.
To get your business to take off and soar and make you as much money as you want focus only on lead generation. Never be satisfied with the number of leads you’re getting. Always ask “How can I drive in more leads?” If you focus on leads, $20,000 months will seem like child’s play and you’ll call me the Wizard.
Expect abundance!
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Private Lender Demand Hits Record Levels
There has always been a huge demand for private lenders amongst real estate investors, but the demand has hit record levels as more traditional lending sources continue ot dry up.
I know that there is still some confusion as to exactly what a private lender is so let me explain it here. A private lender is just that: a private individual who is willing to make real estate loans. Their goal is to earn higher than market interest rates on their money with a safe, secured real estate loan. The difference between them and a hard money lender (HML) is that the HML is in the business of making real estate loans to investors and typically charge higher rates, they charge points; and they loan to anyone who meets their criteria.
Any savvy investor realizes that the true profit margins come from leverage. Leverage a small amount of your own money to purchase large amounts of real estate. As the traditional sources of leveraged loans dries up, investors are turning more and more to private lenders for their financing needs. The secret here as an investor is to not let your private lender realize how much demand is in the marketplace. How do you accomplish that? By treating your lending well and never force them to go out shopping for a new borrower. Keep their money in use. Don’t let it sit for long periods of inactivity. Provide them plenty of safeguards: title insurance; hazard insurance; and a reasonable Loan-To-Value (LTV) ratio (70% or less of the ARV).
If you don’t currently have a portfolio of private lenders you need to build one as soon as possible. You don’t find them in the yellow pages or on Google. They are every day individuals who currently have their money invested in low yield vehicles like CDs or IRAs. The advantage you offer is a much higher interest rate yet with the security of real estate. With the demand for these lenders continuing to increase, you need to build a relationship with potential lenders as soon as possible before someone else beats you to it. Once you have them, treat them like gold because they literally are like gold.
For those of you who have money invested in low yield vehicles like an IRA you definitely need to consider the profitable world or private loans. Most people don’t realize that the IRS allows you to make real estate loans with your IRA if you have a Self Directed IRA. If you don’t it’s easy to rollover your current IRA to a self directed one with a company like Equity Trust (www.TrustETC.com). Once you have a self directed IRA and start making real estate loans, you’ll easily earn 4-5 times the interest you’re currently earning in your regular IRA.
Whether you’re an investor borrowing private funds; or an individual making real estate loans you will profit from the experience. That’s the definition of any good deal, right? When both sides win!
Expect abundance,
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I know that there is still some confusion as to exactly what a private lender is so let me explain it here. A private lender is just that: a private individual who is willing to make real estate loans. Their goal is to earn higher than market interest rates on their money with a safe, secured real estate loan. The difference between them and a hard money lender (HML) is that the HML is in the business of making real estate loans to investors and typically charge higher rates, they charge points; and they loan to anyone who meets their criteria.
Any savvy investor realizes that the true profit margins come from leverage. Leverage a small amount of your own money to purchase large amounts of real estate. As the traditional sources of leveraged loans dries up, investors are turning more and more to private lenders for their financing needs. The secret here as an investor is to not let your private lender realize how much demand is in the marketplace. How do you accomplish that? By treating your lending well and never force them to go out shopping for a new borrower. Keep their money in use. Don’t let it sit for long periods of inactivity. Provide them plenty of safeguards: title insurance; hazard insurance; and a reasonable Loan-To-Value (LTV) ratio (70% or less of the ARV).
If you don’t currently have a portfolio of private lenders you need to build one as soon as possible. You don’t find them in the yellow pages or on Google. They are every day individuals who currently have their money invested in low yield vehicles like CDs or IRAs. The advantage you offer is a much higher interest rate yet with the security of real estate. With the demand for these lenders continuing to increase, you need to build a relationship with potential lenders as soon as possible before someone else beats you to it. Once you have them, treat them like gold because they literally are like gold.
