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RealtyTrac: Foreclosure Filings Ebb For 4th Month

The latest report from RealtyTrac.com tells us that 306,627 U.S. properties received foreclosure notices in November. This is the fourth month in a row that the total has declined. The November total is “nearly 8 percent from the previous month but still up 18 percent from November 2008. The report also shows one in every [...]

10Dec2009 | Peter G. Miller | 1 comment | Continued
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August Foreclosure Filings Up 18% Over 2008

With rising stock market averages and talk of a financial recovery, the grim reality is that foreclosure levels continue to soar.
The latest figures from RealtyTrac.com show that foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 358,471 U.S. properties during August, an 18-percent increase from a year earlier. This [...]

10Sep2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
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Real Estate: Foreclosure Notices Up 32 Percent In July

For the fifth month in a row foreclosure filings topped 300,000 in a single month. In fact, RealtyTrac.com reports that 360,149 U.S. properties received some form of foreclosure notice during July, either a default notice, scheduled auction date or bank repossessions.
The company says that the number of filings was up 32 percent from [...]

13Aug2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
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Despite Moratoriums & Modifications, Foreclosures Continue Record Climb

For the fourth time in four months foreclosure filings topped 300,000 in June. The latest foreclosure report from RealtyTrac.com shows:
___ Foreclosure filings were reported on 336,173 U.S. properties in June, the fourth straight monthly total exceeding 300,000 and helping to boost the second quarter total to the highest quarterly total since RealtyTrac began issuing [...]

16Jul2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
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7.2 Million Foreclosure Filings In The Next Two Years?

It’s usually estimated that there are about 50 million homes in the U.S. with first mortgages, thus it is amazing to consider the loss of homes through foreclosure. The number could top 7 million in the next two years at the rate things are now going — 300,000 per month x 24 months = 7.2 [...]

16Jun2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
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Foreclosure Filings Up 18%, RealtyTrac Reports

The bad news continues on the foreclosure front with another 321,480 foreclosure filings during May according to RealtyTrac.com. The number of default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions actually decreased 6 percent from April — but were up 18 percent when compared with May 2008.
“May foreclosure activity was the third highest month on record, and [...]

11Jun2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
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Worst on Record: 2.3 Million Homes Faced Foreclosure In 2008

It was no illusion — 2009 really was as bad as it seemed, the worse year on record for foreclosures since the Depression.
Year-end figures from RealtyTrac.com show that 3,157,806 foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — were sent out. Because some properties get multiple notices, and because some owners “re-default,” [...]

15Jan2009 | Peter G. Miller | 1 comment | Continued
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Foreclosures Reach Record Levels In August

Foreclosure levels reached a new peak in August when — for the first time — more than 300,000 homeowners received foreclosure notices — either default notices, auction sale notices or bank repossessions.
The latest numbers from RealtyTrac.com show that 303,879 homes got the dreaded notices in August, a new record and evidence that foreclosure prevention efforts [...]

12Sep2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued