Montreal Foreclosure are up 36%

Montreal Foreclosure

are up 36%

With the sub-prime crash in the united states, Americans have seen foreclosure rates jump in the last year. In some regions of the country, foreclosure rates have gone up as much as 1500%. This means that a lot of people are losing their homes and it has become harder for home buyers to secure financing for their purchase.

The cause of this disaster is mainly attributed to Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs). ARMs are also known as teaser rate mortgages because they initially offer very low interest rates and increase them gradually.

This means that buyers can benefit from very low monthly payments initially, but these balloon very quickly to amounts that they cannot afford and they end up losing their home. Rates can increase as much as 2 times over the period of just a few years.

What does this mean for the Canadian Real Estate and Mortgage market? Although the lending situation in Canada is much different from the American's, our fate has always been closely tied to our southernly neighbors. Canadian lenders do offer adjustable rate mortgages, but Canadian home buyers have mainly stayed on the safe course and opted for fixed rate mortgages.

Regardless of our safer attitude towards borrowing money, a recent report has seen an increase of 36% in Montreal Foreclosures since 2007. This either means that there has been an increase in negligent home owners or that they may be a slowing down of the Canadian economy.

One man's crisis is another's opportunity. This is real estate investment gold. With the special foreclosure laws that exist in Quebec that allow bank to make profit on the repossessed homes, the trick to making the real deals is to get these properties in pre-foreclosures.

Of course you can still get a nice discount on foreclosures, but the real money is made by finding, contacting and negotiating with those home owners that are in pre-foreclosure. They may not want to sell their home, but the bank is only 60 days away from taking it back.

Home owners in this situation are never happy about letting go of "their equity", but like I always say:"It's your equity until you stop paying the mortgage. Then it's the bank's"

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Montreal Pre-Foreclosure

If you haven't been investing Montreal pre-foreclosures, it might be time to start. Investing in Montreal pre-foreclosures is a great way to make a lot of money on real estate.

Owner who are in pre-foreclosure are much more motivated to sell than a regular seller because they know that the bank will take back the house within 60 days. You can find pre-foreclosures almost anywhere on and off the island of Montreal: Laval, South Shore, West Island, Downtown, Old Montreal, Montreal-Nord, Est End, North Shore and even in Westmount.

A home is in pre-foreclosure for a period of 4-6 months depending on the bank and any action made to rectify the situation. The pre-foreclosure period can be separated into two more distinctive parts: Default and Notice of Default.

The period called "Default" begins when the owner fails to make the first payment. This can be a crucial find since the owner is quite distraught about the situation. A this point, there has been no action from the bank and nothing will most likely happen until the third missed payment.

After the third missed payment, most banks will send the "Notice of Default". At this point, the mortgage on the house has been called in and the owner will have 60 days to rectify the situation or face losing the house.

This is where investors will come in and buy the house. This is usually a good thing for the owner because even though he may feel like he lost his house, he saved his credit history and maybe even a little equity.

If you are interested in Real Estate Investing in Montreal, have a look at the recommended resources on the right hand side. You may also want to sign up for the Free Foreclosure List and get started on those. Then you may want to get into the Montreal pre-foreclosure business

Good Luck and good house hunting

Montreal Foreclosures

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First, let's make an important distinction when it comes to Montreal Foreclosures. There are two stage in the foreclosure process: 1. Pre-foreclosure & 2. Foreclosure. This is important because during the pre-foreclosure, the bank doesn't own the property yet and the owner may still sell the house. Once foreclosure occurs, the bank takes possession of the house and now passes it on to an agent to sell.

The Quebec laws used to prevent the bank from making any profits from the sale of foreclosed home which meant that it had to sell the house for the amount that was owed. This allow investor to buy the house for very little money and turn it around for a large profit. The laws have changed and the banks are now allowed to make profit on the sale of the home. This changes everything.

Now banks give the house to an agent that will try to sell the house for market value. Each bank has specific procedures on how they determine the price at which they will sell the home. For example, Bank XYZ will have set time lines for the determination of the price: Up to 6 months on the market they expect market value, past 6 months they will accept as low as 80%. This is just an example and I don't know the exact timelines that banks use, but you can see how they work it.

How do you make money with Montreal Foreclosures? By purchasing the home in pre-foreclosure. Pre-foreclosure is the time period during which stops making payments to the bank and the time at which the bank takes possession. The bank usually sends a notice of default after the third missed payment at which time the owner has 60 days to make the mortgage current. So the pre-foreclosure last for about 150 days during which the most profit can be made.

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