Foreclosures Drop 3% in May as Lenders Tackle Backlog: RealtyTrac

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Is Buying a Foreclosure a Good Idea? Foreclosures Drop 3% in May as Lenders Tackle Backlog. – Foreclosure filings – including default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions – were reported on 125,875 U.S. properties in April, an increase of 3% compared to March and an increase of 9% compared to April 2014, according to RealtyTrac’s U.S. Foreclosure Market Report..

Banks Tackle Foreclosure Backlog Newly initiated foreclosures jumped by one-third in August, a sign that banks may be stepping up efforts to clear out a backlog of seriously delinquent mortgages. Default notices, the first stage of the foreclosure process, were served on nearly 79,000 residential properties in August, according to the.

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RealtyTrac: Foreclosure activity picked up in 120 metros. – Foreclosures are expected to pick-up as soon as banks begin to clear their backlog of troubled loans. RealtyTrac is projecting a 25 percent increase in foreclosures in 2012. If an increase does occur, some housing experts wonder how it will impact overall home prices and whether the discounts for REOs will be even larger [.]

Hawaii foreclosures soar 115 percent, with Maui and the Big. – Oahu remained well below the national rate of foreclosures in April, but the Big Island and Maui markets took large hits. There were 1,474 Hawaii properties that received foreclosure notices last month, according to RealtyTrac, an online foreclosure marketplace. That was a 115.5 percent increase over April 2009 foreclosure numbers.

New Yorkers holding on to homes: Foreclosure squeeze is. – Foreclosure notices were filed on 1,541 city properties in May, an 18.3% decline from May 2009 and a 2.7% drop from April 2010, according to stats set to be released today by foreclosure listing.

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