For those of you who have money invested in low yield vehicles like an IRA you definitely need to consider the profitable world or private loans. Most people don’t realize that the IRS allows you to make real estate loans with your IRA if you have a Self Directed IRA. If you don’t it’s easy to rollover your current IRA to a self directed one with a company like Equity Trust (www.TrustETC.com). Once you have a self directed IRA and start making real estate loans, you’ll easily earn 4-5 times the interest you’re currently earning in your regular IRA.
Whether you’re an investor borrowing private funds; or an individual making real estate loans you will profit from the experience. That’s the definition of any good deal, right? When both sides win!
Expect abundance,
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Monday, July 25, 2011
Housing Market Has Many Hurdles
Although parts of the U.S. economy have shown some signs of recovery, the housing market remains in a slump in some areas. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has a plan to help the housing market. Bernanke’s plan includes modifying more mortgages and making the buying process more streamlined.
Declining home prices: the good and bad
The plan has received criticism from those who don’t believe it will work well for the overall housing market. With high unemployment and recently tighter credit standards, the bottom third of buyers are still unable to apply for mortgages. Even though it’s a buyer’s market and home prices are very low, many are still unable to get a home.
March home prices were at the lowest level since March 2003. With the decline of home prices, many people have decided to keep their current home, which has kept folks from moving to growing areas. Since people are feeling the pinch of the housing market, many consumers are spending less, which accounts for about 70 percent of economic activity.
Fewer first-time buyers
Another hurdle the housing industry is trying to jump over is less first-time buyers. In healthy economic times, first-time home buyers account for more than 50 percent of sales. Currently, the percent of home sales from first-time home buyers is down to about 35 percent, according to Total Mortgage Services. There currently is no program for first time home buyers like there was in 2008, when the First-Time Homebuyer Credit was in effect.
Why are would-be buyers staying away?
With many Americans juggling credit card debt and student loans, the added guidelines of having larger down payments and stricter lending rules are keeping would-be buyers at bay.
HARP qualification, a slow go
There is also the concern of keeping people in the house in which they live. The Obama administration and federal regulators are trying to give struggling homeowners reprieve by permanently modifying their loans. Unfortunately, the administration has only been able to modify about 600,000 loans to date.
Will economic growth continue?
The current report from the government shows the growth of the economy at an annual rate of 1.8 percent in the first three months of the year. According to analysts, it isn’t expected to grow any faster. Without economic growth, Bernanke’s plan to speed up the removal of foreclosures might not be enough to give life to the housing market.
View the original article here
Declining home prices: the good and bad
The plan has received criticism from those who don’t believe it will work well for the overall housing market. With high unemployment and recently tighter credit standards, the bottom third of buyers are still unable to apply for mortgages. Even though it’s a buyer’s market and home prices are very low, many are still unable to get a home.
March home prices were at the lowest level since March 2003. With the decline of home prices, many people have decided to keep their current home, which has kept folks from moving to growing areas. Since people are feeling the pinch of the housing market, many consumers are spending less, which accounts for about 70 percent of economic activity.
Fewer first-time buyers
Another hurdle the housing industry is trying to jump over is less first-time buyers. In healthy economic times, first-time home buyers account for more than 50 percent of sales. Currently, the percent of home sales from first-time home buyers is down to about 35 percent, according to Total Mortgage Services. There currently is no program for first time home buyers like there was in 2008, when the First-Time Homebuyer Credit was in effect.
Why are would-be buyers staying away?
With many Americans juggling credit card debt and student loans, the added guidelines of having larger down payments and stricter lending rules are keeping would-be buyers at bay.
HARP qualification, a slow go
There is also the concern of keeping people in the house in which they live. The Obama administration and federal regulators are trying to give struggling homeowners reprieve by permanently modifying their loans. Unfortunately, the administration has only been able to modify about 600,000 loans to date.
Will economic growth continue?
