11.18.2009 RealtyTrac No. 3 and Only Foreclosure Site on List of Top 10 Real Estate 2.0 Websites
Mark B. Bradley
You will find dozens of Internet sites with foreclosure listing, but RealtyTrac is by far the closest to being a representative of the Web 2.0.
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11.13.2009 Fewer Losing Homes in D.C. Area
Renae Merle, Washington Post Staff Writer
Bank repossessions of homes in the Washington area declined last month but are on pace to surpass last year's total in most parts of the region by the end of the year, according to RealtyTrac.
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11.12.2009 Sharp Increase in Inland Southern California Defaults for October
Leslie Berkman, Press-Enterprise Staff Writer
Inland Southern California, reeling from failed mortgages, ranked fourth in the nation last month in the rate of all foreclosure activity, anccording to RealtyTrac.
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11.12.2009 Foreclosures Fall Again But Improvement Likely Fleeting
Joseph Pisani, CNBC News Associate
Foreclosure rates fell for the third consecutive month in October, but remained sharply higher than a year ago, according to RealtyTrac.
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11.12.2009 Foreclosures Dip 3 Pct. in October from September
J.W. Elphinstone, AP Real Estate Writer
Foreclosure filings are still up 19 percent from a year ago, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
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11.12.2009 Foreclosures: 'Tide May be Turning'
Les Christie, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
Could the foreclosure plague be ending? Foreclosure filings were down 3% in October, the third consecutive month-over-month dip, according to RealtyTrac, the online seller of foreclosed homes.
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11.12.2009 Illinois Third Highest State in Foreclosure Filings
Francine Knowles, Chicago Sun-Times Staff Writer
Illinois posted the third-highest state total of homes receiving foreclosure filings last month, RealtyTrac's latest report shows.
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11.12.2009 US Foreclosures Slow a 3rd Month; Lull Temporary
Lynn Adler, Reuters Staff Writer
U.S. home foreclosure filings slowed in October for a third straight month, but rising unemployment will spur another record year of failing mortgages in 2010, RealtyTrac said.
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11.12.2009 Florida Foreclosure Flings Drop for the First Time Since July 2006
Tom Bayles & Aaron Kessler, Herald Tribune Staff Writers
Foreclosure filings in the Sunshine State last month dropped for the first time since July 2006.
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11.12.2009 Hawaii Foreclosure Rate Rises in October
Allison Schaefers, Star Bulletin Staff Writer
Hawaii foreclosures rose in October to their third highest total of the year, more than doubling from the prior year, according to data released today by the online foreclosure marketplace RealtyTrac.
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11.12.2009 Better Foreclosure Numbers? Not Really
Ilyce Glink, CBS Money Watch.com Staff Writer
For the third month in a row, the number of foreclosures decreased slightly. Is the tide of foreclosures turning? Not really. It’s more like a temporary lull.
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11.12.2009 Housing Numbers Up, But Will They Last?
Annie Baxter, Minnesota Public Radio
Rick Sharga, and executive at the housing data firm RealtyTrac, said tax credit was a necessary measure for stabilizing the housing market.
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11.12.2009 3rd Drop in Foreclosures Hints at Recovery; State-by-State Chart
Paul Wiseman, USA TODAY Staff Writer
Foreclosures fell for the third-consecutive month in October, another sign the worst of the housing crisis may be past.
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11.12.2009 U.S. Foreclosure Filings Surpass 300,000 for 8th Straight Month
Dan Levy, Bloomberg News Staff Writer
U.S. foreclosure filings surpassed 300,000 for an eighth straight month as unemployment made it tougher for homeowners to pay their bills, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
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11.12.2009 U.S. Foreclosure Filings Up 5 Percent in Third Quarter
Alan J. Heavens, Inquirer Real Estate Writer
Foreclosure filings rose 5 percent nationally in the third quarter to the highest three-month rate in almost five years, RealtyTrac Inc., of Irvine, Calif., reported yesterday.
