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Foreclosure Moratorium May Be Over

There is a rumor going around that the foreclosure moratorium may be over today.  It has been discussed by many bank insiders.  The banks stopped foreclosing for a while to lighten the inventory load.  In Northern Virginia this has caused a lot of bidding wars especiall in the $250-400k range inside the beltway.  I am not happy that people are going into foreclosure but it will be good to have some additional inventory for my first time home buyer's to work with.  For a few weeks it has been increasingly difficult for 1st time home buyers to compete with investors.  If this rumor is true inventory should increase in the next month.  It is still a few week to month process to foreclose, get the people out of the property and list the property so it may be a month before we see inventory rise. 

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 7:00 PM by JackA

# re: Foreclosure Moratorium May Be Over

Are they coming.  I have read on another blog that one real estate professional has seen a huge increase in BPOs coming in.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 7:18 PM by Kim Darwaza

# re: Foreclosure Moratorium May Be Over

There is still very low inventory in the $200-400k price range in the close in suburbs.  I really haven't seen a greater influx than usual of new properties on the market.  Last weekend was slow for new listings which could have been because of the holiday weekend.  

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