He talks about the 1.5 million
record high foreclosure numbers.
Not exact matches
The case advances as
foreclosures remain near
record highs as a result of the 2008 financial crisis, which was set off by a collapse in subprime real estate financing.
Ten years after the
foreclosure crisis began, the pain grinds on locally in low - income areas and communities of color, while big financial institutions are riding
high with billions of dollars in profits amid
record stock - market peaks.
Prices are at
record lows,
foreclosures are at
record highs, interest rates are being offered below 5 %.
According to Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the Realtors» group, the number of home
foreclosures may rise to 2.5 million this year and that would be the
highest since keeping
records of home loan defaults.
New home
foreclosures in the U.S. rose to a
record high in the fourth quarter as borrowers with adjustable - rate loans walked away from properties before their payments increased, the Mortgage Bankers Association said in a March 6 report.
While the home equity situation in America is much better today and the volume of short sales and
foreclosures has receded from
record highs, there are still about 2.5 million homes underwater, according to industry data.
While the home equity situation in America is much better today and the volume of short sales and
foreclosures has receded from
record highs, there are still about 2.5 million homes underwater, according to industry data.
Even distressed property sellers are benefitting from this hot seller's market, with a
record -
high share of homes at
foreclosure auction being purchased by third - party buyers, rather than reverting back to the foreclosing bank.»
Foreclosures hit
record highs in 2009 and 2010 and began to fall in 2011.
Interest rates continue to remain at
record lows, there is a
high supply of inventory to choose from (over 7 months worth) and mortgage servicers have gotten better equipped to handle the
high volumes of
foreclosures and short sales in Baltimore.
After the last presidential election in 2008,
foreclosure filings had increased 81 percent over the previous year and home sales were down nearly 42 percent from
record highs in 2005.
Given
record inventories and continued
high foreclosure levels, home prices will bounce along the bottom for a while, at least according to the crystal ball wielded by David Berson, chief economist with mortgage insurers PMI Group.