California Gets $1.2B in Foreclosure Help [Housing Tracker]

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L.A. Prepares to Recycle Foreclosed Homes in City. “With Los Angeles' foreclosure rate surging by nearly 300%, city housing officials said Wednesday that they hope to help stabilize the market soon with millions of dollars in federal funds that would let them buy and resell homes already or likely to become abandoned. More than $1.2 billion in federal housing aid is expected to be available to California soon, possibly within a month. It is not yet clear how much L.A. would get; funding will be doled out based on need across the state.” (Big Builder Online, Aug. 14) 

Donald Trump To Rescue Ed Mcmahon From Foreclosure. "Mega-developer and TV personality Donald Trump has agreed to buy Ed McMahon's Beverly Hills house for an undisclosed amount and allow McMahon to continue living in it… "I don't know the man, but I grew up watching him on TV," Trump said… McMahon, 85, was facing foreclosure within two weeks on his Beverly Hills home of 18 years. The aging television icon, who was Johnny Carson's sidekick for three decades, defaulted on $4.8 million in mortgage loans with Countrywide Financial Corp. (BAC).” (LA Times, Aug. 14)

Foreclosure Hits Oregon’s ‘Shire’. “The hobbit Frodo and his companions from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings would be among the latest victims of housing market downturn—if they lived in Oregon. The Shire, a development with a Lord of the Rings theme in Bend, Oregon, is facing foreclosure proceedings… A notice of default and election to sell was filed in the Deschutes County Clerk’s Office on July 22. The notice says that the McDonald family, which owns the property, owes Umpqua Bank more than $3 million.” (WSJ Blogs, Aug. 14)

 

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Comments

[Pretzel Logic:]

Great. Our tax dollars at work.

2008 Aug 18 07:42 AM

[Dr. Jackpot:]

It would help and be fair if the governor demanded a return of all real estate commissiones paid by people in foreclosure. Realtors had just as much influence on sucking in poor buyers as banks did.

2008 Aug 18 08:20 AM

[jimocarroll:]

"Realtor" is a trademark and shouldn't be used as a generic term for "real estate salesperson".

That said: real estate salespersons are opportunistic shysters?

I'm shocked. Shocked!

2008 Aug 18 08:47 AM

[whidbey:]

Bend Oregon? Shire? What in the.... are you thinking. That is not real. Try down town Portland, the liberal paradise. It is having serious problems, that are growing. Maybe blood in the streets soon. After all, we can not ask personal questions in Oregon, but rather, must expect the best. Such talk.

2008 Aug 18 10:43 AM

[youngolf:]

'Realtors' - after buying and selling3 homes, I ditched the shysters and handled everything myself with a good closing attorney.......NO problems whatsoever.

People who depend on realtors are lazy or naive. The only case they are useful is if you are transferred out of town and need them to sell your house.......thats it.

Who deserves a 6% commission split for opening a door and saying, 'don't you just love the kitchen', on a $300k house. Amazing.

2008 Aug 18 11:02 AM

[jzjinvestor:]

$300K house? Try my $1.4M house here in Marin and run the numbers...

2008 Aug 18 11:43 AM