All Posts Tagged With: "RealtyTrac"
1 in 5 Home Sales Distressed, Foreclosed or Bank Owned, Says RealtyTrac
For the third quarter of 2011 RealtyTrac reports that 20 percent of all existing home sales were bank owned or being foreclosed. This is down from 30 percent of all sales in the third quarter of 2010. The latest RealtyTrac figures might be seen as good news were it not for the glum reality which makes [...]
26Jan2012 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Foreclosure Filings Off Nearly 30%, RealtyTrac
On paper at least foreclosure filings fell nearly 30 percent in 2011 according to year-end figures from RealtyTrac, the nation’s leading source of foreclosure listings and data. But the new numbers tell only part of the story. What they really demonstrate is that millions of homes remain distressed and that the foreclosure process itself continues [...]
12Jan2012 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
RealtyTrac: Foreclosure Activity Slumps 14% — But Rise Likely In 2012
Foreclosure filings in November fell 14% when compared with last year according to the latest Realtytrac survey. Foreclosure filings include default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions. In total, 224,394 homes received foreclosure filings. The filing decline may seem like good news and surely it’s a welcome relief for many families, however behind the lower [...]
15Dec2011 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
October Foreclosure Activity Down 31 percent, Says RealtyTrac
Foreclosure activity remains hounded by robo-signing disputes. The result is that October foreclosure filings were down 31 percent when compared with a year ago according to RealtyTrac, the leading online marketplace for foreclosures. The company said that foreclosure filings for October — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions – were reported on 230,678 U.S. properties in October, [...]
10Nov2011 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Foreclosure Activity Falls in 2011 — For Wrong Reasons
Foreclosure activity continues to fall when compared with 2010, but the problem is the same as it has been for nearly a year: There are fewer foreclosures because actions against homeowners have stalled. In other words, we don’t have fewer foreclosures because the economy is improving, employment levels are materially rising or household incomes are [...]
15Sep2011 | Peter G. Miller | 1 comment | Continued
Foreclosures: No Mortgage Payments For Years
We keep hearing reports that mortgage foreclosures and delinquencies are down and here’s why: Lenders are plainly not foreclosing once a borrower has missed three monthly payments. So why have foreclosures stalled? The answer is that the process of recording mortgage notes is so screwed up that it’s stopped foreclosure activity worth hundreds of billions [...]
31Aug2011 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Foreclosure Discount Gets Bigger & Bigger
Buy low and sell high is a traditional real estate investing strategy and with good reason: Unlike the stock market you can’t sell homes short and make a dime. Thus it makes considerable sense to buy property at the lowest possible price and that brings us to RealtyTrac’s foreclosure report for the second quarter: “The [...]
26Aug2011 | Peter G. Miller | 1 comment | Continued
Distressed Homes Selling at 32% Discount
If you want to pay less for a home then look for distressed property, the homes which are facing foreclosure or will be foreclosed. Why? They’re selling nationwide with a 32-percent mark-down. Such properties can be found. If you’re buying a home in the U.S. the odds are 3 in 1 that the property you [...]
25Aug2011 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
RealtyTrac: Metro Foreclosure Activity Stifled By Paperwork Jam
Foreclosure filings were down 84 percent during the first half of 2011 according to RealtyTrac, a sign that might normally be seen as good news. But as with so much else regarding mortgages and the foreclosure mess, the real story should be cause for concern. RealtyTrac reports that 178 of the nation’s 211 metropolitan areas [...]
28Jul2011 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
RealtyTrac — Foreclosure Filings Dive 29%. Is Housing Back?
If we go by the numbers there’s good news on the foreclosure front. Okay, there’s relatively good news on the foreclosure front. Er, well, foreclosure activity is “better” in the sense of current numbers but we should be awfully concerned with what the numbers do not say. RealtyTrac reports that foreclosure activity in the first [...]
14Jul2011 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
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