Georgia Foreclosures means Wealth

Georgia Home Foreclosures represent a fantastic way to accumulate wealth.

There are many advantages to be gained when purchasing them:

  • Save 30% to 50% off the cost of a similar home
  • Own a larger home
  • Own a more valuable home
  • Build instant equity

    Most homes are foreclosed on due to loss of employment, divorce or a death in the family. A foreclosure occurs when a homeowner is not able to pay the mortgage according to the agreement with the lender. After the original owners move out of the foreclosed home, it is turned over to the agency that insured (FHA) or guaranteed (VA) the initial mortgage. The agency in question then cleans the home and hires somebody to appraise it. Then they are placed up for sale for the value of the home at the time of the foreclosure. They are often under-appraised though, meaning the list price is below the actual market value of the home.

    Appraisers bid to have the opportunity to appraise scores of this homes and rely on volume to make profit. These high volumes lead to inaccurate appraisals. It is to the advantage of future homebuyers that the volume of foreclosed homes is so large. As potential homebuyer, you can save a large amount of money and own a larger and more valuable home than you ever could have expected with a traditional Georgia Home Foreclosures deal when you buy one.


Introducing the First Nationwide Program to 'Green' Foreclosed ...
MarketWatch - 8 minutes ago
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Viridian's management team combines over 60 years of industry experience, with a deep understanding of the entire distressed loan ...

Fisher: Sleeping out for the homeless
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 6 hours ago
This time, their campus Hooverville seems eerily prophetic, as the stock market continues to dive and massive numbers of job cuts and foreclosures push more ...

Housing money headed to midstate
Macon Telegraph, GA - 7 hours ago
A $20000 forgivable loan also may be available to people who want to buy a foreclosed home, said Kevin DuBose, who will help manage the money as head of ...

New Year US Housing Market Forecast: No Gain, More Pain
Money Morning - Nov 20, 2008
Almost two-thirds of those homes are in just seven states: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Ohio. In Mountain House, Calif., ...

Equity gains lag in metro
Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - Nov 18, 2008
Foreclosures and sales for losses accounted for 35 percent to 40 percent of transactions across the country in the third quarter, the NAR says. ...

Metro-Atlanta county approves foreclosure measure
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA - Nov 18, 2008
By DIONNE WALKER - AP Writer -- DeKalb County will ask state lawmakers to more than triple the minimum time it takes to sell a foreclosed home after the ...

Rome, Floyd mulling RDC partnership on federal foreclosure funding
Rome News-Tribune, GA - Nov 18, 2008
The good news is Rome and Floyd County do not have as many home foreclosures as other areas of the state. The bad news is the lower number means the area ...

Reuters

US Foreclosure Filings Rose as Home Prices Fell (Update1)
Bloomberg - Nov 13, 2008
First American forecasts 3.2 million foreclosure filings this year, an 80 percent increase from 2007. A further 5 percent decline in home prices means that ...
Foreclosures bigger problem in NJ than Pa. Bizjournals.com
Kentucky foreclosures fall by one-third Kentucky.com
Arkansas foreclosures hit ’08 high in October Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Inman.com - The Huntsville Times - al.com
all 269 news articles

Some foreclosed houses being sold for a dollar
Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - Nov 6, 2008
Sixty percent of HUD’s 3000-plus Georgia homes are in six metro Atlanta counties. The dollar home program predates the housing meltdown, but it has become ...
Localities Firming Up Foreclosure Aid Plans Washington Post
Housing money gets weak welcome Atlanta Journal Constitution
all 5 news articles

Home equity is gone for many mortgage holders
Seattle Times, United States - Nov 1, 2008
However, he felt confident saying that some negative-equity mortgages "are in the process of foreclosure now." Foreclosures in Washington have been ...
Study: 16.5% of Texans owe on their home than it's worth Dallas Morning News
More US Homeowners Have Mortgage Higher Than House Is Worth Bloomberg
1 in 8 RI home loans are ‘underwater’ Providence Business News
CNN - Philadelphia Inquirer
all 459 news articles