1.65 Million U.S. Properties Receive Foreclosure Filings in First Half of 2010 According to RealtyTrac

1.65 Million U.S. Properties Receive Foreclosure Filings in First Half of 2010 According to RealtyTrac
IRVINE, CA–(Marketwire – 07/15/10) – RealtyTrac ( www.realtytrac.com ), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its Midyear 2010 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 1,961,894 foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — were reported on 1,654,634 U.S. properties in the first …
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Dead cert
Forcing lenders to check that borrowers really are earning as much as they say seems pretty fundamental to effective regulation of the mortgage market – but could it make things worse rather than better?
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Colo. foreclosure filings up

Colo. foreclosure filings up
New foreclosure filings in Colorado rose 6 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2009, according to data released Thursday.

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U.S. foreclosure filings fall from March, April 2009

U.S. foreclosure filings fall from March, April 2009
U.S. foreclosure filings fell 2% in April compared with the same month last year and are down 9% compared with March, according to data released today by RealtyTrac. The Irvine, Calif.-based foreclosure Web site counted 333,837 properties, or one out of every 387, that received a foreclosure filing during April.

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1,097 foreclosure filings in Hawaii in March

1,097 foreclosure filings in Hawaii in March
A real estate research firm reports there were 1,097 foreclosure filings in Hawaii in March. It was the third time the number of filings in the islands topped the 1,000 mark in four months.

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Larimer County sees largest decline in foreclosure filings in the state

Larimer County sees largest decline in foreclosure filings in the state
Larimer County experienced the largest decline in foreclosure filings in the state in February compared to February 2009, according to a monthly metropolitan foreclosure report released today by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs Division of Housing.

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Md. foreclosure filings skyrocket in February

Md. foreclosure filings skyrocket in February
Prince George’s County saw nearly 1,800 foreclosure filings last month — about one-third of Maryland’s total — as state and federal officials scramble to find a solution to the unrelenting mortgage crisis.

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Foreclosures: February ties November for highest number of foreclosure filings

Foreclosures: February ties November for highest number of foreclosure filings
Foreclosure filings were reported on 134 properties in Hampton last month.

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