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11.03.2009 The Outlook for Home Foreclosures
Barbara Kiviat, TIME Magazine Staff Writer
TIME's Barbara Kiviat spoke with Rick Sharga, vice president of RealtyTrac, a firm that counts foreclosures, to find out what we might expect with home sales and prices moving forward.
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10.30.2009 Foreclosures Growing in Suburbs and Secondary, Says RealtyTrac
Jon Prior, Housing Wire Staff Writer
Foreclosures are beginning to flare up in suburban and secondary metro markets for Q309, according to a report from RealtyTrac.
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10.30.2009 Foreclosure Hot Spots Spread to Idaho and Utah
United Press International
Foreclosures fell in five of the top ten markets for distressed sales during the third quarter, but new foreclosure hot spots cropped up in unlikely Western markets, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.28.2009 RealtyTrac Reports High Foreclosure Rates Spreading to New Metros in Several States
National Mortgage Professional Magazine
RealtyTrac released its Q3 2009 Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report, showing that foreclosure rates spreading to new metros in several states.
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10.28.2009 Foreclosures Spread to Middle Class
Nancy Cook, NEWSWEEK Staff Writer
"We're not out of the woods yet," says Rick Sharga, RealtyTrac's senior vice president.
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10.28.2009 Honolulu Foreclosures Rising
Allison Schaefers, Star Bulletin Staff Writer
Honolulu's foreclosure rate of one filing per every 282 households was ranked No. 133 out of 203 metros, according to the latest report released today from RealtyTrac, an online foreclosure marketplace.
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10.28.2009 Foreclosures Up 2 percent in LA-Long Beach-Santa Ana Region
Muhammed El-Hasan, Daily Breeze Business Writer
A swath of Southern California that includes Los Angeles, Long Beach and Santa Ana saw a higher number of homes in the foreclosure process in the third quarter, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.28.2009 Move Over Merced: Foreclosures Intensify in New Crop of Western Cities
Nick Timiraos, Wall Street Journal Staff Writer
Five cities that rank in the top 10 foreclosure markets saw the number of properties with foreclosure filings decline, according to the latest report from RealtyTrac.
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10.28.2009 New Foreclosure Hot Spots
Lisa Scherzer, Smart Money Staff Writer
Some new foreclosure hot spots are emerging, giving the old standbys some company, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.28.2009 Foreclosure Surprise: 10 Fastest-growing Problem Cities are Newcomers
Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor Staff Writer
Reno-Sparks, Nev., broke into the Top 10 foreclosure metros in the third quarter, according to a RealtyTrac.
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10.28.2009 Vegas Foreclosure Filings Up Nearly 9 Percent in Q3
Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun Staff Writer
RealtyTrac reported Nevada led the nation in the percentage of housing units receiving foreclosure filings in September and the third quarter.
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10.28.2009 Foreclosure Rate Hits 1 in 37 Reno Homes
Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal Staff Writer
Reno-Sparks posted a foreclosure-related activity rate of one in every 37 housing units during the third quarter, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.28.2009 Foreclosures: Worst-hit Cities
Julianne Pepitone, CNNMoney.com StaffRreporter
RealtyTrac released its list of cities with the biggest foreclosure problems during the third quarter.
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10.28.2009 Cities With the Worst Foreclosure Rates
Julianne Pepitone, CNNMoney.com Staff Reporter
While foreclosure rates are easing in some of the hardest-hit cities, the crisis is beginning to expand into new metro areas.
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10.28.2009 Las Vegas Leads U.S. With Highest Metro Area Foreclosure Rate
Dan Levy, Bloomberg Staff Writer
Las Vegas had the highest U.S. foreclosure rate in the third quarter, followed by cities in California and Florida, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
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10.28.2009 U.S. Foreclosures Spike in New Regions in 3rd Qtr
Lynn Adler, Reuters Staff Writer
U.S. mortgage defaults ebbed in some hard-hit cities in the third quarter, real estate data company RealtyTrac said.
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10.28.2009 Foreclosure Rates for Top Metro Areas in Q3
USA TODAY
Despite an overall increase in foreclosures, some metro areas are seeing rates decrease and other areas developing into trouble spots.
