Tag Archive | "delinquencies"

The Shadow Inventory is Slowly Disappearing

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

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Florida, California, New York, Illinois and New Jersey were home to four out of ten distressed properties in the nation in January, an indication of how far east America's foreclosure nightmare has moved

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Florida Shifts into Reverse

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

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While the rest of the nation's housing markets experience various levels of recovery, most markets in Florida seem to be relapsing to the heyday of the Foreclosure Era after a brief period of improvement.

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Short Sales Soared While Foreclosures Fell

Thursday, February 28, 2013

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RealtyTrac reported today 947,995 U.S. properties in some stage of foreclosure or bank-owned (REO) were sold during the year, a decrease of 6 percent from 2011 and down 11 percent from 2010.

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Student Loan Debt Won’t Hamper Homebuyers

Monday, February 11, 2013

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The rise in student loan debt is certainly a cause for concern, but may not be a significant a drag on young home buyers since the typical borrower has not seen a significant jump in the amount of debt incurred and seems to have a manageable monthly payment.

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Drought Doesn’t Dent High Foreclosure Backlog

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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Despite a shortage of lower priced homes in markets across the country, the huge foreclosure inventory refused to decline in June, raising renewed fears that the overhang of discounted properties will put downward pressure on home prices.

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New Delinquencies Continue to Fall, But So Do Foreclosure Sales

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

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New delinquencies and foreclosure starts continued to fall in January, but increases in foreclosure processing and sales were not enough to offset swelling foreclosure inventories or lengthening foreclosure timelines. In fact, the average loan in foreclosure has not made a payment in over 500 days, according to Lender Processor Services' February Mortgage Monitor report.

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Fannie Confirms Delinquencies Declining

Friday, October 1, 2010

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In its second quarter report, Fannie Mae confirmed what others have previously reported:  since the first of the year, serious mortgage delinquency rates have slowly but steadily declined.

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Fitch Expert Sees Prices Falling 10 Percent

Thursday, September 30, 2010

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Home prices will fall another 10 percent before they stabilize in the second half of next year, Roelof Slump, Managing Director of Structured Finance Experts for Fitch Ratings told investors Thursday.

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Foreclosures Show Signs of Decline

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

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Another foreclosure listing site reported today that foreclosures are declining at an accelerating rate as subprime resets abate and unemployment, though high, remains relatively unchanged.

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