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  • Foreclosure filings are way down - but why? Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:35PMMark Lacter: If there are signs that the worst is over, it's a huge positive for the state and local economy.
  • Housing Starts in U.S. Rose in June to a Five-Month High Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:27AMHousing starts in the U.S. jumped more than forecast in June as better weather allowed the struggling industry to break ground on delayed projects.
  • Foreclosure filings drop 82 percent in county Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:54AMThe number of foreclosures in the county has fallen 82 percent in the past year, a change housing advocates attribute to new regulations. Some experts, however, said that the number of homeowners in default on their mortgages remains the same, and that the pace of filings will not only resume next year but could even worsen. The current decline in foreclosures is "an artificial lull," said Mary ...
  • Hawaii's New Law Dropped Foreclosures to Lowest Level Since 2009 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:17AMEffects of Hawaii's new foreclosure law severely curtailed activity against delinquent borrowers in June. The number of foreclosure filings against borrowers plummeted by two-thirds last month.
  • Real estate, building markets struggle through first half of the year (3:15 p.m.) Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:23PMLAS CRUCES - No less an authority than Fed Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has recently admitted that the economic recovery has been frustratingly slow.
  • Federal program aimed at helping homeowners with mortgage payments Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:53PMEastern New Mexico residents may soon benefit from a new federal loan program called The Emergency Homeowner Loan Program. The program is geared toward low-income homeowners who are struggling with mortgage payments. It grants loans ranging from...
  • Top 10 states for foreclosure Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:30AMLive in one of these 10 states? According to RealtyTrac, a California-based firm that tracks foreclosures, your state had one of the highest rates of foreclosure in June. Nationally, 1 in every 583 housing units received a foreclosure filing last month.
  • Foreclosures decline again for August sale Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:50PMshare: digg facebook twitter The dip in postings likely has more to do with caution by lenders than with real improvement in the economy or real estate market. “There's no logical reason to see why there would be a decline,” said George Roddy, president of Foreclosure Listing Service Inc. There's a reluctance by lenders to lower the axe. Across the country, foreclosure postings dropped in the ...
  • 66 percent decline in June for Hawaii foreclosures Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:47PMHONOLULU (AP) — Foreclosures in Hawaii declined last month to the lowest amount since January 2009.
  • Will Housing Prices Fall 20 Percent in 2012? Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:25PMWhen will we reach bottom in the housing market? With lenders filing foreclosures more slowly and an excess inventory of homes, housing prices could fall another 20 percent next year, says one economist. Gary Shilling, one of the economists who predicted the subprime mortgage crisis, says the "depressing effect" of two to 2.5 million homes in excess inventory will push prices down.
  • Foreclosures slow down, but no end in sight Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:12PMWhile some might view the delayed foreclosures as a blessing, allowing people to stay in their homes longer, others worry that a continued high inventory of distressed homes only drags out the effect on the real estate market.
  • Foreclosures are way down, but it's too early to get hopes up Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:09PMNew home foreclosure cases in Monroe County have dropped by the hundreds, but not all industry insiders believe this means the housing crisis is easing.
  • Foreclosure filings drop 14%, but may not reflect good news Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:48PMBulk of the declines are attributed to processing and procedural delays.
  • Louisiana foreclosures up, bucking national trend Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:12PMMonica Hernandez / Eyewitness News NEW ORLEANS -- The national foreclosure rate is down, but that's not the case in Louisiana. According to RealtyTrac, a California-based real estate data company, Louisiana's foreclosures were up over 15 percent in the second quarter of 2011 compared with the same time period last year. "In the past year or so, they've increased dramatically," said Tim Giroir ...
  • Foreclosure filings on the rise again in Southwest Florida Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:31PMData could mean logjam from robo-signing crisis is ending
  • Foreclosures decline in Clark County Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:07PMThe number of homes in foreclosure declined across the state and the nation in June, according to a national report issued Thursday. And the rate of foreclosure dropped even more rapidly in Clark County, which fell to the fifth-highest rate of foreclosure among Washington’s 39 counties last month, down from second-highest in May. National forecasters expect another wave of foreclosures to send ...
