Tag Archives: Foreclosure Wave

Foreclosure Deal Deadline Postponed

The deadline for states to decide whether to join a proposed nationwide foreclosure settlement with banks was delayed to Feb. 6 from Feb. 3, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office said.  States were given more time to evaluate the proposal, which … Continue reading

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Will Housing Recover by 2013

A poll of 23 economists and analysts found a consensus for no change in the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index in 2012, compared with a median 0.3% decline that was forecast in the last poll in November.  Many say that a … Continue reading

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What’s Up With All The REO’s?

Five years into the housing crisis, and foreclosures remain elevated. We’ve seen temporary lulls in home repossessions that coincided with the implementation of new state and municipal mediation efforts, moratoria enacted as federal programs ramped up, and suspensions of filings … Continue reading

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Foreclosure backlog could take “decades” to clear

The number of seriously delinquent mortgages in the nation’s largest metropolitan areas slowed this year, according to a new study from the Urban Institute. But foreclosures remain a burden on the housing market, prompting the policy research group to call … Continue reading

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Trulia says more foreclosures coming. Do you know how to sell a 203K home?

Real estate research and marketing firm Trulia said employment figures improved slightly at the end of 2011, making it possible for more borrowers to pay their mortgages next year.  While Trulia says this trend could reduce 2012 delinquencies, the company … Continue reading

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Foreclosure Timeline Lengthened 140 Days Over Last Year

Mortgages backing homes that were foreclosed on in September had been delinquent for an average of 624 days, according to Lender Processing Services (LPS). That’s up from 484 days in September of last year, just before the processing issues surfaced. … Continue reading

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Years of Foreclosures Ahead

The housing market faces several more years with 800,000 to 1 million new foreclosed properties per year, according to Rick Sharga, an executive vice president with Carrington Mortgage Services.  Sharga recently left RealtyTrac, where he helped build a network that … Continue reading

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Home Builders Face New Hurdles

Builders are on track to construct the fewest single family homes in history this year. Total housing starts in July were down 1.7 percent, month to month, which may not sound like a lot, but when you break the number down, you see the problem. Continue reading

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Banks Holding Property Will Hurt Sales

All told, the nation’s biggest banks own more than 872,000 homes as a result of the groundswell in foreclosures, almost twice as many as when the financial crisis began in 2007, according to RealtyTrac, a real estate data provider.  In … Continue reading

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Buyers and Sellers Reluctant To Do Business Together.

This is our  March synthesis of all the national real estate trends! The news is bad for home-owners, good for buyers: prices are down, sales are down further. The smart money is moving in, as a whopping third of all … Continue reading

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