8 Articles match "2008","Document","Georgia"

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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. Georgia, Colorado and Indiana reported the most foreclosure activity in the first quarter. 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
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• 1 Million Foreclosures and Counting
  
  Foreclosures filings for the year surpassed the 1 million mark in October, when 115,568 foreclosure documents were recorded nationwide, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Georgia, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Ohio, Tennessee, New Jersey and Utah also documented foreclosure rates among the nation’s 10 highest in October. Foreclosure Market Report , released today. The report shows a foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 1,001 U.S.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Priced to Foreclose
  
  Many of the states near thebottom of that list -- namely Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Colorado, Texas and Georgia -- also appeared among the top 10 on RealtyTracs list of state foreclosure rates in the first quarter. The most glaring example was Florida , which ranked second in home priceappreciation but documented the 10th highest foreclosure rate. A new report shows a strong correlation between slow home priceappreciation and high foreclosure rates, although its clear thecorrelation does not involve a direct cause-and-effect relationship. The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• 2006 Foreclosure Filings Surpass 1.2 Million
  
  Colorado documented the nation’s highest state foreclosure rate, with total foreclosure filings representing 3 percent of the state’s households. Georgia and Nevada posted the second and third highest state foreclosure rates. More than 1.2 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.
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• U.S. Foreclosure Activity Surges in First Quarter
  
  The report documents a total of 437,498 foreclosure filings, which include default notices, auction notices and bank repossessions, during the quarter and a quarterly foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 264 households — the highest quarterly foreclosure rate since RealtyTrac began issuing its report more than two years ago. 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 activity in the first quarter of 2007 was up 35 percent from the first quarter
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• FBI: Mortgage Fraud Begets Foreclosure
  
  The correlation is apparent in the report’s list of the top states for mortgage fraud: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Utah. An illegal property flipping scheme involves fraudulent appraisals and loan documents for a straw buyer who never intends to pay off the loan. The FBI recently came out with its 2006 Mortgage Fraud Report , which somewhat anticlimactically concludes that there is “a strong correlation between mortgage fraud and loans which result in default or foreclosure.” Six of those states also appeared in RealtyTrac’s
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Where to find the best deals on foreclosures
  
  Our analysis of nationwide foreclosure property sales in the last seven months shows that while some areas of the country documented a plethora of properties in foreclosure and big savings on foreclosure purchases, other areas reported relatively low foreclosure inventories and smaller average savings on foreclosure purchases. 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
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures up 13 percent in February
  
  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. Together, the two states documented more than 23,000 new foreclosures, 20 percent of all new foreclosures across the country. RealtyTrac released our February 2006 foreclosure numbers today, and they show U.S.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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