  • Illinois home foreclosures up 4 percent in June Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:00PMCHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois home foreclosure activity rose 4 percent in June compared to the previous month, but was down 25 percent from one year earlier. A report released Thursday by Irvine, Calif.-based
  • Foreclosure Activity Off 29 Percent for First Half of 2011 According to RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Report Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:52AMIRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - 07/14/11) - RealtyTrac ( www.realtytrac.com ), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its Midyear 2011 Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 1,170,402 U.S. properties received foreclosure filings -- default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions -- in the first six months of 2011, a ...
  • Foreclosures Decline in Polk in June From 2010 Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:29AMPolk County's foreclosure activity saw a heavy annual decline in June, but the number of filings jumped from May.
  • Bank Delays May Push 1 Million U.S. Foreclosure Filings to 2012 Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:16AMLender delays in processing home- loan defaults will push as many as 1 million U.S. foreclosure filings from this year to 2012 or beyond, casting an “ominous shadow” on the housing market, according to RealtyTrac Inc.
  • Bank Delays Push 1 Million U.S. Foreclosures Into 2012 in ‘Ominous Shadow’ Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:03AMThe number of properties receiving a notice of default, auction or repossession plunged 29 percent in the first half of 2011 from the same period last year, the Irvine , California- based data seller said today in a report. About 1.17 million homes got a filing, or one out of every 111 households.
  • Economy not only culprit in foreclosure woes Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 7:06AMCould the number of foreclosures have peaked? Year-to-date figures indicate that locally they have slipped off since January. According to real estate tracking company RealtyTrac, Wexford County in January saw 52 foreclosures.
  • Chicago Has Most Foreclosed Homes Of Any City In America Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:47PMAlthough it never shared the notoriety of Miami, Los Angeles and Phoenix during America's foreclosure crisis, the Chicago area now has the nation's largest inventory of foreclosed homes because it is harder to unload troubled properties here than in most other metropolitan areas.
  • Pennsylvania Housing Finance Authority ceases program to help homeowners facing foreclosure Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 11:21PMThe termination of a state program closes an important safeguard against mortgage foreclosures.The state Housing Finance Authority recently ceased its Homeowners Emergency Mortgage Program, which provided short-term financing to troubled householders po
  • State ceases foreclosure program Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 6:46PMThe termination of a state program closes an important safeguard against mortgage foreclosures.The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Authority recently ceased its Homeowners Emergency Mortgage Program, which provided short-term financing to troubled househol
  • U.S. housing recovery stymied by government Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 1:15PMGiving out unsupportable mortgages was a disaster, and now the danger is overreacting and making the standards excessively high
  • Housing recovery stymied as government works at cross-purposes Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 8:08AMBOSTON - Sue Stamper, a business owner in Sacramento, Calif., wants to buy a home. After mortgage-financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac imposed the strictest loan standards in more than a decade, she doesn’t qualify.
  • Housing Recovery Hindered in U.S. as Government Works at Cross-Purposes Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 11:29PMSue Stamper, a business owner in Sacramento, California, wants to buy a home. After mortgage- financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac imposed the strictest loan standards in more than a decade, she doesn’t qualify.
  • Sell your house faster in a tough market Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 2:09PMIt's an extreme buyer's market -- and home values could fall another 5% by year-end. Here's how to meet the challenge faster, cheaper and better.
  • 3 out of 5 mortgages in region underwater Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 12:07PMJason and Sheri Whinery stand in front of one of their two homes, one was purchased in Redding, Calif, for a job move and then this home purchased in Sparks after they moved back. Both homes are underwater and the couple hopes prices will return to previous prices.
  • Investors Revel As Housing Looks For Bottom Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 8:52AMTony Alvarez recalls his doubts as he contemplated the wrecked, two-bedroom foreclosed house up for sale 30 years ago with his real estate agent's reassuring hand on his shoulder.
  • In foreclosure? Get in line Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 11:00PMOn a recent morning at the county courthouse here, retired Circuit Judge Wayne Cobb surveyed the hundreds of files stacked before him, each a foreclosure case waiting to be finalized, dismissed or delayed.
