Just announced yesterday, Fannie MAe (FNMA) has extended it’s seller assistance program to June 30, 2010. This program extends the program scheduled to end on April 30 for two more months to aid in the sales of FNMA foreclosures to the owner occupied home buyer market.

This incentive is a 3.5% credit toward either closing costs, appliances or a combination thereof. Call your FNMA agent at Prime Real Estate for more information 404-685-3774.

Take advantage of your FNMA seller incentives AND your federal tax credit if you are under contract by April 30. See us at www.atlprime.com

According to the National Association of Realtors, existing homes sales are up 6.8% over the previous month. This is a great indicator that the spring market has hit. There has never been a better time to get off the fence and start your road to the American Dream.

Additionally, we are seeing foreclosure inventories gear up for the spring and summer sales seasons. Some estimates are that last quarter saw more than a 35% increase in foreclosures over the previous quarter. This means that banks are finally able to recover some of the assets that have been on hold due to the mostly failed modefication programs set forth by the federal governement.

For some time there has been a bottleneck of inventory that has been held up in these failing government loan modeifcation and retention programs. As a whole, these programs have done very little except hinder the overall recovery and liquidation of the distressed assets on the books at our banks and mortgage lenders.

Many industry experts see FNMA and other government lending programs as so far in failure that they may see extinction in the coming years.

However, for buyers and investors, now is the time to take advantage and get in on what could be your greatest opportunity for wealth building in a lifetime. Call the Prime Real Estate foreclosure experts to find out more and to find out about foreclosures before they hit the market.

Experience has taught us that the good ones go right away, so ensure your position at www.atlprime.com.

The most recent foreclosure news from DS NEWS 4/12/10 says

“Despite servicers’ efforts to modify unprecedented volumes of troubled mortgages and a large-scale government-led program put in place to stem the nation’s viral foreclosure epidemic, they haven’t been enough to keep up with the rapid pace of loan deterioration, according to new data from Lender Processing Services (LPS).
A market report released by the company Monday shows that the total number of delinquent loans as of the end of February was 21.3 percent higher than it was a year earlier. Although the data showed a small 1.45 percent seasonal decline in delinquencies from January 2010 to February 2010, LPS reported that the national delinquency rate still stood at 10.2 percent.

Although delinquencies remained relatively level, the nation’s foreclosure inventories reached record highs in February. Based on LPS’ analysis, the foreclosure rate of 3.31 percent represented a 51.1 percent year-over-year increase.

Furthermore, the percentage of new problem loans is also at its highest level in five years. LPS found that more than 1.1 million loans that were current at the beginning of
January 2010 were already at least 30 days delinquent or in foreclosure by February 2010 month-end.

According to the company’s data, the number of non-current first-lien mortgages and REO properties now total more than 7.9 million loans.

LPS noted in its report that as a result of the federal government’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), delinquent loans that were modified and that remained current through HAMP’s three-month trial period – called “cures-to-current” – have increased. Advanced delinquency rolls, however, remain elevated from a historical perspective, the company said.

Both delinquency and foreclosure inventories remain bloated, LPS said, thanks to high volumes of problem loans in combination with prolonged loss mitigation efforts and foreclosure moratoria.

With 10.2 percent of borrowers delinquent and 3.3 percent in foreclosure, the nation’s total rate of non-current loans has hit 13.5 percent, LPS said.

Based on the company’s analysis, the states with the most non-current loans include: Florida, Nevada, Arizona, Mississippi, California, New Jersey, Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana.

The states with fewest non-current loans are: North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, Vermont, Colorado, Washington, and Minnesota.

Commentary from Freddie Mac’s economic team Monday says, “The current large backlog of seriously delinquent mortgages remains a daunting prospect for many local markets across the country, and it may take two years or more to return to more normal housing market conditions.””

Call your Prime Real Estate foreclosure expert to find out more

Just announced by fannie MAe (FNMA) is a great new incentive for those foreclosed homes missing their appliances. FNMA is offering up to a 3.5% incentive toward, Closing Costs, The purchase of Wirlpool Appliances or a combination thereof. Call your Prime Real Estate FNMA specialist today for more information.

To be eligible for the program, the following criteria must be met: The offer must be written AFTER January 28, 2010, The property must close before May 1, 2010 and the buyer must be an owner occupant. Second homes are also eligbile as long as they are owner occupied. Investors are excluded from the program.

So act quickly as time is almost gone for this program. Call Me or any of yout Prime REO specialists at 404-685-3774 or visit our web site at www.atlprime.com