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Oct 30, 2008 Note from Zillow:

"Denial ain't just a river in Egypt" -- Mark Twain

America is in one of the worst housing crisis in history, yet 49% of U.S. homeowners believe their home's value has increased or stayed the same over the past year, according to  Zillow's Q3 Homeowner Confidence Survey.

In reality, 74% percent of homes have lost value in the past 12 months, according to preliminary findings in Zillow's Q3 Real Estate Market Reports, which will be released Nov. 12.

Other findings from the survey:
  • Supporters of Republican presidential nominee John McCain have more confidence about their homes' values than supporters of Democratic nominee Barack Obama.
  • Fewer people expect to buy or sell a home in the near future:
    • Three percent plan to sell their home in the next six months, down from 5 percent last quarter.
    • Three percent plan to buy a home, down from 4 percent in the second quarter.
  • ...and much more!
Click here to view the entire survey

What can you do?
As always, thanks for using Zillow.

Oct 23, 2008:

U.S. MONTHLY HOUSE PRICE INDEX ESTIMATES 0.6
PERCENT PRICE DECLINE FROM JULY TO AUGUST

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. home prices fell 0.6 percent on a seasonally-adjusted basis from July to August, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index, which was slightly less than the 0.8 percent fall in July. For the 12 months ending in August, U.S. prices fell 5.9 percent. The decline since the April 2007 peak is 6.5 percent.

The FHFA monthly index (formerly called the OFHEO monthly house price index), is calculated using purchase prices of houses backing mortgages that have been sold to or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The index, introduced in the OFHEO fourth quarter 2007 House Price Index (HPI) report, provides a timely indicator of house price conditions for the nation and each of the nine Census Divisions. For the nine Census Divisions, seasonally-adjusted monthly price changes from July to August ranged from -1.8 percent in the Pacific Division to +0.4 percent in the New England Division.


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REO's FOR SALE:

Over 1500 REO Florida Properties owned by Countrywide:  HERE  
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Regional REO Banks:

A Local REO Bank:
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Other REO Sources:


Rent & Income Limit Calculator  The Rent & Income Limit Calculator© is available with the compliments of Novogradac & Company LLP. Rent and income limit data now includes 2008 limits. This calculator is meant for the use of tax credit housing professionals only. It does not have the capability to determine eligibility for those seeking to qualify and occupy low-income housing.

  •   This program will calculate IRS Section 42(i)(3)(A) low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) rent and income limits for every county and for every Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in the United States;
  •   It provides the HUD sourced 30%, 50%, and 80% income limits for the selected county;
  •   It automatically calculates the LIHTC Rent and Income Limits for any selected percentage of the Area Median Income (AMGI) for the selected county.
  •   The user may select parameters to calculate rent and income limits for other affordable housing programs.
  •   Users can choose which bedroom sizes are displayed (the default setting displays results for all bedroom sizes).
  •   Users can choose which income or rent levels are displayed on the 10 year historical charts.

Other Features Include:

  •   The ability to display the Fair Market Rent (FMRs), as determined by HUD. FMRs are used to determine the eligibility of rental housing units for the Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments program. Section 8 Rental Certificate program participants cannot rent units whose rents exceed the FMRs.
  •   A section for user to input allowances by bedroom type, so that LIHTC rents are shown before and after deduction of utility allowance;
  •   The ability to see average percentage income and rent increase over last 7 years; and
  •   The ability to display 140% income limits for purposes of the next available unit rule based on the 50% or 60% HUD income limits depending on minimum set aside chosen.

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