22 Articles match "January","Report"

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Fed, World's Banks Pull Off Global Rate Reduction
rdquo; The New York Times reported Wednesday that in a speech delivered the day before to members of the National Association for Business Economics, Bernanke said the economic turmoil has caused the Fed to downgrade its “already-gloomy economic outlook.” rdquo; Until stock indexes around the world tumbled in recent days, many of the central banks thought this to be just an American problem with only secondary ripple effects in Europe, the Times reported. In an unprecedented move aimed at quelling the mounting tidal wave of unrest affecting the world’s economies and investors, the Federal Reserve, in partnership with other central banks around the world, pulled off a coordinated reduction of short-term interest rates Wednesday.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Thursday, December 18, 2008
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Legislating Lower Foreclosure Rates?
Local mortgage planning specialist and blogger Dan Green created the map to the right showing where mortgage fraud has been reported in Chicago (black dots and orange fill) and where the pilot program is being applied (red fill). One such law is Illinois Senate Bill 2349 , which passed back in June and is scheduled to become effective January 1, 2007. An Illinois law intended to help reduce foreclosures is drawing cries of discrimination from some of the people it is trying to protect, according to the Chicago Defender newspaper. “Nearly 60 days after Illinois House Bill 4050 went into effect to supposedly protect consumers from predatory lenders, a coalition of Black and Latino city residents say the new law is actually destroying property values in select minority communities.” The law is a pilot program that is being applied in 10 Chicago zip codes chosen for their high foreclosure rates, among other factors.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Whitney Houston: Diva in Default
The news service reports that one of two lots owned by Houston was scheduled for public auction on January 4 by the Morris County’sSheriff’s office. Thanks to delinquent mortgage payments totaling more than $1million, singer Whitney Houston faces the possibility of foreclosure on a home in New Jersey, according to the AssociatedPress . Houston’spublicist told a local newspaper that the property is not in foreclosure andlater was not available for comment to the Associated Press.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Gentle January Foreclosure Increase
    Although they were up 57 percent from January 2007 and 8 percent from December, the January foreclosure numbers released today by RealtyTrac do not appear to represent the massive wave of foreclosures that is expected to hit sometime soon thanks to the rash of risky loans given to borrowers as late as just last year . Its too early too tell if the relatively meek January numbers mean more distressed homeowners are staving off foreclosure thanks to increasingly pro-active lenders and government intervention , or if they just represent the first few raindrops of what will prove
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Feb. Foreclosure Report: Are We at Bottom Yet?
    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. foreclosure activity was down 6 percent from January. 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. So does the monthly decrease mean weve hit a ceiling of sorts for this cycle in terms of foreclosures?
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • U.S. Foreclosure Activity Dips in February
    Foreclosure Market Report today, and the report shows that U.S. foreclosure activity eased down 4 percent from the two-year high achieved in January. 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. RealtyTrac released its February U.S. February foreclosure activity was down 4 percent from January but up 12 percent from February 2006.
    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. 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. Nevada took the top spot with one new foreclosure filing for every 362 households.
    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 U.S. households. Nevada documented the highest state foreclosure rate
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Short sales rising
    Nationwide, a total of 130,511 new foreclosure filings were reported in January, a 19 percent increase from the previous month and a 25 percent increase from January 2006, according to ReaaltyTrac’s U.S. Foreclosure Market Report . January’s total was the highest since RealtyTrac began issuing its report in January 2005. Scanning the Southern California Multiple Listing Service (MLS) last week, the one thing that stands out is the growing number of short sales. Last year, you rarely saw the phrase “short sale” in the MLS property description.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosure Downpour Continues in May
    Foreclosure Market Report released today. The report showed one in every 483 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing during the month, the highest monthly foreclosure rate since RealtyTrac began issuing its report in January 2005. Bank repossessions (REOs) accounted for 28 percent of the total activity and the biggest increase among the three types of foreclosure filings tracked in the report. Foreclosure activity continued its upward climb in May, increasing on a year-over-year basis for the 29th consecutive month, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. REOs were
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • MBA Survey Confirms Q1 Foreclosure Surge
    Foreclosure Market Report released at the end of April, which found overall foreclosure activity increased 23 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 and 112 percent from the first quarter of 2007. percent reported in the fourth quarter of 2007 and up 93 percent from the 1.28 percent reported in the first quarter of 2007. The trend lines are even closer when looking The first quarter MBA National Delinquency Survey released today largely supports the findings of the RealtyTrac Q1 2008 U.S. That closely mirrored the trend in MBA’s foreclosure rate, which put
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Home Price Appreciation Stays Sluggish
    percent year-over-year increase reported in the third quarter of 2006. Not coincidentally, Michigan documented the nation’s second highest foreclosure rate in January 2007, according to RealtyTrac’s U.S Foreclosure Market Report . An index issued Thursday suggests the nation’s sputtering housing market is running low on the fuel it needs to accelerate — price appreciation. The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight’s House Price Index for the fourth quarter of 2006 shows home prices were up 1.1
    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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