Tag Archive | "foreclosures"

REOs Extend Foreclosure Pain

Friday, August 12, 2011

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Bank-owned foreclosures (REOs) are taking significantly longer to sell than foreclosures bought and resold by investors, extending the timeline for REO foreclosures even longer than the extraordinary delays for resulting from slower processing.

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Delinquencies Fell Faster in January

Monday, March 21, 2011

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The delinquency rate on mortgages 30 days or more past due fell by more last month than it has in nearly a year, according to Lender Processor Services' Mortgage Monitor report to be released later this week.

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Half of January Home Sales were Distressed Properties

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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Almost half of the homes sold in January were foreclosures or short sales, the highest level of distressed sales in nearly a year, according to the latest Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey.

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Borrowers and Mortgage Investors Double Team Big Banks

Monday, January 17, 2011

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Institutional mortgage investors and distressed homeowners are strange bedfellows. Last week the Massachusetts Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling voiding two foreclosures, asserting U.S. Bankcorp and Wells Fargo did not prove they owned the mortgages.  Legal challenges point to serious front end problems in the actual securitization of the mort

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Though Foreclosures Rise, Delinquencies Wane

Friday, September 24, 2010

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While foreclosure starts remain high, the longer term foreclosure picture is improving as evidence mounts that delinquencies, though still very high, are declining, despite the economy.

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REOs Put New Pressure on Prices

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

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Rising numbers of real-estate owned properties (REOs) and delinquencies are creating excess supply in housing markets across the country.

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TransUnion Reports Delinquencies Fall for Second Straight Quarter

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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Another provider of national credit data reported today that mortgage delinquencies have been falling during the first half of the year, suggesting that the housing sector is beginning to stabilize.

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Price Increases Slowed Down Quickly in June

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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Year-over-year home prices increased in June for the fifth consecutive month, but at a much lower rate than April and May, reported CoreLogic's Home Price Index (HPI).

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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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Foreclosures Move in Next Door

Thursday, July 29, 2010

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While foreclosures fell in nine out of the nation's ten highest foreclosure markets during the past six months, they are increasing almost everywhere else in the nation as the changing causes of mortgage defaults bring foreclosures home to hundreds of communities.

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