18 Articles match "January","State"

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High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
Defaulting on Desert Dream Homes No state has been hit harder by the foreclosure crisis than Nevada. In January, properties entering some stage of foreclosure in Las Vegas outnumbered the sales of new and existing homes for the first time, according to a comparison of RealtyTrac foreclosure data and sales data. High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes By Octavio Nuiry, RealtyTrac Staff Writer    Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited briefly from favorable financing.
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Legislating Lower Foreclosure Rates?
But opponents say the law is cutting down on the legitimate loans available to residents of the 10 zip codes and thereby will lower house values by reducing the number of potential buyers who can qualify for a loan, creating a glut of unsold inventory. The bill requires certain “high risk” mortgage applicants to receive credit counseling before taking out a home loan, and only applies to state-chartered loan originators, not federally chartered loan originators, according to the Chicago Association of Realtors. One such law is Illinois Senate Bill 2349 , which passed back in June
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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  • 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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  • 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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  • U.S. Foreclosure Activity Dips in February
    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. February foreclosure activity was down 4 percent from January but up 12 percent from February 2006. RealtyTrac released its February U.S. Foreclosure Market Report today, and the report shows that U.S.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosure Activity Up 7 Percent in March
    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. Nevada documented the highest state foreclosure rate for the month, one foreclosure filing for every 183 households. 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
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Home Price Appreciation Stays Sluggish
    Not coincidentally, Michigan documented the nation’s second highest foreclosure rate in January 2007, according to RealtyTrac’s U.S No other state registered declining appreciation rates, but several cities did — including Santa Barbara, Calif., At the top of the list were several states in the West and Northwest — Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. 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
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosure Downpour Continues in May
    households received a foreclosure filing during the month, the highest monthly foreclosure rate since RealtyTrac began issuing its report in January 2005. Default notices increased 1 percent from the previous month and were up 35 percent year over year, while auction notices decreased 3 percent from the previous month but were still up 13 percent year over year. View state-by-state data. 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. Foreclosure Market
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • MBA Survey Confirms Q1 Foreclosure Surge
    The total number of properties with foreclosure filings in the RealtyTrac April report was the highest monthly total since RealtyTrac began issuing the report in January 2005. State trends The four states with the highest foreclosure rates in the RealtyTrac first quarter report — Nevada, California, Arizona and Florida — were also the four states identified in the MBA report as having the most severe foreclosure problems. The first quarter MBA National Delinquency Survey released today largely supports the findings of the RealtyTrac Q1 2008 U.S.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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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  • Recession Risk Rising
    Speculation is mounting that Bush could unveil a stimulus package for the economy in his annual State of the Union address which he is due to deliver on January 28. Amid fears the economy could be slipping into a recession , President George W. Bush abandoned his usually sunny rhetoric last week and painted a darker picture of the economy’s condition. “We
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Governor Suspends Controversial Law Affecting Investors
    Rod Blagojevich suspended the law on January 19, 2007. A statement released by Dean Martinez, Secretary, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, explained the decision to suspend the law by stating, “the Secretary received and reviewed information that suggests that the prior designation may be detrimental to the Pilot Program’s purpose, namely, to curb predatory lending practices in areas with high rates of foreclosure on residential home mortgages.” The law required prospective homeowners to undergo financial It was controversial when it took effect, and it remained controversial until public officials decided enough was enough – roughly a little more than a year later.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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