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><channel><title>Twin Cities Real Estate Blog &#187; Foreclosures and Short Sales</title> <atom:link href="http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/category/foreclosures-and-short-sales/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com</link> <description>Housing News, Opinion, Statistics and Homes for Sale</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:57:24 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=abc</generator> <item><title>8 Predictions for 2010 Twin Cities Housing Market &#8211; August Update</title><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/8-predictions-2010-twin-cities-housing-market/</link> <comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/8-predictions-2010-twin-cities-housing-market/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:51:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crystal Ball Projections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreclosures and Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Buyers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Sellers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Market Stats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mortgage Rates]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Personal Experiences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[special financing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tax credits]]></category> <category><![CDATA[housing market prediction]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1579</guid> <description><![CDATA[Below you will find my predictions from a January 7, 2010 blog post and my comments on each of those predictions as of August 24, 2010: Foreclosures will continue to come on the market and many will be scooped up quickly with multiple offers. Correct!  This has been the case so far this year, though [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/8-predictions-2010-twin-cities-housing-market/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Foreclosures: Doing the Right Thing &#8211; Part II</title><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/foreclosures-doing-the-right-thing-ii/</link> <comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/foreclosures-doing-the-right-thing-ii/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:46:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreclosures and Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1571</guid> <description><![CDATA[A few days ago I wrote about one couple&#8217;s decision to skip out on their obligations out of convenience, and today I found one that makes the last couple look like saints: Ohio Man Bulldozes Home to Avoid Foreclosure From what I hear, this isn&#8217;t illegal in many areas.  Since the guy owned the home [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/foreclosures-doing-the-right-thing-ii/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Foreclosures: Doing the Right Thing</title><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/foreclosures-doing-the-right-thing/</link> <comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/foreclosures-doing-the-right-thing/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:18:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreclosures and Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Sellers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Personal Experiences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Useless Ramblings]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1565</guid> <description><![CDATA[Today there is an article in the Star Tribune discussing options for homeowners that are underwater.  Today this is a commonly discussed topic and one that shouldn&#8217;t be ignored.  The first couple in the article talk about their decision to walk away from their home.  The article discusses their reasoning for walking away and they [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/foreclosures-doing-the-right-thing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Fantastically Priced One Level Home for Sale in Stonemill Farms</title><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/home-for-sale-stonemill-farms/</link> <comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/home-for-sale-stonemill-farms/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:25:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Foreclosures and Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Buyers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Listings]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1532</guid> <description><![CDATA[I rarely post my new listings to my blog because I don&#8217;t think of this blog as the place to so blatantly advertise myself.  Today I am making an exception because of the nature of my new listing at 2293 Vermillion Curve in Woodbury: This home is a bank owned (foreclosure) property but is truly in turn-key [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/home-for-sale-stonemill-farms/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Post Tax Credit Property Purchasing Plummet</title><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/post-tax-credit-property-purchasing-plummet/</link> <comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/post-tax-credit-property-purchasing-plummet/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:11:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crystal Ball Projections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreclosures and Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Buyers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Sellers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Market Stats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tax credits]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1509</guid> <description><![CDATA[Have we found the &#8220;New Normal&#8221; in Twin Cities real estate activity?  I have to image we have.  For more than 3 months we&#8217;ve seen showing activity down 35% &#8211; 40% from the year prior: Twin Cities Pending Sales, which are signed contracts between a buyer and a seller, are experiencing a similar magnitude of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/post-tax-credit-property-purchasing-plummet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Twin Cities Pre-Foreclosure Notices up 20% vs 2009</title><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-pre-foreclosure-notices/</link> <comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-pre-foreclosure-notices/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:25:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreclosures and Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Market Stats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Personal Experiences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[foreclosures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pre-foreclosures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[short sales]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1479</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Home Ownership Center has been tracking pre-foreclosure notices received by foreclosure counseling agencies throughout Minnesota and just posted some updated charts that show 2010 pre-foreclosure notices are consistently higher than the same time frame in 2009.  Through June 2010, notices are up a considerable 20%: I don&#8217;t find these numbers very surprising: the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-pre-foreclosure-notices/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>1300 Sellers in Twin Cities Waiting for Lender Short Sale Approvals</title><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/1300-short-sales-waiting-lender-approval/</link> <comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/1300-short-sales-waiting-lender-approval/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:51:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Crystal Ball Projections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreclosures and Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Buyers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Sellers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Market Stats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[short sales]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1424</guid> <description><![CDATA[Based on my personal analysis of our local MLS database, approximately 1300 Twin Cities sellers and at least as many buyers may be waiting for their offer on a short sale property to be reviewed and accepted/rejected/countered by the seller&#8217;s lender(s).  