Category: Foreclosure

Comparing Today’s Financial Crisis to Great Depression

By Chris Tyler Comparisons between the current financial crisis and the Great Depression are becoming less common these days as the economy seemingly makes strides towards recovery. However, with growing unemployment, rising business failures, climbing bankruptcies and a growing epidemic of foreclosures progress is difficult to gauge. Most economists say the nation has moved into… Continue reading Comparing Today’s Financial Crisis to Great Depression

Banks Wage Financial War

By John Hines Economist Bankers and mortgage companies are waging a financial war against the epidemic of foreclosures. Bankers have slowed down the foreclosure process in efforts to keep their losses in check and paint the face of an improving economy on banks’ balance sheets in an effort to show the real estate market is… Continue reading Banks Wage Financial War

New Record in Foreclosures Set

The foreclosure epidemic reached a new milestone in July setting another record, according to the RealtyTrac monthly report. Foreclosure filings were reported on 360,149 properties nationwide, rising 32% from one year ago. “July marks the third time in the last five months where we’ve seen a new record set for foreclosure activity,” said James J.… Continue reading New Record in Foreclosures Set

Groups of Investors Buying Up Foreclosures

By Kevin Chiu Groups of investors are pooling their money to buy large bulk inventories of foreclosures in hopes of making a financial killing. The purchases of mainly single family homes comprise the largest sector of buyers in the housing market these days, according to a study by Housing Predictor. The findings were determined after… Continue reading Groups of Investors Buying Up Foreclosures

Sun Belt Leads in Foreclosures

Four of the most populated sun belt states account for the highest foreclosure rates in the nation, according to the RealtyTrac mid-year foreclosure market report. California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona urban areas produced 35 of the 50 highest foreclosure rates among metro areas. The report was tabulated from metro areas with populations of at least… Continue reading Sun Belt Leads in Foreclosures

How Contract Abandonment is Helping Restore the Real Estate Market

Leave Morality Out Of It: How Contract Abandonment Is Helping Restore Reality to The Real Estate Market By Jared H. Beck, Esq. Beck & Lee Business Trial Lawyers Miami, Florida “Ditching Condo Deal May Have Been Smart.” That recent headline from the Palm Beach Post announced what many who bought condo units in the preconstruction… Continue reading How Contract Abandonment is Helping Restore the Real Estate Market

Foreclosures Set New Records

Foreclosures reached the highest level on record in June as foreclosure filings rose for the fourth month in a row, according to the latest RealtyTrac foreclosure report. Notices of default, auction sale notices and bank repossessions were reported on more than 1.5-million properties in the first half of the year. Some 1,528,364 properties received notices… Continue reading Foreclosures Set New Records

Housing Market Conditions Improving

Housing Market Conditions Improving Housing indicators are showing that markets are making slow strides towards improving conditions. Boosted by the first time buyers’ $8,000 federal tax credit and other incentives, home sales are up in many of the hardest hit urban markets, including Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Phoenix. Additionally, government insured mortgage applications hit… Continue reading Housing Market Conditions Improving

Money Trail of Housing Bust Leads to Congress

By Mike Colpitts The repeal of the law that produced the current housing depression was made by Congress in 1999, and it took just eight years before it would nearly destroy the U.S. economy. At the peak of the real estate bubble lobbyists gave more than $350-million to members of Congress. Lawmakers passed laws that… Continue reading Money Trail of Housing Bust Leads to Congress