Tag Archives: foreclosures
Foreclosures down to 2007 levels
Florida remains the state with the highest foreclosure activity, but it’s declining. Continue reading
Foreclosure starts hit 7-year low
Fewer homeowners are set to lose their homes as the housing market improves. Continue reading
Will rising home prices take a break?
Homes prices have been climbing modestly, but don’t celebrate just yet. Continue reading
Delinquencies lowest since 2008
About 1 in 14 home loans in the U.S. was at least one payment past due in the second quarter of the year. Continue reading
Foreclosures plummet in a year
Florida was the top state in completed foreclosures since last May. Continue reading
Banks back foreclosure-to-rental
Investor groups are obtaining big loans to turn foreclosed properties into rentals. Continue reading
Another foreclosure wave?
Just when you think the housing market is recovering, here comes the reminder: The foreclosure crisis is far from over. Continue reading
Foreclosure activity surges
More than 230,000 mortgages began the foreclosure process in January, a 28 percent increase from December. Continue reading
Obama’s refinance dilemma
Is President Barack Obama’s latest plan to allow millions more struggling homeowners to refinance their mortgages actually further stalling a housing market recovery? Critics of the proposal, announced last week, say the chief drawback is that it’s set… Continue reading
Why have foreclosures dropped?
Foreclosure filings hit a four-year low in 2011, but not entirely for the reasons you’d hope. It wasn’t that more people are able to avoid foreclosure, but due, in part, to a processing backlog resulting from the accusations that banks pushed robosign… Continue reading