Foreclosure Help | Miramar Florida

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Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Updated: 10:58 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011
Posted: 9:28 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, 2011
Recognizing the shortcomings in his once-heralded refinance program for struggling homeowners, President Obama asked Thursday for a revamp of the 2009 plan that has helped fewer than 840,000 borrowers nationwide.
The Home Affordable Refinance Program, or HARP, was created to encourage more homeowners to take advantage of record-low interest rates by allowing borrowers to refinance even if they owe up to 25 percent more on their loan than …

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – If the Obama administration really wants to save the housing market, it should speed up the foreclosure process — not prolong the inevitable, experts say.
Four years into the housing crisis, the real estate market is still teetering on the edge. The Obama administration has tried one program after another to stem the tide of foreclosures with limited success. And it is continuing to look for ways “to ease the burden on struggling homeowners,” though no new initiative is imminent, the White House said this week.
But some …

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Pre-Foreclosure Sales (Short Sales) Jump 19 Percent From Q1, REO Sales FlatAverage Time to Sell Pre-Foreclosures Down, Average Time to Sell REOs IncreasesIRVINE, Calif. – Aug. 25, 2011 — RealtyTrac® (realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure homes, today released its Q2 2011 U.S. Foreclosure Sales Report™, which shows that sales of homes that were in some stage of foreclosure or bank owned accounted for 31 percent of all U.S. residential sales in the second quarter of 2011, down from nearly 36 percent of all sales in the first …

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