Annapolis, MD (PRWEB) October 01, 2013

Foreclosure home sales could increase later this year when the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) usually moves to make foreclosed homes more affordable predicted USHUD.com Chief Operating Officer, Tim Fry.

Fry said, “HUD is likely to drop the acceptable purchase price for those homes in its inventory before the end of year. While interest rates have increased, it’s likely that home sales could rise as a result of HUD’s decision to reduce prices.The real estate market historically slows in the fourth quarter but this is an opportunity for HUD.”

Fry went on to say, “The Department of Housing and Urban Development has historically reduced the average sales price per home in the third and fourth quarters, but this year we expect to see prices reduced more significantly than in previous quarters as interest rates are on the rise. Buyers are moving faster to the market and taking less time to make an offer because they are trying to take advantage of the rates before they get any higher and HUD wants its homes to compete.”

Current federal regulations limit the inventory of foreclosed homes that Fannie Mae can offer for sale.

“The fact is that HUD does not have the same restrictions as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that limit the number of homes it allows to enter the real estate market,” Fry said.

Leading up to the subprime mortgage crisis that began in 2007, HUD maintained its loan qualification guidelines, while Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac eased their guidelines and have been paying dearly for it ever since with historically high foreclosure inventories. In contrast to HUD which has far fewer foreclosed homes on its balance sheet.

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As the market settled after the mortgage meltdown foreclosure listings also settled and fewer homes were on the market with a placard reading “Bank Foreclosure” in big red lettering. This was a good thing for the entire real estate market. Having an abundance of foreclosures brings the entire market down and it makes it harder for home owners, who would like to move, to get the appropriate price for their home as a similar home down the same street was sold for substantially less and the appraiser is using the foreclosure as a comparable sale. This is just one of the problems when there are too many foreclosure listings in any area. Another issue is the television set that sits in everyone’s living room harping about the price of homes based on the number of foreclosures and this constant barrage of negative information makes most people sit on the sidelines waiting for the market to either implode completely or to correct itself. Meanwhile while they wait, others are buying foreclosure listings and making great investments. Whatever the reason, a market can only handle so many foreclosure listings at any given time. The more foreclosures, the lower the market gets and this is a lesson the banks that were foreclosing and selling off realized too late. The market and their investments would have been better off if there had not been a rush to divest themselves of the toxic assets made more toxic by their own actions.