The current report from the government shows the growth of the economy at an annual rate of 1.8 percent in the first three months of the year. According to analysts, it isn’t expected to grow any faster. Without economic growth, Bernanke’s plan to speed up the removal of foreclosures might not be enough to give life to the housing market.
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Common Mistakes Real Estate Investing Novices Make
Real estate investing is becoming more popular nowadays despite the recession. Investors are snapping up properties in hope of selling them for a higher amount in the future. Even those who have day jobs are trying wholesaling and flipping houses. After all, television shows made it appear fun and simple, not to mention, very profitable.
Novices in the real estate investing world though should be wary. There are some mistakes you must avoid as they could give you a bad start in the business. Worse, they could force you to quit and give up your dream of making a fortune through wholesaling and flipping houses.
The first costly mistake is not doing your homework. If your Math teacher in third grade forgave you for not completing your assignment because you had fever, real estate investment isn't as compassionate. A lot of novices, spurred and inspired by how easy television shows make investing appear easy, jump into the pit without arming themselves with the right knowledge. As one seasoned wholesaler said, information always beats money in getting deals done.
Learn to read. Browse magazines about real estate in general. Go online and visit web sites like REIwired.com to learn more about the tricks of the trade. REIwired.com offers premium and accurate content for members so be sure to create a log-in account. You'll find very helpful videos, audio files, and articles at REIwired.com.
The second one is missing estimates by a mile. Forgive yourself if you spent $1,000 more than your repair budget in your first flip. You will hit and miss these targets as you go along. But, to avoid missing far too often and literally paying the consequence, leave 'estimating jobs' to experts ' at least while you're still learning. Hire a professional house inspector in your first few flips to make sure the repair costs are accurate. Once you get the hang of it, you can start inspecting and estimating on your own. Avoid these two mistakes and you'll surely be off to a decent start in your real estate investing career.
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Novices in the real estate investing world though should be wary. There are some mistakes you must avoid as they could give you a bad start in the business. Worse, they could force you to quit and give up your dream of making a fortune through wholesaling and flipping houses.
The first costly mistake is not doing your homework. If your Math teacher in third grade forgave you for not completing your assignment because you had fever, real estate investment isn't as compassionate. A lot of novices, spurred and inspired by how easy television shows make investing appear easy, jump into the pit without arming themselves with the right knowledge. As one seasoned wholesaler said, information always beats money in getting deals done.
Learn to read. Browse magazines about real estate in general. Go online and visit web sites like REIwired.com to learn more about the tricks of the trade. REIwired.com offers premium and accurate content for members so be sure to create a log-in account. You'll find very helpful videos, audio files, and articles at REIwired.com.
The second one is missing estimates by a mile. Forgive yourself if you spent $1,000 more than your repair budget in your first flip. You will hit and miss these targets as you go along. But, to avoid missing far too often and literally paying the consequence, leave 'estimating jobs' to experts ' at least while you're still learning. Hire a professional house inspector in your first few flips to make sure the repair costs are accurate. Once you get the hang of it, you can start inspecting and estimating on your own. Avoid these two mistakes and you'll surely be off to a decent start in your real estate investing career.
View the original article here
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Investing In Real Estate, How Do I Get Rich?
Fundamentally, you have three ways to make money when purchasing investment property. The first is to lease the property for an indefinite period at rents that exceed the cost of holding the asset. The second is to purchase the property with the intent of renovating it to substantially increase the value and selling it quickly.
The third is to find properties that need to be liquidated quickly at a substantial sacrifice to equity. An investor can acquire these properties and immediately sell them for a substantial profit.
Essentially, these three concepts have made more millionaires than any other type of venture in human history. Having said that, why aren't you creating your wealth with real estate? For many, it is fear; for others it is lack of capital. However, for all, it is merely a lack of understanding. People buy and sell real estate with no money down all of the time, and real estate has always been a much safer investment than the stock market.
So how do you get started?
