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No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
not far from Manhattan, Hudson City Bancorp has a lending philosophy that dates back decades: You can get a dull, boring, mortgage from Hudson at a very low rate — but only if you put equity into the property. million in the second quarter — that’s up 52 percent from a year earlier. percent) were classified as “non-performing,” an expression which means that No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller The news from Wall Street in recent weeks has not been good, especially in the world of mortgages.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
According to Fitch "the potential average payment increase on this recasting population is 63 percent, representing on average an additional $1,053 due each month on top of the current average payment of $1,672." You dont have to be a math major to figure out what will happen next: Huge numbers of option ARMs will fail in the next 24 to 30 months with results that will be devastating to borrowers, loan portfolios and local home values. How They Work Formally known as "payment option adjustable rate mortgages," option ARMs are the most complex residential loan products ever offered.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
percent from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today. percent from their peak in July 2006. "There percent decline and Los Angeles with a 26.2 percent decline. Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures up 13 percent in February
We show 117,259 properties nationwide entered some stage of foreclosure in February, a 13 percent increase from the previous month and a 68 percent increase from February 2005. In addition, bank-owned properties accounted for 39 percent of the total number, which is a higher percentage than usual and indicates that fewer homeowners in default have been able to stop the foreclosure process by selling or refinancing during pre-foreclosure." Georgia reported the nations highest foreclosure rate for the second month, with one new foreclosure for every 329 households.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures Inch Higher in May
The data show nationwide foreclosures inching up 2 percent from the previous month and 28 percent from May 2005. “Our May numbers echo the recent report by the Mortgage Bankers Association, which noted that delinquency and default activities were lower in the first quarter of 2006,” commented James J. While our report confirms that the number of properties entering foreclosure is still significantly higher than it was during the same period of 2005, we’ve now seen two months of decreasing foreclosure rates followed by May numbers that were essentially flat.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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First Quarter Foreclosure Stats
The report documents 323,102 properties nationwide entering some stageof foreclosure in the first quarter, a 38 percent increase from theprevious quarter and a 72 percent year-over-year increase from thefirst quarter of 2005. RealtyTrac released foreclosure numbers for the first quarter of 2006 yesterday, and they show the nations foreclosures moving higher forthe fourth consecutive quarter, despite a decrease in March. The nation’s quarterly foreclosure rate of onenew foreclosure for every 358 U.S.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Defaulting on the American Dream: A Troubling Trend
Foreclosure filings jumped 42 percent nationwide in 2006, accelerating a trend that began in 2005 as home sales started to cool. properties entered some stage of foreclosure, up from 850,000 properties in 2005, according to RealtyTrac research . A rising number of Americans — particularly those who took out riskier adjustable-rate and subprime mortgages — are increasingly defaulting on their loans, according to figures released this week by RealtyTrac , providing striking evidence that a growing number of borrowers are at risk of losing their homes. Last
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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2007: Housing Slowdown Good for Foreclosures
percent on average next year, after an almost 50 percent run-up in appreciation between 2001 and 2006, says the Chapman Economic & Business Review December 2006 . Housing starts are expected to remain down in many parts of the country, due to increased marketing time and inventories of unsold homes that grew from a 3.7-month supply in 2005 to a 7.3-month supply in 2006 at the national level. The cooling real estate sector will continue to plague the national economy next year, but enough positive economic fundamentals remain in place to counteract forces threatening to push the U.S.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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MBA Survey Confirms Q1 Foreclosure Surge
Foreclosure Market Report released at the end of April, which found overall foreclosure activity increased 23 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 and 112 percent from the first quarter of 2007. percent at the end of the first quarter, up 21 percent from the 2.04 percent reported in the fourth quarter of 2007 and up 93 percent from the 1.28 The first quarter MBA National Delinquency Survey released today largely supports the findings of the RealtyTrac Q1 2008 U.S. That closely mirrored the trend in MBA’s foreclosure rate, which put the percentage
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Rise in Home Values Keeps Foreclosures in Check
Reaching a double-digit peak above 14 percent before dropping back to 9 percent over the past six months, the rate of price appreciation is still more than double the norm (4 percent) for the nation over time. percent rate of appreciation by the end of 2007, still above the national norm, and still a positive sign that the economy is holding its own. Economics 301 – Home Price Appreciation and Household Net Wealth According to the Business & Economic Review June 2006 released last week by the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University,
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures Back on the Up and Up
foreclosures in July rose to their highest level in three months, bouncing back 5 percent from June, when they hit their low point of the year so far. And as they have been in each month so far this year, foreclosures were also up from a year ago, rising 18 percent from July 2005. A total of 92,845 properties entered some stage of foreclosure during the month, a foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 1,245 U.S. U.S. households.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures Don't Back Down in September
RealtyTrac’s monthly foreclosure report shows 112,210 properties entering some stage of foreclosure during September, a decrease of less than 1 percent from August but an increase of more than 63 percent from September 2005. Foreclosure activity in September didn’t back down much from the jump reported in the previous month, RealtyTrac reported today. September’s foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 1,030 households was the third highest monthly foreclosure rate year to date, behind only the foreclosure rates reported in August and February.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Short sales rising
Last year, you rarely saw the phrase “short sale” in the MLS property description. Today, approximately 10 percent of the listed properties are short sales. That indicates lenders are getting more eager to unload properties in foreclosure, even if it means selling them for less than is owed on the mortgage. Scanning the Southern California Multiple Listing Service (MLS) last week, the one thing that stands out is the growing number of short sales. Short sales occur when home prices fall and mortgage debt exceeds the value of the property.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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