Foreclosures up 93% year over year since July 2006

[CAwireman]

AP
Foreclosures Jump 93 Percent in July
By Alex Veiga, AP Business Writer
U.S. Foreclosure Filings Rise 93 Percent in July Amid Housing Downturn

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070821/foreclosure_rates.html?.v=7

“LOS ANGELES (AP) — The number of foreclosure filings reported in the U.S. last month jumped 93 percent from July of 2006 and rose 9 percent from June, the latest sign that homeowners are having trouble making payments and finding buyers during the national housing downturn.

There were 179,599 foreclosure filings reported during July, up from 92,845 during the same period a year-ago, Irvine-based RealtyTrac Inc. said Tuesday.

There were 164,644 foreclosure filings reported in June.

The national foreclosure rate in July was one filing for every 693 households, the firm said.

“While 43 states experienced year-over-year increases in foreclosure activity, just five states — California, Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Georgia — accounted for more than half of the nation’s total foreclosure filings,” RealtyTrac Chief Executive James J. Saccacio said.

The filings include default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions.

Some properties included in the survey might have received more than one notice, if the owners have multiple mortgages.

The agency did break out individual properties as part of its report for the first six months of this year, when a total of 573,397 properties reported some sort of foreclosure activity.

That represents a 58 percent jump from the 363,672 properties in the first six months of 2006 and a 32 percent increase from the 433,504 in the last six months of 2006, the firm said.

In the July report, Nevada, Georgia and Michigan accounted for the highest foreclosure rates nationwide.

Nevada posted the highest foreclosure rate: one filing for every 199 households, or more than three times the national average. It reported 5,116 filings during the month, an increase of 8 percent from June.

Georgia’s foreclosure rate was more than twice the national average, with one filing for every 299 households. The state reported 12,602 foreclosure filings, up 75 percent from June.

Michigan reported 13,979 filings in July, a 39 percent spike from June.

California, Florida and Ohio were among the states with the highest number of foreclosure filings in July, RealtyTrac said.

California cities continued to dominate top metropolitan foreclosure rates.

The state reported 39,013 foreclosure filings last month, the most by any single state. However, the number of filings rose less than 1 percent from June.

The state’s foreclosure rate was one filing for every 333 households, RealtyTrac said.

Florida’s foreclosure filings dropped 9 percent between June and July to 19,179. The July figure, however, represents a 78 percent jump from the year-ago period.

In recent months, the mortgage industry has been battered by rising defaults and foreclosures, primarily driven by borrowers with subprime loans and adjustable rate mortgages.

Lagging home sales and flat or decreasing home prices have made it more difficult for homeowners who fall behind on payments to sell their homes and clear the debt, spurring the rise in foreclosure activity.”

More wood for the fire.

Higgybaby

[no_such_reality]

Here’s my graph of Innovest’s foreclosure statistics. The trend paints an ugly fall portrait.

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[no_such_reality]

Here’s my graph of Innovest’s foreclosure statistics. The trend paints an ugly fall portrait.

[img_assist|nid=4421|title=SD Foreclosure Trend|desc=Graphical representation and trend line information of SD NOD/Foreclosure Activity.|link=node|align=left|width=1170|height=2410]

[no_such_reality]

Here’s my graph of Innovest’s foreclosure statistics. The trend paints an ugly fall portrait.

[img_assist|nid=4421|title=SD Foreclosure Trend|desc=Graphical representation and trend line information of SD NOD/Foreclosure Activity.|link=node|align=left|width=1170|height=2410]

[SD Realtor]

Excellent presentation nsr… You can also make a projection of REOs by taking say …35% of the NODs or something like that.

SD Realtor

[SD Realtor]

Excellent presentation nsr… You can also make a projection of REOs by taking say …35% of the NODs or something like that.

SD Realtor

[SD Realtor]

Excellent presentation nsr… You can also make a projection of REOs by taking say …35% of the NODs or something like that.

SD Realtor

[cr]

It’s a good thing incomes are going to double next year, otherwise this foreclosure thing might actually lower house prices.

/sarcasm.

[cr]

It’s a good thing incomes are going to double next year, otherwise this foreclosure thing might actually lower house prices.

/sarcasm.

[cr]

It’s a good thing incomes are going to double next year, otherwise this foreclosure thing might actually lower house prices.

/sarcasm.

[no_such_reality]

I took the data from the Innovest site. If you add the projected 926 foreclosures they say we’re tracking to, it falls slightly above the exponential trend line.

The 35% rough, but I wanted to see the lag. Since today NODs won’t become a foreclosure for 120 days. In essence, July’s NOTs where April’s NODs. Which has been steadily climbing.

[no_such_reality]

I took the data from the Innovest site. If you add the projected 926 foreclosures they say we’re tracking to, it falls slightly above the exponential trend line.

The 35% rough, but I wanted to see the lag. Since today NODs won’t become a foreclosure for 120 days. In essence, July’s NOTs where April’s NODs. Which has been steadily climbing.

[no_such_reality]

I took the data from the Innovest site. If you add the projected 926 foreclosures they say we’re tracking to, it falls slightly above the exponential trend line.

The 35% rough, but I wanted to see the lag. Since today NODs won’t become a foreclosure for 120 days. In essence, July’s NOTs where April’s NODs. Which has been steadily climbing.

[SD Realtor]

Gotcha –

It will be interesting to see how long the trend line stays exponential. I am still bummed about the locales of the homes… For instance at the REDC auction just about every home was in a POS area…not really what I want. I do see a few of them in nicer areas and I think it was you or 4plex who posted the 92037 foreclosures as well…

They are coming….

SD Realtor

[SD Realtor]

Gotcha –

It will be interesting to see how long the trend line stays exponential. I am still bummed about the locales of the homes… For instance at the REDC auction just about every home was in a POS area…not really what I want. I do see a few of them in nicer areas and I think it was you or 4plex who posted the 92037 foreclosures as well…

They are coming….

SD Realtor

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