14 Articles match "2006","California","Nevada"

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High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
In a lot of the bubble markets — like Miami, Palm Beach, San Diego, Las Vegas, Orange County and the Inland Empire in California — we are going to see an increase in the number of high-end foreclosures in relatively wealthy communities. Already, there’s a glut of McMansions in the $500,000 to $1 million range that have been foreclosed by lenders — and many more are falling into foreclosure, according to an analysis of RealtyTrac foreclosure records in 2006 and 2007 (see graphic). High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes By Octavio Nuiry, RealtyTrac Staff Writer    Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited briefly from favorable financing.
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Realtors '07 Forecast Looks Promising for Future Foreclosure Activity
If California’s economic indicators stay at their present course, 2007 should be a very good year for investing and purchasing foreclosure properties at bargain prices. At Wednesday’s Opening Session of California Realtor EXPO 2006, Leslie Appleton-Young, Chief Economist for the California Association of Realtors, presented her housing forecast for next year , calling for the state’s median home price to drop for the first time in 10 years and the pace of home sales to continue to decrease. LONG BEACH, Calif. — The CAR forecast also calls for a 2 percent drop in
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Study Forecasts Rising Subprime Foreclosures
The study, which cites RealtyTrac numbers as one of its sources, looked at subprime foreclosure rates from 1998 through 2006 and closely ties those rates to house price appreciation. It warns cities in California, Nevada, New Jersey, New York and Michigan, as well as the greater Washington, D.C. A new study released yesterday by the Center for Responsible Lending projects that one out of five subprime mortgages originated in the past two years will end in foreclosure, costing homeowners as much as $164 billion. “This rate is nearly double the projected rate of subprime loans made in 2002, and it exceeds the worst foreclosure experience in the modern mortgage market, which occurred during the “Oil Patch” disaster of the 1980s.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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. The 2006 total represents more than 1 percent of U.S. More than 1.2 Foreclosure Market Report released yesterday.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosures Take a Spring Break
    Foreclosure activity dipped 1 percent in April after hitting a two-year high in March, but foreclosure filings were still up 62 percent from April 2006, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. households. Nevada documented the highest state foreclosure rate for the fourth month in a row, with one foreclosure filing for every 232 households — more than three times the national average. California Foreclosure Market Report released today. A
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • 5 States = 55% of July Foreclosure Pie
    California, Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Georgia together accounted for 55 percent of all U.S. California reported the most foreclosure filings of any state, with 39,013. The states foreclosure activity was actually down a half a percent from the previous month but still up 289 percent from July 2006. foreclosure filings in July, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report released today.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Realtors '07 Forecast Looks Promising for Future Foreclosure Activity
    If California’s economic indicators stay at their present course, 2007 should be a very good year for investing and purchasing foreclosure properties at bargain prices. At Wednesday’s Opening Session of California Realtor EXPO 2006, Leslie Appleton-Young, Chief Economist for the California Association of Realtors, presented her housing forecast for next year , calling for the state’s median home price to drop for the first time in 10 years and the pace of home sales to continue to decrease. LONG BEACH, Calif. — The CAR forecast also calls for a 2 percent drop in
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosure Activity Backs Off 30-Month High
    Despite the month-over-month decrease, however, foreclosure filings were still up 87 percent from June 2006. Nevada continued to register the nations highest state foreclosure rate, with one foreclosure filing for every 175 households — more than four times the national average. California switched spots with Colorado to claim the nations second highest foreclosure rate — one foreclosure filing for every 315 households. Foreclosure activity decreased 7 percent in June, backing down from a 30-month high reached in the previous month, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Two Counts Show Foreclosure Activity Rising
    But whether you count by total foreclosure filings or number of properties affected by foreclosure, foreclosure activity is up more than 55 percent from the first half of 2006. “The It’s interesting to note that the total foreclosure filings and unique property counts reveal almost identical trends on the national level: foreclosure filings are up 39 percent from the previous six months and 56 percent from the first half of 2006; unique property counts are up 32 percent from the previous six months and up 58 percent from the first half of 2006.” More than 925,000 foreclosure filings were reported on more than 573,000 properties in the first half of 2007, according to the RealtyTrac Midyear 2007 U.S.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosures Exceed 100K for Fifth Month
    Colorado, Nevada and Georgia posted the nation’s three highest state foreclosure rates despite decreasing foreclosure activity in all three states. Texas foreclosure activity increased 4 percent, helping the state reclaim the top spot from California in terms of total foreclosures. California foreclosure activity dropped 34 percent from the previous month, but the state’s foreclosure total was still the nation’s second highest. 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 Begin 2007 at Two-Year High
    That was up 19 percent from the previous month and up 25 percent from January 2006. After dominating the headlines with the highest state foreclosure rate for much of 2006, Colorado’s foreclosure rate dropped to fourth highest among the states thanks to a slight decrease in foreclosure activity in January. Nevada took the top spot with one new foreclosure filing for every 362 households. New foreclosure activity in January hit its highest level since RealtyTrac began issuing a national foreclosure report two years ago, with 130,511 new foreclosure filings reported during the month.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • U.S. Foreclosure Activity Surges in First Quarter
    foreclosure activity in the first quarter of 2007 was up 35 percent from the first quarter of 2006, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Nevada reported the highest state foreclosure rate during the quarter, with one foreclosure filing for every 75 households — 3.5 Colorado and Georgia rounded out the top three state foreclosure rates, followed by Michigan, California, Florida, Arizona, Ohio, Texas and New Jersey. U.S. Foreclosure Market Report released today.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosure Filings Soar 90 Percent
    percent, down 11 basis points from the previous quarter, but up 43 basis points from the first quarter of 2006. Top 10 Foreclosure Total Ranked by the number of foreclosure filings, California topped the list, with 39,659 in May, and Florida was number two, with 21,704, according to RealtyTrac’s report. The Top 10 was rounded out by seventh place Illinois with 6,824 filings, Colorado with 6,321, Arizona with 5,918 and Nevada with 5,235 foreclosure filings. A growing number of American homeowners across the country are getting foreclosure notices, according to new data released this week by RealtyTrac.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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