24 Articles match "Filing","Michigan"

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• Michigan Goes Hollywood to Help Homeowners
  
  Rather, it’s more of a “reality” television show. The State of Michigan is hitting the airwaves with a cable television show of its own called “House Michigan” aimed at promoting homeownership and everything that entails. Since January 2006 Michigan has ranked in RealtyTrac’s top 10 states with the greatest foreclosure activity in the nation, most of that time maintaining a position in the top five. Lights! Camera!
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Filings Soar 90 Percent
  
  foreclosure filings surged 90 percent in May from a year earlier as more homeowners fell behind on their monthly mortgage payments, reported RealtyTrac . There were 176,137 foreclosure filings in May, up 19 percent from April. 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. A growing number of American homeowners across the country are getting foreclosure notices, according to new data released this week by RealtyTrac. U.S.
  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. foreclosure filings in July, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. The foreclosure filings tracked in the report are default notices, auction notices and bank repossessions. California reported the most foreclosure filings Foreclosure Market Report released today. The states foreclosure activity was actually down a half a percent from the previous month but still up 289 percent from July 2006.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Appreciation Rates Foreshadow Foreclosures
  
  Michigan home prices declined 0.6 percent from the third quarter of 2005, making Michigan the first state to report a year-over-year decline in more than six years. These states included Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Colorado. New York and New Hampshire home prices also declined on a quarterly basis. Posted 12-08-2006 7:38 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.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosures Begin 2007 at Two-Year High
  
  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. Nevada took the top spot with one new foreclosure filing for every 362 households. Michigan and Georgia ranked second and third among the states in terms of foreclosure rate. 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.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Two Counts Show Foreclosure Activity Rising
  
  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. 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 The addition of this (property count) metric to our foreclosure report was spurred Foreclosure Market Report , released yesterday. The report marks the first time that RealtyTrac has included a count of unique property addresses in some stage of
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Burning Down the House
  
  But in Michigan, where foreclosures are widespread and a hot market for real estate investors, people are burning down the homes to avoid foreclosure . . . Last month, a Michigan homeowner in foreclosure was arrested for allegedly setting her three-year old Grand Rapids home on fire to collect the insurance money, according to the Grand Rapids Press . Foreclosure fraud — and now arson and insurance fraud — are becoming For many real estate investors, the foreclosure market is smoking. Foreclosures nationwide are heating up, especially in once-supercharged real estate bubbles
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• U.S. Foreclosure Laws
  
  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 Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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. Nevada reported the highest state foreclosure rate during the quarter, with one foreclosure filing for every 75 households — 3.5 U.S. foreclosure activity in the first quarter of 2007 was up 35 percent from the first quarter of 2006, according
  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. The report shows a foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 1,001 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. households — up 3 percent from September and 42 percent from October 2005.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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