The number of buyers waiting for answers may be substantially higher than the number [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/1300-short-sales-waiting-lender-approval/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Twin Cities: 1 in 6 Homes Purchased With Cash in 1st Half of 2010</title><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-1-in-six-homes-purchased-cash-2010/</link> <comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-1-in-six-homes-purchased-cash-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:31:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Foreclosures and Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Sellers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Market Stats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cash financing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[foreclosures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[investors]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1370</guid> <description><![CDATA[Based on data from NorthstarMLS, I was able to put together the following chart that shows how home buyers in the first 1/2 of 2010 were financing their purchases.  Fully 1 in every 6 buyers paid in cold hard cash, a huge increase from the 1 in 20 to 1 in 25 ratio more typical [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-1-in-six-homes-purchased-cash-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>40% Of Twin Cities Home Purchasers Used FHA In 1st Half 2010</title><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/40-percent-twin-cities-home-purchases-use-fha-2010/</link> <comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/40-percent-twin-cities-home-purchases-use-fha-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:35:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreclosures and Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Buyers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Market Stats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mortgage Rates]]></category> <category><![CDATA[special financing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1356</guid> <description><![CDATA[The trend from 2009 continues: nearly 40% of all home buyers in the Twin Cities during the 1st half of 2010 used FHA Loan to finance their purchase.  This is up from just 2% in 2007! Why are so many buyers using FHA loans to purchase their home? Here are some reasons: FHA requires only [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/40-percent-twin-cities-home-purchases-use-fha-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How Much &#8216;Shadow Inventory&#8217; Is There?</title><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/how-much-shadow-inventory-is-there/</link> <comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/how-much-shadow-inventory-is-there/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:47:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Foreclosures and Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Buyers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Sellers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Market Stats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[foreclosure]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lender mediated]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[short sale]]></category> <category><![CDATA[twin cities real estate]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1332</guid> <description><![CDATA[The National Association of REALTORS has put together a video discussing the amount and type of  &#8217;Shadow Inventory&#8217; nationally.  The biggest problem with such figures is that they are still based off of sampling &#38; definitions of what is or is not counted in the definition.  Regardless of what the actual number is, the video [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/how-much-shadow-inventory-is-there/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Foreclosure Process in Minnesota</title><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/foreclosure-process-in-minnesota/</link> <comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/foreclosure-process-in-minnesota/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:13:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreclosures and Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Sellers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[forclosure process]]></category> <category><![CDATA[foreclosure chart]]></category> <category><![CDATA[infoporn]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1322</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Home Ownership Center has updated their Minnesota foreclosure process chart &#8211; all I can say is WOW!  Makes a complicated subject much easier to understand.  This chart discusses how the Minnesota process of &#8220;Foreclosure by Advertisement&#8221; works.  There is a different process called &#8220;Foreclosure by Action&#8221; but it isn&#8217;t used frequently in Minnesota [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/foreclosure-process-in-minnesota/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Twin Cities Housing Forecast: It&#8217;s November in June!</title><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-housing-forecast/</link> <comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-housing-forecast/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:57:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Crystal Ball Projections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreclosures and Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Buyers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Sellers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Market Stats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[market statistics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1315</guid> <description><![CDATA[(image courtesy MAAR) The anemic Twin Cities Pending Home Sales figures posted the last 5 weeks are both expected as well as disappointing.  While us REALTORS all knew that things post-tax-credit would be slower, I for one am rested and ready to really get back at it.  If we compare pending home sales since the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-housing-forecast/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Foreclosures &amp; Short Sales &#8211; What&#8217;s The Difference?</title><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/foreclosures-short-sales-reo-bank-owned/</link> <comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/foreclosures-short-sales-reo-bank-owned/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:23:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreclosures and Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Buyers]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1309</guid> <description><![CDATA[One of the biggest questions many of my buyers have is what a short sale or bank owned home means in terms of the house and the process? Below I&#8217;ve summarized some of the biggest differences, and have also made it into in a PDF one-page format if you&#8217;d like to print it. Traditional Seller [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/foreclosures-short-sales-reo-bank-owned/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Are Home Prices In The Twin Cities Rising?</title><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/are-home-prices-in-twin-cities-rising/</link> <comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/are-home-prices-in-twin-cities-rising/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:19:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreclosures and Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Buyers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Sellers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Market Stats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1165</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you have ever talked to me in person or have read my blog, you know I&#8217;m a bit of a numbers nut.  Ok, I&#8217;m a big numbers nut.  I love hard data and analysis because it can tell you so much about what is really going on. Even though numbers themselves don&#8217;t lie, if [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/are-home-prices-in-twin-cities-rising/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Twin Cities Short Sales Help</title><link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-short-sale-help/</link> <comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-short-sale-help/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:31:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Foreclosures and Short Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Info for Sellers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[foreclosure prevention]]></category> <category><![CDATA[preforeclosure]]></category> <category><![CDATA[short sale]]></category> <category><![CDATA[shortsale]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1205</guid> <description><![CDATA[No matter what happens with the economy, interest rates and house prices, the next few years we will continue to see both foreclosures and short sales.  From an owner&#8217;s perspective, a short sale will often do less damage to their credit than a foreclosure &#8211; though in many cases the damage can be almost equal. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-short-sale-help/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>

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