Living humans don’t stand a chance when a giant hedge fund is bidding on all the foreclosed houses in a poor neighborhood — but that’s OK, because rapacious investors make great landlords. Continue reading… “Hedge funds buying up of foreclosed subprimes, raise rents, float rent-bonds”
Raymond Alvarez: A strange thing happened on the way to the real estate apocalypse. It didn’t happen.
Pundit and journalist alike had everyone looking the wrong way. But, who can blame them? How can you ignore the plethora of foreclosure signs on the way into the office? It turns out they weren’t looking hard enough for more signs.
Continue reading… “The apocalypse that wasn’t”
Unlike traditional apartment renters, this breed of American tenants are older and have kids.
The Jacobson family bought their “dream home” in 2005 in the Phoenix area. They built flagstone steps to the front door. They tiled the kitchen and bathroom. They entertained often, enjoying their mountain views. “We put our soul into that house,” says Steve Jacobson, 37.
Continue reading… “Renting a home is the new American Dream”
The average sales price of homes in foreclosure or bank owned was $161,214.
The leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, RealtyTrac® has released it Q1 2012 U.S. Foreclosure Sales Report™ which shows that sales of homes that were in some stage of foreclosure or bank owned accounted for 26 percent of all U.S. residential sales during the first quarter. The sales are up from 22% of all sales in the fourth quarter and up from 25 percent of all sales in the first quarter of 2011.
Continue reading… “Sales of foreclosed homes account for 26% of all home sales in the U.S.”
Nationwide, the average time it takes to process a foreclosure climbed to 674 days from 253 days just four years ago.
Delinquent borrowers facing foreclosure are learning that they can stay in their homes for years, as long as they’re willing to put up a fight.
Continue reading… “Delinquent borrowers keep homes without paying”
There will be more repossessions next year and tougher criteria banks are now imposing on potential borrowers.
The development of multi-family units – a category made up of apartments and townhouses – jumped 25.3 percent last month to an annual rate of 238,000, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday. That helped drive overall construction on new homes up 9.3 percent to an annual pace of 685,000, the strongest since the spring of 2010.
Foreclosures are ramping up again, prices are coming down again.
Home prices in the U.S are right back where they were at the beginning of 2003. The effect on home ownership could continue for decades to come.
Continue reading… “Home ownerships hits new lows as home prices fall more than expected”
U.S. foreclosures have climbed to 230,678 in October, up 7% from September, reports Realty Trac.
Continue reading… “Top 10 states for foreclosures”
It has become cheaper for banks to demolish forclosed property than to continue to hold onto it.
The sight of excavators tearing down vacant buildings has become common in the foreclosure-ravaged city of Cleveland. The housing crisis hit this area early and hard. But the story behind the recent wave of demolitions is novel — and cities around the country are taking notice.
Continue reading… “Banks demolish forclosed homes to ease housing market pressures”
Foreclosure may not be enough any more.
An underwater homeowner decides to walk away from his house, which then goes into foreclosure. The bank takes the house and then sells it. End of story, right?
Maybe not. Some banks are suing “strategic defaulters” for the amount of money they lost!
Joseph Reilly lost his vacation home here last year when he was out of work and stopped paying his mortgage. The bank took the house and sold it. Mr. Reilly thought that was the end of it.
In June, he learned otherwise…
Continue reading… “When foreclosure isn’t the end of the nightmare”
The increase in the number of foreclosure actions could be the beginning of a new trend.
Banks are stepping up their actions against homeowners who have fallen behind on their mortgage payments and setting the stage for a fresh wave of foreclosures.
Continue reading… “Mortgage default warnings surge setting stage for new foreclosure wave”
Banks are turning to demolition teams instead of realtors to rid them of their least valuable repossessed homes.
Bulldozers are a new remedy for banks in America’s ailing housing market.
There are nearly 1.7 million homes in the U.S. in some state of foreclosure. Banks already own some of these homes and will soon have repossessed many more. Many housing economists worry that near constant stream of home sales from banks could keep housing prices down for years to come. But what if some of those homes never hit the market.
Continue reading… “Banks turn to bulldozing foreclosed homes”
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