13 Articles match "February","Report"

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• U.S. Foreclosure Activity Dips in February
  
  RealtyTrac released its February U.S. Foreclosure Market Report today, and the report shows that U.S. Still, the 130,786 foreclosure filings reported in February — one foreclosure filing for every 884 households — represented the second highest total reported since RealtyTrac began issuing the report in January 2005. February foreclosure activity was down 4 percent from January foreclosure activity eased down 4 percent from the two-year high achieved in January. Based on the foreclosure activity in the first two months of the year, RealtyTrac
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures up 13 percent in February
  
  RealtyTrac released our February 2006 foreclosure numbers today, and they show U.S. 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. 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 foreclosures increasing for the third month in a row. Thats a foreclosure rate of one new
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Latest Reports Sending Out Mixed Signals
  
  Two reports came out Tuesday that are prime examples of conflicting opinions and the confusion they can cause the average consumer or investor when it comes to assessing the state of the economy. One report, the IBD/TIPP economic optimism index (published by Investor’s Business Daily and TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence), dropped to 39.2 in April, the largest drop in consumer The other report, released by the National Association of Realtors , reported that pending sales of existing homes were down 1.9 percent in February, a much larger drop than expected, to
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Feb. Foreclosure Report: Are We at Bottom Yet?
  
  February foreclosure activity was down 4 percent from the previous month but still up 57 percent from February 2007, according to the latest RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report . The February monthly decrease is more likely a seasonal decrease helped along by a shorter-than-average month and the fact that Januarys numbers are often padded with some pent-up foreclosure activity from the holiday season. So does the monthly decrease mean weve hit a ceiling of sorts for this cycle in terms of foreclosures? Probably not.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Too Soon For a Comeback
  
  Even the National Association of Realtors, which has come out with its latest report documenting a two percent decline in existing home sales for March 2008, down 19.3 month supply in February). percent in February. At present it does not appear that there is enough evidence yet to declare that a market comeback is in the offing. The bottom line is that no one can say anything with 100 percent certainty given the current state of our national economy.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
  
  When reports of telltale economic indicators are released, if Wall Street perceives them as bad, the market takes an immediate tumble. But when the indicators reported come is as expected, the reaction is generally good and we see an uptick in market activity. Four real estate industry related reports have already been released this week, and Wall Street has reacted. When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. So it is with real estate.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• U.S. Housing Starts Rise, Though Permits Fall
  
  The pace of new home construction jumped in February by the largest amount in more than a year, but building permits continued to decline, indicating future weakness in the housing market, according a new Commerce Department report today. million units in February, higher than the 1.4 Total housing starts rose 9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.5 million units economists had predicted and the largest monthly increase since January 2006.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures Don't Back Down in September
  
  Foreclosure activity in September didn’t back down much from the jump reported in the previous month, RealtyTrac reported today. RealtyTrac’s monthly foreclosure report shows 112,210 properties entering some stage of foreclosure during September, a decrease of less than 1 percent from August but an increase of more than 63 percent from September 2005. September’s foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 1,030 households Colorado, Nevada and Michigan posted the highest state foreclosure rates, and California reported the most foreclosure activity of any state in terms of sheer numbers.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures Continue Retreat
  
  Foreclosure Market Report Tuesday, and the report shows a trend you may not have expected if youve been reading some recent headlines: foreclosure activity actually slowed in June from the previous month. The total number of foreclosures dipped below 90,000 for the first time this year, significantly lower than the 117,000-plus reported in February. So, despite myriad predictions otherwise, it appears that foreclosures are not spiraling out of control -- although they are up significantly from last year. RealtyTrac released its June 2006 U.S. But many market watchers
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Activity Deflating or Just Deferred?
  
  Foreclosure Market Report released today. In fact, the RealtyTrac report has shown month-to-month decreases in previous months, even during the dramatic run-up in foreclosure activity that has occurred over the past year and a half: in February 2008, November 2007, September 2007, June 2007, April 2007, and February 2007. Meanwhile, REO (bank repossession) activity actually decreased on a YOY basis in January and February of 2007 but gradually started to gain momentum in the second half of 2007, and increases in REOs U.S. foreclosure activity in June decreased
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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