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10.27.2009 Foreclosures on the Rise in 2009
Barbara Hansen, Julia Schmalz and Juan Thomassie, USA TODAY
Home foreclosures increased 22.5% in third quarter 2009 vs. third quarter 2008.
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10.22.2009 Foreclosures Rock Some Detroit Suburbs Harder Than City
Greta Guest and Kristi Tanner, Free Press Staff Writers
While Detroit is known nationally for its high foreclosure rate, the problem is worse in three suburbs.
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10.15.2009 Foreclosures Rise. Big Banks Show Profits. How Can That Be?
Mark Trumbull, Christian Science Staff Writer
The number of foreclosure filings rose 5 percent in the third quarter to a record level, RealtyTrac reported.
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10.15.2009 Nevada Bucks Nationwide Downward Trend in Foreclosures
Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun Staff Writer
Residential mortgage foreclosure filings fell nationwide in September -- but not in Nevada.
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10.15.2009 3Q Foreclosures Rise 22%, Putting Michigan in Top 10
Greta Guest, Detroit Free-Press Business Writer
Michigan foreclosure activity rose 22% in the third quarter, putting it in the top 10 for foreclosure activity, according to RealtyTrac data released today.
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10.15.2009 Staten Island Continues to Feel Pain of Home Foreclosures
Karen O'Shea, SIlive.com Staff Writer
One in every 251 homes in the borough was in foreclosure during the third quarter, according to a report released today by RealtyTrac, which also posted the highest-ever quarterly number of foreclosures nationwide.
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10.15.2009 Virginia Foreclosures Up 4.1 Percent from Last Year
Alexa Welch, Richmond Times-Dispatch Staff Writer
Foreclosure activity in Virginia rose 4.1 percent from July through September from the same period a year ago, according to a RealtyTrac report being released this morning.
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10.15.2009 Foreclosures Leap in Sarasota County
Tom Bayles, Herald Tribune Staff Writer
Foreclosure filings in Sarasota County spiked by 50 percent in September, even as an end-of-summer lull continued in Manatee and Charlotte counties, According to RealtyTrac.
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10.15.2009 Maui Leads in Foreclosures
Allison Schaefers, Star Bulletin Staff Writer
Maui's foreclosure rate surpassed the national level in September and activity on Maui and Kauai overtook the nation during the third quarter, according to data released today from RealtyTrac.
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10.15.2009 Foreclosures: 'Worst Three Months of All Time'
Les Christie, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
Despite concerted government-led and lender-supported efforts to prevent foreclosures, the number of filings hit a record high in the third quarter, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.15.2009 Foreclosures Rise 5 Percent from Summer to Fall
Alan Zibel, Associated Press Staff Writer
The foreclosure crisis affected nearly 938,000 properties in the July-September quarter, compared with about 890,000 in the prior three months, according to a report released Thursday by RealtyTrac Inc.
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10.15.2009 Foreclosure-related Filings Rise on LI
Ellen Yan, Newsday Staff Writer
Long Island's foreclosure-related filings for the third quarter shot up more than the national average compared to the same period last year, according to RealtyTrac, an online market for foreclosed homes.
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10.15.2009 Foreclosures in 3rd Quarter Up Nearly 23% From 2008
Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY Staff Writer
Foreclosure filings were reported on 937,840 properties in the third quarter, an increase of nearly 23% from the third quarter of 2008, according to a report today by RealtyTrac.
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10.15.2009 Florida's Foreclosure Rate Slows -- But Still Fourth-worst in U.S.
Mary Shanklin, Orlando Sentinel Staff Writer
The number of homes entering foreclosure increased 2 percent nationally from the second to third quarter but fell 6 percent in Florida, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.15.2009 U.S. Foreclosure Filings Jump 23% to Record in Third Quarter
Dan Levy, Bloomberg News Staff Writer
U.S. foreclosure filings climbed to a record in the third quarter as lenders seized more properties from delinquent borrowers, according to RealtyTrac Inc.
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10.15.2009 More Illinois Homeowners Falling into Foreclosure
Mary Ellen Podmolik, Chicago Tribune Reporter
Lenders filed initial court documents last month against 7,174 Illinois homeowners whose mortgages were delinquent, according to data scheduled to be released Thursday by RealtyTrac.
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09.10.2009 Economists Divided as Foreclosure Filings Fall
Leslie Berkman, The Press-Enterprise Staff Writer
Daren Blomquist, a RealtyTrac spokesman, said California is the first among the leading foreclosure states to see a significant year-over-year decline in foreclosure filings of more than 9 percent.
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09.10.2009 Foreclosures Fall, But Las Vegas Still Leads Nation
Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun Staff Writer
Residential foreclosure activity declined last month in Nevada and Las Vegas -- but these markets continued to lead the nation in RealtyTrac's foreclosure lists.
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09.10.2009 August Foreclosure Filings Were Flat but Remain High
Renae Merle, Washington Post Staff Writer
RealtyTrac counted 358,471 foreclosure filings nationally, which can range from default notices to bank repossessions.
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09.10.2009 Foreclosures Rise Sharply in Illinois in August
Anna Marie Kukec, Daily Herald Staff Writer
RealtyTrac is reporting a 22-percent year-to-year increase in foreclosures in Illinois during August. The state remains in the top 10 nationally.
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09.10.2009 U.S. Foreclosure Filings Top 300,000 for Sixth Straight Month
Daniel Taub, Bloomberg News Staff Writer
A total of 358,471 properties received a default or auction notice or were seized last month, according to data provider RealtyTrac Inc.
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08.21.2009 Nevada Mediation Law May Have Slowed Default Notices
Brian Wargo, Las Vegas Sun Staff Writer
California-based RealtyTrac reported the 4,563 home repossessions in Nevada in July were the most in the state’s history and pushed overall filings up 4 percent compared with June.
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08.13.2009 N.J. Foreclosures Rise 21 Percent
Lisa Fleisher, The Star-Ledger Staff Writer
Home foreclosure filings in New Jersey increased more than 21 percent during the first half of this year compared with last year.
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08.13.2009 Foreclosure Filings Jump in July
Renae Merle, Washington Post Staff Writer
RealtyTrac counted 360,149 foreclosure filings nationally, which can range from default notices to bank repossessions. That was up 7 percent from June and 32 percent from July 2008.
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08.13.2009 Another Record Month for Foreclosures in July
Charlie Herman, ABC News
RealtyTrac will report Thursday that a record 360,149 homeowners received a foreclosure filing in July, up 7 percent from the previous month and up 32 percent from a year ago.
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08.13.2009 Orlando Remains Foreclosures 'Hot Spot'
Mary Shanklin, Orlando Sentinel Staff Writer
"Although Orlando — and Florida — still have a high foreclosure rate, it's not as high as it was," said Daren Blomquist, RealtyTrac spokesman.
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08.13.2009 Foreclosure Fallout Hangs Heaviest in Southwest Fla.
By Tom Bayles & Aaron Kessler, Herald Tribune Staff Writers
July foreclosure statistics provided on Wednesday by California's RealtyTrac Inc. provided few signs that things are slowing down.
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08.13.2009 Foreclosures Hit Record 990 in July
Erika Engle, Star Bulletin Staff Writer
A record 990 Hawaii homes were foreclosed upon in July, a 332 percent increase over a year ago, according to the RealtyTrac.
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08.13.2009 Home Foreclosure Filings Up More Than 100 Percent in Seattle Area
Chris Crygiel, Seattle Post Intelligencer Staff Writer
Home foreclosure filings in the greater Seattle area increased 115 percent in July compared to the same period last year, according to RealtyTrac.
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08.13.2009 Foreclosure Pipleine Grows
Eve Mitchell, Mercury News Staff Writer
The number of foreclosed homes in the Bay Area scheduled to be sold at upcoming foreclosure auctions nearly tripled in July from a year ago, according to RealtyTrac.
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08.13.2009 Foreclosure Plague: No Cure Yet
Les Christie, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
There were more than 360,000 properties with foreclosure filings -- including default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions, according to RealtyTrac.
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08.13.2009 Foreclosures Surge 15 Percent From Last Month in NYC
Phyllis Furman, Daily News Staff Writer
A rising number of New Yorkers are on shaky ground when it comes to holding on to their homes.
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08.13.2009 U.S. Foreclosure Filings Set Third Record-High in Five Months
Dan Levy, Bloomberg News Staff Writer
Foreclosure filings in the U.S. climbed to a record for the third time in five months in July as falling home prices and the recession left more homeowners unable to keep up payments or refinance.
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07.30.2009 Seattle Foreclosures Up Through First Half of 2009
Aubrey Cohen, Seattle Post-Inteligencer Staff Writer
The Seattle area's home foreclosure rate continued to rise through the first half of this year, and was 76th highest among 203 large U.S. metropolitan areas, according to RealtyTrac.
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07.30.2009 Las Vegas, Fort Myers, Florida Lead U.S. in Defaults
Brian Louis, Bloomberg Staff Writer
Las Vegas and Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida led U.S. metropolitan areas in foreclosures in the first half of the year as unemployment and falling home prices forced home-loan defaults, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
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07.30.2009 Foreclosures: How Bad is Your City?
Les Christie, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
Cities in just four states -- California, Florida, Arizona and Nevada -- captured 29 of the top 30 places with the highest foreclosure rates, according to a report issued by RealtyTrac.
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07.17.2009 Defaults Still Vexing Inland Area
Leslie Berkman, Press-Enterprise Staff Writer
Foreclosures continue to intensify in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, fueled by job losses and the failure of high-risk mortgages made during the boom years.
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07.17.2009 Utah Foreclosure Filings Double
Paul Beebe, Salt Lake Tribune Staff Writer
The number of Utah households in danger of losing their homes almost doubled in the first half of the year as more people lost their jobs and were struggling or unable to pay their monthly mortgage bills.
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07.17.2009 Foreclosures Up: 1 in 84 Homes Affected in First Half of Year
Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY Staff Writer
There were 1.9 million foreclosure filings in the first six months of this year, a 15% increase from the first six months of 2008, according to a report today from RealtyTrac.
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07.16.2009 Arizona Has Second-highest Foreclosure Rate
Edward Gately, Tribune Staff Writer
One in every 30 homes across Arizona received at least one foreclosure filing during the first half of the year, according to RealtyTrac.
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07.16.2009 US Foreclosure Crisis Spreads to New States
Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor Staff Writer
America’s foreclosure crisis – which has been concentrated in Arizona, California, Florida, and Nevada – is beginning to spill over to neighboring states.
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07.16.2009 Foreclosures Rise
Catherine Rampell, New York Times Staff Writer
One in 84 American housing units received at least one foreclosure filing in the first half of the year, according to RealtyTrac, the online marketplace for foreclosure properties.
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07.16.2009 Foreclosure Rate Rises 4.6 Percent in June over Prior Month
Renae Merle, Washington Post Staff Writer
Foreclosure filings increased again in June as unemployment pushed more homeowners into delinquency, according to RealtyTrac.
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07.16.2009 1.5 Million Homes in Foreclosure in '09
Les Christie, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
The foreclosure plague is not going away -- it's only getting worse.
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07.16.2009 US foreclosures at record high in first half 2009 despite aid
Lynn Adler, Reuters Staff Writer
U.S. home foreclosure activity galloped to a record in the first half of the year, overwhelming broad efforts to remedy failing loans while job losses escalated.
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07.16.2009 Foreclosure Filings in U.S. Reach Record 1.5 Million
Dan Levy, Bloomberg News Staff Writer
U.S. foreclosure filings hit a record in the first half, a sign that job losses and falling property prices deepened the housing recession, according to RealtyTrac Inc.
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07.16.2009 Foreclosures Up: 1 in 84 Homes Affected in First Half of Year
Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY Staff Writer
There were 1.9 million foreclosure filings in the first six months of this year, a 15 percent increase from the first six months of 2008, according to a report today from RealtyTrac.
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06.11.2009 Inland Housing Defaults, Repos Drop in May, Though Experts Say Conditions Still Dire
Leslie Berkman, Press-Enterprise Staff Writer
Foreclosure activity in Inland Southern California declined from April to May, with fewer notices of default and bank repossessions than a year ago.
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06.11.2009 Foreclosure Rate Stays On The Boil In May
Maurna Desmond, Forbes Staff Writer
Foreclosures slid a bit in May from the month before, but they remained at an elevated level, according to RealtyTrac.
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06.11.2009 Oregon Foreclosures 12th Highest in Nation
Steve Law, Portland Tribune Staff Writer
Oregon had the 12th highest rate of foreclosure activity in the nation in May, according to a report issued Wednesday by RealtyTrac.
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06.11.2009 Foreclosure Rate Dips in May, But Remains High
Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY Staff Writer
The pace of foreclosures remains at a historic high and mortgage demand is tumbling as interest rates climb, reflecting a wobbly housing recovery that could falter if rates continue to rise.
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06.11.2009 Florida Foreclosures Jump 50 Percent; Tampa Up 32 Percent
Richard Mullins, Tampa Bay Online.com Staff Writer
Foreclosures jumped more than 32 percent in the Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater area, compared to May 2008, according to RealtyTrac.
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06.11.2009 Isle Foreclosures Set Record
Allison Schaefers, Star Bulletin
Foreclosures in Hawaii soared 397.6 percent last month to a record high and pushed the state to its highest national ranking since 2005.
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06.11.2009 Foreclosures Slow 6 Percent in May
Scott Mayerowitz, ABC News Business Writer
The number of homes that received a foreclosure notice in May were up 18 percent from 2008, RealtyTrac said.
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06.11.2009 U.S. Foreclosure Filings Top 300,000 as Bank Seizures Loom
Dan Levy, Bloomberg News Staff Writer
U.S. foreclosure filings surpassed 300,000 for the third straight month in May and may hit a record 1.8 million by the first half of the year, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
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05.21.2009 Buying a foreclosed home
Gerri Willis, CNN personal finance editor
A study released yesterday by RealtyTrac.com and Truila.com shows that more Americans than ever are interested in buying foreclosed properties.
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05.13.2009 U.S. Foreclosures Hit Record in April
CBC News
The U.S. economic recovery hit a speed bump as American foreclosures rose to record levels in April, according to RealtyTrac.
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05.13.2009 Foreclosures: 'April Was a Shocker'
Les Christie, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
Foreclosures in April exceeded even March's blistering pace with a record 342,000 homes receiving notices of default, auction notices or undergoing bank repossessions, according to RealtyTrac.
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05.13.2009 What Foreclosures Soaring 32% in April Will Mean
Douglas A. McIntyre, TIME Magazine Staff Writer
Foreclosures took a frightening jump up in April. A report from RealtyTrac says that the number moved up 32% over April of last year and hit 342,038.
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05.13.2009 Foreclosure Rate Increases in Southwest Florida
Tom Bayles & Aaron Kessler, Herald Tribune Staff Writers
For the last several months, foreclosures in Southwest Florida had showed signs of ebbing.
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05.13.2009 New Foreclosure Wave Predicted in Inland Area
Leslie Berkman, The Press-Enterprise Staff Writer
According to RealtyTrac, an Irvine-based foreclosure monitoring company, notices of default, the first step in the foreclosure process, were issued for 6,019 homes in Riverside County last month.
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05.13.2009 U.S. Foreclosure Filings Hit Record for Second Straight Month
Dan Levy, Bloomberg News Staff Writer
Foreclosure filings in the U.S. rose to a record for the second consecutive month in April as banks increased efforts to seize homes from delinquent borrowers.
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04.22.2009 RealtyTrac Sees Problems with Obama Mod Plan
American Banker
Foreclosure rates continued to climb, casting doubt on the Obama administration's foreclosure prevention plan, according to RealtyTrac.
