7 Articles match "2005","Texas"

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• 2006 Foreclosure Filings Surpass 1.2 Million
  
  million foreclosure filings were reported nationwide during 2006, up 42 percent from 2005 and a foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 92 households, according to the RealtyTrac 2006 U.S. The number of total foreclosure filings rose from about 885,000 in 2005 to 1,259,118 in 2006. Texas reported 156,876 foreclosure filings during the year, the most of any state More than 1.2 Foreclosure Market Report released yesterday.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures Back on the Up and Up
  
  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. Colorado continued to document the nation’s highest foreclosure rate for the fifth month in a row and Texas continued to record the most new foreclosure filings of any state for the eighth month in a row. U.S. foreclosures in July rose to their highest level in three months, bouncing back 5 percent
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures Exceed 100K for Fifth Month
  
  But the 109,652 new foreclosure filings during the month still represented a 35 percent increase from December 2005 and marked the fifth consecutive month with a foreclosure total above 100,000, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Texas foreclosure activity increased 4 percent, helping the state reclaim the top spot from California in terms of total foreclosures. U.S. foreclosure activity dropped 9 percent in December, backing down from a November foreclosure total that was the year’s highest.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures and Hurricanes: A Nasty Combo
  
  The fallout that followed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 left many Gulf Coast residents homeless or facing foreclosure — or both. residents from Texas to Maine. As opposed to the hurricanes causing the foreclosures, this time around the foreclosures already exist, and in much greater numbers than back in 2005. Temporary relief from the devastation was granted in the form of a foreclosure moratorium at the time. Given today’s economic climate, however, there exists a connection between foreclosures and hurricanes that poses a potentially even greater threat
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Florida Homeowners Overconfident Despite Foreclosures?
  
  Yet despite lower sales volume, FAR also reported that the states median home price continues to go up -- 11 percent on a yearly basis from May 2005, and 15 percent year-to-date, giving some credence to the 71 percent of homeowners surveyed by The Fund who believe that affordability is the biggest obstacle to homeownership in the state. Such consumer confidence does not seem to jive with RealtyTracs May 2006 data either, where the Sunshine State was ranked as having the second highest number of foreclosures in the country (8,898) behind only Texas. Results of a new study released last week by Attorneys Title Insurance Fund (The Fund) suggests that Florida homeowners are feeling pretty good nowadays about the value of their homes and the potential for those values to rise further in the future.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Where to find the best deals on foreclosures
  
  Foreclosure markets most favorable to buyers and investors According to data from the RealtyTrac database, homebuyers and investors realized average savings over the past seven months of more than 40 percent on foreclosure purchases in Ohio and average savings of more than 30 percent on foreclosure purchases in Indiana , Tennessee , Georgia and Texas . All five of the states with foreclosure markets most favorable to buyers and investors reported annual foreclosure rates of more than 1 percent of total households along with increasing foreclosures in 2005. It’s important for buyers and investors who are interested in the foreclosures market to carefully evaluate local market conditions before diving into foreclosures in any given area.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - 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. Texas and Florida were on top in terms of sheer number of foreclosures. RealtyTrac released our February 2006 foreclosure numbers today, and they show U.S. foreclosures increasing for the third month in a row.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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