Recently there has been a lot of talk regarding shadow inventory, negative equity and Nevada Assembly Bill 284. AB 284 requires an affadavit of authority which states that the signatory has personal knowledge of the documents required for a proper foreclosure. This has lead to a sharp drop in notices of default, the first step in the foreclosure process. However, I don’t think that AB284 should get all of the blame. Certainly it has had a major impact but we shouldn’t look at it in isolation. Lack of inventory is a... read more

Buyers that lost their homes to foreclosure just several years ago, have nursed their credit back and are back in the market for a new home, however they often enter at half of the prior mortgage payment.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/03/11/real_estate/foreclosure-homes/