The first step is always education. Start reading books about real estate investments. Go the book store or library and learn the fundamentals. You don't need to be an expert, but you must understand the process. Find a realtor that works with investment properties and ask questions. Do the same for mortgage brokers and banks. Sit down with a loan officer or mortgage broker and determine how you would finance an investment. Ask questions and find real estate and finance professionals that can help protect your interests as you learn.
The next step? ... Find the properties.
With the aid of the real estate professionals, determine the best type of investment for your lifestyle, financial position, and risk profile. After you determined best type of property to maximize your return, begin searching for your investment. For this, the internet has become an invaluable, time saving, tool. Search for potential investments at sites like freeForclosureSearch.com (http://www.foreclosurefreesearch.com/index.cfm?rsp=2428) or Reals.com (http://www.reals.com) In addition, you can look through your local paper, visit county the county recorder, and call on the resources of your network to find the opportunity.
But how do I recognize the opportunity when I find it?
Valuing a potential investment is not as difficult as it may seem. For investors looking to receive a return for charging rents, evaluation software such as IP Ware (http://www.freetrainer.com) aids in finding the maximum return on investment. For investors that are looking to renovate and re-sell, comparable values of the surrounding area can be a good foundation. Finally, for those that are looking for people that must sell at a substantial sacrifice, mortgage lenders, tax records, and financing groups can be a significant source of information.
Investing in real estate is a simple process. It is merely a matter of locating a potentially good investment. Determining how to best leverage that investment. Then using your resources and relationships to minimize your risk, and maximize your return. There is a myriad of resources available to beginning real estate investors. Isn't it time you took advantage of the opportunities in real estate and started building your wealth?
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The third is to find properties that need to be liquidated quickly at a substantial sacrifice to equity. An investor can acquire these properties and immediately sell them for a substantial profit.
Essentially, these three concepts have made more millionaires than any other type of venture in human history. Having said that, why aren't you creating your wealth with real estate? For many, it is fear; for others it is lack of capital. However, for all, it is merely a lack of understanding. People buy and sell real estate with no money down all of the time, and real estate has always been a much safer investment than the stock market.
So how do you get started?
The first step is always education. Start reading books about real estate investments. Go the book store or library and learn the fundamentals. You don't need to be an expert, but you must understand the process. Find a realtor that works with investment properties and ask questions. Do the same for mortgage brokers and banks. Sit down with a loan officer or mortgage broker and determine how you would finance an investment. Ask questions and find real estate and finance professionals that can help protect your interests as you learn.
The next step? ... Find the properties.
With the aid of the real estate professionals, determine the best type of investment for your lifestyle, financial position, and risk profile. After you determined best type of property to maximize your return, begin searching for your investment. For this, the internet has become an invaluable, time saving, tool. Search for potential investments at sites like freeForclosureSearch.com (http://www.foreclosurefreesearch.com/index.cfm?rsp=2428) or Reals.com (http://www.reals.com) In addition, you can look through your local paper, visit county the county recorder, and call on the resources of your network to find the opportunity.
But how do I recognize the opportunity when I find it?
Valuing a potential investment is not as difficult as it may seem. For investors looking to receive a return for charging rents, evaluation software such as IP Ware (http://www.freetrainer.com) aids in finding the maximum return on investment. For investors that are looking to renovate and re-sell, comparable values of the surrounding area can be a good foundation. Finally, for those that are looking for people that must sell at a substantial sacrifice, mortgage lenders, tax records, and financing groups can be a significant source of information.
Investing in real estate is a simple process. It is merely a matter of locating a potentially good investment. Determining how to best leverage that investment. Then using your resources and relationships to minimize your risk, and maximize your return. There is a myriad of resources available to beginning real estate investors. Isn't it time you took advantage of the opportunities in real estate and started building your wealth?
