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How online auctions deliver on the promise of pre-foreclosure sales

Housing Wire

The great promise of short sales and other distressed pre-foreclosure sales as a foreclosure alternative is most fully realized in a competitive and transparent online auction marketplace, according to recent data from the Auction.com Market Validation Program (MVP) for pre-foreclosure sales. More than 1.7

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A transparent foreclosure marketplace reveals hidden equity

Housing Wire

The rising tide of a booming housing market, which has lifted all home price boats, is partially to thank for the steady rise in the share of foreclosure sales with surplus funds over the last five years. 36,000 Surplus per Sale. 36,000 Surplus per Sale.

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How a transparent marketplace provides a proven path to benefit homeowners

Housing Wire

One prominent scheme involved unlicensed “short sale facilitators” charging upfront fees to distressed homeowners and often representing “straw buyers” with lowball offers. That means pre-foreclosure sales accounted for 64% of all distressed property sales in 2022, the highest share on record.

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Xactus targets lenders through active listing data

Housing Wire

Verification solutions provider Xactus wants to court more lenders through its active listing data in a tight housing market. Xactus Wednesday announced its new active listing scan program, which will scan residential addresses for changes in listing status and the average number of days on market for a neighborhood.

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Existing home sales continue to decline in 2023

Housing Wire

On a yearly basis, existing home sales were down 36.9% This is the lowest level of home sales activity since May 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic had shut down much of the economy,” Lisa Sturtevant, the Bright MLS chief economist said in a statement. Before that, you have to go back to October 2010 to find total sales this low.”

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Existing home sales fell in June while monthly median sales price spiked

Housing Wire

The good news is that the housing recession that was predicted by some economists has not materialized, noted Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist for Bright MLS. With positive inflation news and a strong labor market, the possibility that the Fed will be able to bring the economy in for a “soft landing” is improving.

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Buying a Short Sale Property? Your Guide to Short Sale Requirements for Buyers

HomeLight

As fate would have it, right when you’re ready to start seriously searching for a home to buy, your dream house is listed for sale as a short sale. If you don’t know about short sale requirements for buyers, you might feel like you’re out of luck. What’s a short sale?