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What a year 2007 was! But what a year 2008 is going to be as far as foreclosed homes are concerned is yet to be seen. According to the last report, almost 155,000 families had lost their homes through foreclosure proceedings, which is a rate of one per 194 homes in the US. The worst fear for the government is how many more foreclosed properties will they get to see this year? Will the number of repo properties increase? Will there be more delinquencies? What is the proposed solution for fighting or stopping foreclosure? These are just some of the questions that seem to haunt the government, lenders and housing authorities like HUD.

The fear has multiplied owing to the fact that the overall foreclosure filings in the country has jumped by 112% in the first quarter of 2008 itself and this is highly concerning. According to some of the real estate information firms, almost 650,000 repo houses were listed in the nationwide foreclosure listings and were sent auction sales notices and notices of default (NOD). Bank repossessions have also increased remarkably due to high number of delinquencies, which has forced many homeowners to lose their homes and get stranded as they have nowhere to go.

The question is: what is the next step the government will take and how is it going to implement various solutions for the ailing homeowners? This can only be known once the various policies are in place or implemented. For now trouble for homeowners are far from over. But amidst this storm, a new market has opened for investors who want to buy homes and even flip them. The best way to go around doing that is by taking a membership with ForeclosedPropertiesData.com and downloading information that will assist in informed investing in repo homes.

Despite objections from the Republicans, the Democrats managed to push a housing bill that is worth $15 billion. The opposition considered the bill to be a government giveaway or bailout.

If passed, the housing bill will mean that counties and cities suffering from the worst of the foreclosure crisis will receive federal grants and loans for the purchase and repair of foreclosure properties.

According to the Democrats, the housing bill could prevent distressed neighborhoods from suffering more from the subprime meltdown. Basically, the program will help millions of troubled homeowners by giving them an opportunity to refinance their existing loan to a much more affordable, government-backed loan.

States with high foreclosures rate will obviously be given priority. In the cities, counties and smaller towns, neighborhoods belonging to the low and middle income class will be given priority as well. Even families who have already lost their homes to foreclosure are targeted by the program.

For the Republicans, such bill is too expensive to be even considered. In addition, the ones who will benefit most from this program are the lenders who currently own large inventories of foreclosed properties. Instead of addressing the real housing concerns, the bill might even make things worse than they already are.

Fortunately, not every provision in the said bill is being vetoed by the Republicans. In fact, a provision, which expands the FHA so that it could help distressed homeowners who could not meet the requirements for government-backed mortgages refinance into a more affordable fixed-rate housing loan, is most likely to get nods from the Republicans.

The said housing bill will be getting a committee vote by next week. Meanwhile another bill was approved by the Financial Services panel at the same time. Under the said bill, lenders are encouraged to assist troubled mortgage borrowers transition to cheaper mortgages.

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Saint was only six months old when his family’s home was repossessed due to foreclosure. Saint found himself at an Animal facility, frightened, confused and terrified.

When Pamela Hawes learned of Saint’s plight, she immediately adopted him. Saint cried all the way to his new home.

“He was like, where am I going?” Hawes, 45, recalled.

Animals like Saint do not always have such happy endings.

Across the country, the foreclosure crisis is forcing families to relocate and unfortunately also forcing them to leave their pets behind, said Barbara Dyer, state director for the Humane Society of the United States. “Some people no longer can afford to feed the animals, while others say goodbye because they are moving to rental homes where landlords forbids pets”.

“Animal shelters unable to care for the influx of animals might need to resort to putting the pets to sleep”, Dyer said.

“It’s not the shelters that are the bad guys.” she said. “They’re doing the best they can.”

“The Humane Society first noticed late last year that pets were suffering the effects of the historically high foreclosure rate”, Dyer said. “By March”, she said, “the society felt concerned enough about the problem to create the Foreclosure Pets Fund, which gives grants of up to $2,000 to help shelters and rescue groups care for the additional animals”.

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What was once considered a poor man’s disease, foreclosures have hit the wealthy also. The New York Times reports that the stereotype of only the poor, the subprime borrowers, the irresponsible feel the affect of repo homes and foreclosed properties has now been proven to be false. Greenwich Connecticut, with its 7 figure properties is feeling the pain also.

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