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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. Foreclosure Market Report , released today. The report shows a foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 1,001 U.S. households — up 3 percent from September and 42 percent from October 2005. The year-to-date foreclosure total stands at 1,029,132, up from 732,608 at the same time last year.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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FBI: Mortgage Fraud Begets Foreclosure
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.” 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. Six of those states also appeared in RealtyTrac’s list of states with the highest foreclosure rates in 2006. The FBI also lists Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada,
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Mortgage Reform to Calm Foreclosure Storm
In an attempt to address the recent downturn in the real estate market — evidenced by rising foreclosures and falling home prices and which many believe may threaten to undermine the overall economy — the House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that imposes more stringent regulatory oversight of the mortgage industry. Requires creditors to determine, based on verified and documented information, that a consumer has a reasonable ability to repay the loan, according to its terms, and all applicable taxes, insurance, and assessments. Called The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007, the bill ( H.R.
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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. Foreclosure Market Report , released today. The report shows a foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 1,001 U.S. households — up 3 percent from September and 42 percent from October 2005. The year-to-date foreclosure total stands at 1,029,132, up from 732,608 at the same time last year.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • FBI: Mortgage Fraud Begets Foreclosure
    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.” 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. Six of those states also appeared in RealtyTrac’s list of states with the highest foreclosure rates in 2006. The FBI also lists Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada,
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Mortgage Reform to Calm Foreclosure Storm
    In an attempt to address the recent downturn in the real estate market — evidenced by rising foreclosures and falling home prices and which many believe may threaten to undermine the overall economy — the House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that imposes more stringent regulatory oversight of the mortgage industry. Requires creditors to determine, based on verified and documented information, that a consumer has a reasonable ability to repay the loan, according to its terms, and all applicable taxes, insurance, and assessments. Called The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007, the bill ( H.R.
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  • May Home Prices Down 4.8 Percent
    percent increase in home prices from April to May, although the region documented a 14.5 The East North Central Division, which includes Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, reported a 0.1 The West North Central Division, which includes North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, reported no monthly change in home prices. It will be interesting to see how these home price numbers correlate to the Q2 foreclosure numbers RealtyTrac will be Home prices were down again in May, but a few regions of the country experienced a ever-slight uptick in prices from the previous month, giving officials at the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) a chance to be cautiously optimistic in the press release announcing the numbers. "It
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