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Friday, July 22, 2011
Mortgages and Negative Equity
Not so long ago the rules of buying a property were clearly defined. Mortgage banks set some pretty strong criteria which had to be strictly adhered to and there were no room for negotiation. Equity of a minimum of thirty percent was required on a property, and if you didn't have the thirty percent, you saved harder till you did. In the case of young couples who were buying their first home, it was fairly common practice for the bride's parents to pay a fairly large chunk of the deposit, with the groom's parents adding a little, and the young couple making up the balance. Sound idyllic? It was. For the simple reason, that then, which means up to fifteen years ago, property prices were realistic and an average family could afford to pay out the relatively small sums of money required to make the equity required to purchase a property.
However, as the property boom began to take of in the mid nineteen nineties, and property prices began to rise, it became increasingly difficult for buyers to raise the money required for equity. So what did the banks do? So anxious were they to sell mortgages and earn interest that they began to relax their restrictions on equity minimums. Fuelled by the seemingly never ending property boom, every year they demanded a little less equity, Not only that, the banks, so hungry were they to lend money and earn interest, were less than stringent in doing physical valuations on the properties that they were lending against. It seemed that no matter the state of the property, it would always rise in value. This was true, at least on paper, till the sub-prime mortgage crisis fell upon the World in the summer of 2007.
When the bubble burst, home owners were forced to wake up to the reality that their property values had dropped by ten per cent almost overnight and the predictions were that they could fall to as far as twenty five percent within the next few years. For veteran home owners, who had bought properties twenty or even ten years ago, and invested reasonable equities and seen their property rise to double in value, whilst it was upsetting it was by no means a disaster. Also for people who purchased a property five years ago or after, and had placed little or no equity into the property the situation is not easy, but is liveable with, at least in the short term. The people who appear to be hardest hit or those who bought properties in the early 2000s. Those who placed equity of between five to fifteen percent of the value of the property when they bought it.
Today their property is worth ten percent less, which means that they have lost whatever appreciation on the property value they earned, and are starting to dig into their equity. With property values continuing to fall the equation is that they will have lost all their equity and will actually owe more on their mortgage than the property is worth.
That is a classic case of negative equity and how innocent people who wanted to own their own properties and invested reasonable sums of their own probably hard earned money to do see the danger of having their equity wiped out. The best advice you can give to these people is to hang in, not to panic and in time their property value will return, and their equity will be saved. In may take time, but it will happen.
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However, as the property boom began to take of in the mid nineteen nineties, and property prices began to rise, it became increasingly difficult for buyers to raise the money required for equity. So what did the banks do? So anxious were they to sell mortgages and earn interest that they began to relax their restrictions on equity minimums. Fuelled by the seemingly never ending property boom, every year they demanded a little less equity, Not only that, the banks, so hungry were they to lend money and earn interest, were less than stringent in doing physical valuations on the properties that they were lending against. It seemed that no matter the state of the property, it would always rise in value. This was true, at least on paper, till the sub-prime mortgage crisis fell upon the World in the summer of 2007.
When the bubble burst, home owners were forced to wake up to the reality that their property values had dropped by ten per cent almost overnight and the predictions were that they could fall to as far as twenty five percent within the next few years. For veteran home owners, who had bought properties twenty or even ten years ago, and invested reasonable equities and seen their property rise to double in value, whilst it was upsetting it was by no means a disaster. Also for people who purchased a property five years ago or after, and had placed little or no equity into the property the situation is not easy, but is liveable with, at least in the short term. The people who appear to be hardest hit or those who bought properties in the early 2000s. Those who placed equity of between five to fifteen percent of the value of the property when they bought it.
Today their property is worth ten percent less, which means that they have lost whatever appreciation on the property value they earned, and are starting to dig into their equity. With property values continuing to fall the equation is that they will have lost all their equity and will actually owe more on their mortgage than the property is worth.
That is a classic case of negative equity and how innocent people who wanted to own their own properties and invested reasonable sums of their own probably hard earned money to do see the danger of having their equity wiped out. The best advice you can give to these people is to hang in, not to panic and in time their property value will return, and their equity will be saved. In may take time, but it will happen.
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