28 Articles match "Colorado","Foreclosures","Trends"

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• FHA Program Linked to High Colorado Foreclosure Rate
  
  An illuminating article in the Denver Post connects the dots between Colorado’s high foreclosure rate and an FHA program gone awry: “Created to extend the dream of homeownership to first-time buyers, the so-called FHA gift program instead has led to rampant foreclosures. Nearly 6,000 FHA loans have wound up in foreclosure in Colorado in the past two years, and during that time the program allowed more than 25 percent of FHA buyers to use gifts as down payments.” The article recounts several stories of homeowners who paid just a few hundred dollars to buy their home, using
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• U.S. Foreclosure Laws
  
  Foreclosure State Laws By RealtyTrac Foreclosure laws and timelines vary from state to state. Knowing the process in your state will help you adopt a more effective investing strategy and avoid procedural pitfalls. State Foreclosure Laws Quickly locate and review the foreclosure law specific to your state � or any state you�re considering investing in. Select A State Alabama
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Avoid and Stop Foreclosure - Help at RealtyTrac
  
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  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• First Quarter Foreclosure Stats
  
  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 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. The nation’s quarterly foreclosure rate of onenew foreclosure for every 358 U.S. households was higher than in anyquarter of last year.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures Exceed 100K for Fifth Month
  
  foreclosure activity dropped 9 percent in December, backing down from a November foreclosure total that was the year’s highest. 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. Foreclosure Market Report released today. U.S. Colorado, Nevada and Georgia posted the nation’s three highest state foreclosure rates despite decreasing foreclosure activity in all three states.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures Thrive in Third Quarter
  
  With home price appreciation slowing and the inventory of unsold homes expanding, the third quarter proved to be fertile ground for sprouting foreclosures, according to RealtyTrac’s quarterly foreclosure market report . More than 300,000 new foreclosure filings were reported nationwide during the quarter, up 17 percent from the previous quarter and up 43 percent from the third quarter of 2005. That brings the year-to-date foreclosure total to more than 900,000, more than in all of 2005 and on pace to hit 1.2 million by year’s end.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Activity Up 7 Percent in March
  
  With 149,150 foreclosure filings reported nationwide in March, U.S. foreclosure activity was up 7 percent from the previous month and 47 percent from a year ago, according to RealtyTracs foreclosure market report that was released yesterday. The March total — which includes default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — was the highest monthly total since RealtyTrac began issuing its report in January 2005 and resulted in a foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 775 households. Nevada documented the highest state foreclosure
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• CO Gives Owners More Time to Fix Foreclosure
  
  gives Colorado homeowners who enter foreclosure more time to “cure” the loan in foreclosure before the public foreclosure sale. In the past, Colorado homeowners had 45 to 60 days from the commencement of foreclosure proceedings — initiated by what is called a notice of election and demand — to cure the loan by making all past-due payments along with late charges and other costs. This redemption period A state law that took effect Jan. 1
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures Up Across the Board in November
  
  Foreclosures hit their highest level of the year so far in November, with 120,334 new foreclosure filings reported nationwide during the month, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report released last week. The report shows increases in all three phases of the foreclosure process — default, auction and bank repossession. Defaults and auctions each accounted for about 40 percent of the total, while bank repossessions accounted for about 20 percent of the total. The national foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 961 households represented
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Appreciation Rates Foreshadow Foreclosures
  
  Third-quarter house price appreciation figures released last week by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight provide more evidence of a cooling real estate market and further foreshadowing of a continued rise in foreclosures — all pointing to more opportunities for real estate investors to buy low. Several of the states with the 10 lowest appreciation rates also posted foreclosure rates among the nation’s 10 highest in the third quarter, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. The OFHEO report shows national house prices rose 7.73 percent from the third quarter of 2005, down
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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