  • Foreclosure Processing Time Has Doubled Since 2007, Backlogging Housing Market Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 12:33PMIt takes much longer to process home foreclosures than it used to. In May, according to the real estate data firm RealtyTrac, one in every 605 homes in America received a foreclosure filing. That's 214,927 foreclosures.
  • How to be Positive without being Pollyanna Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 4:22PMRISMEDIA, July 1, 2011—It’s getting really crazy out there. We have officially seen the start of a race to the bottom among economists, statisticians and spokespeople who are all trying to win the award for Chicken Little of the Year.
  • Natalie Pace: Are You Staying Together For the Home? Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 11:35AMSome couples stay together for love, and others stay together for the kids. But today, with unemployment at 9.1% and real estate prices continuing to...
  • Home Sales Fall To 2011 Low Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 10:03AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer people bought previously occupied homes in May, lowering sales to their weakest point of the year. Home sales sank 3.8 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of
  • IMF Urges U.S. Debt Ceiling Increase to Avoid ‘Severe Shock’ Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 9:52AMThe International Monetary Fund said today global markets will suffer if the U.S. Congress fails to approve an increase in the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling and cautioned about the risk of a downgrade in the country’s credit rating.
  • S&P: Las Vegas home prices on seven-month losing streak Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 10:56AMLas Vegas-area home prices fell again in April as high levels of foreclosures and unemployment continued to depress the market.
  • Case-Shiller Brings No Good News, More Bad News For Housing Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 10:40AMDespite what some thought was a bullish report, the latest Case-Shiller home price indices showed ho
  • Home Prices in U.S. Cities Fell 4% in April from Year Ago Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 8:54AMHome prices decreased in the year ended April by the most in 17 months, showing the housing market remains an obstacle for the U.S. recovery.
  • Natalie Pace: Are You Draining Your Nest Egg to Stay Afloat on an Underwater Mortgage? Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 3:33PMIf you are one of those seriously delinquent homeowners, or one who is draining your nest egg or tapping home equity to make the mortgage payments, is there a way to hang on long enough?
  • San Diego policy group: Fine banks for unkempt foreclosures Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 4:00PMThe Center on Policy Initiatives, in a report released Thursday, shared six recommendations to stem the impact of foreclosures on neighborhoods and local governments.
  • Legislators Hope New Laws Slow Nevada Foreclosures Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 11:35AMCARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — As overgrown yellow lawns and unlit windows dot vast suburban neighborhoods in Nevada, legislators hope new laws they passed this session will make a dent in a foreclosure crisis that is still hitting this desert state the hardest.
  • Foreclosure activity decreases in May Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 10:42PMAfter accelerating earlier this year, the number of new foreclosed homes entering the housing market appears to have slowed yet again in and around the Tri-Cities.
  • Study: Foreclosures have cost city $855M since 2008 Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 5:54PMSAN DIEGO -- A local political advocacy group recommended Thursday that local governments fine financial firms that fail to maintain foreclosed properties and require them to reduce principals on troubled loans.
  • Laws Tackling Nevada Foreclosures Coming Into Play Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 4:08PMLegislators say they hope new laws taking effect this summer make a dent in Nevada's foreclosure crisis.
  • New-home sales fell in May, median price rose Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 2:29PMA construction worker works on the frame of a new home being built in a housing development on the west edge of town, Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Las Vegas. New-home sales rose 7.3 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 323,000, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
  • Foreclosures decline from May 2010 Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 5:21AMMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The number of Minnesotans receiving foreclosure notices in May is down 11 percent from a year ago. Housing experts say delays in processing foreclosures helped hold down the number of homeowners in default.
  • On the House: Modify mortgage? It's a mess Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 2:59AMI'll warn you first that what you are about to read comes from Demos, a liberal think tank based in New York City.
  • Home Sales Probably Dropped to Year’s Low: U.S. Economy Preview Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 11:53PMHome sales probably dropped in May to the lowest level of the year, while orders placed with factories climbed, showing housing remains a soft spot as other parts of the U.S. economy recover, economists said before reports this week.