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04.21.2009 America's Most Foreclosure-Ridden Towns
Matt Woolsey, Forbes Staff Writer
"For a lot of these places, foreclosures occurred in a new developments," says RealtyTrac's Daren Blomquist.
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04.16.2009 The Top 10 Foreclosure States as of the First Quarter
Luke Mullins, U.S. News & World Report
RealtyTrac has released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for the first quarter of 2009:
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04.16.2009 No End Yet for Downturn in Housing, New Data Suggest
Jack Healy, New York Times Staff Writer
The data firm RealtyTrac reported that foreclosure filings surged 9 percent to 803,489 properties in the first quarter of 2009.
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04.16.2009 Inland Foreclosures Surge in March After Law's Delays Expire
Leslie Berkman, The Press-Enterprise Staff Writer
Foreclosure activity soared to a record high in Riverside and San Bernardino counties last month, according to RealtyTrac.
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04.16.2009 Hawaii Foreclosures Soar 503 Percent
Allison Schaefers, Honolulu Star Buletin Staff Writer
Hawaii's foreclosure activity rose a staggering 503 percent in March, the ninth consecutive month of double-digit increases for the state, according to RealtyTrac.
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04.16.2009 Michigan Foreclosure Rate is Nation's Sixth Highest
Louis Aguilar, The Detroit News Staff Writer
One in every 136 Michigan housing units received a foreclosure filing during the first three months of 2009 -- a bleaker rate than the first quarter of 2008.
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04.16.2009 US Foreclosure Filings Jump as Moratoriums End
Lynn Adler, Reuters Staff Writer
U.S. foreclosure activity leaped 46 percent in March from a year earlier, hitting a record high as programs stunting the torrid pace of failing mortgages expired, RealtyTrac reported on Thursday.
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04.16.2009 Foreclosure Filings Climbed in March
Renae Merle, Washington Post Staff Writer
Foreclosure filings spiked in March despite industry and government efforts to keep people in their homes, according to data from RealtyTrac released today.
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03.19.2009 At Foreclosure Auctions, the Hunt Is On
Mike Stuckey, MSNBC Senior News Editor
Opportunity is knocking in the chilly winter air of this Seattle suburb, and Rock Harrison intends to answer it.
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03.12.2009 Riverside/San Bernardino Counties Ranked Sixth Nationwide in Foreclosures
Leslie Berkman, Press-Enterprise Staff Writer
After a January slowdown in foreclosure activity in Inland Southern California, last month it increased 6 percent in San Bernardino County and clung to an historically high level in Riverside County.
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03.12.2009 Foreclosures up 30 Percent in February
Alan Zibel, Associated Press Real Estate Writer via ABC News
Despite halts on new foreclosures by several major lenders, the number of households threatened with losing their homes rose 30 percent in February, RealtyTrac reported Thursday.
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03.12.2009 Foreclosures Continued to Rise in February
Associated Press
Despite halts on new foreclosures by several major lenders, the number of households threatened with losing their homes rose 30 percent from last year's levels, RealtyTrac reported Thursday.
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03.12.2009 Las Vegas Leads Nation in Foreclosures
Brian Wargo, Las Vegas Sun Staff Writer
Las Vegas reclaimed the title as the foreclosure capital of the country in February, and the state set a record with its most-ever number of households in default on mortgage payments.
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03.12.2009 Despite Housing Help, Foreclosures Rose 6 Percent Last Month
Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY Staff Writer
Foreclosure filings were reported on 290,631 properties in February, up almost 30% from February 2008, RealtyTrac said.
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03.12.2009 Foreclosure Cases on LI Jump 54 Percent
Ellen Yan, Newsday Staff Writer
The number of newly started foreclosure cases on Long Island jumped 54 percent last month from January, although the number of actual lender repossessions of homes continued to fall, according to RealtyTrac, an online marketer of foreclosures.
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03.12.2009 Foreclosure Filings in U.S. Jumped 30 Percent in February
Dan Levy, Bloomberg News Staff Writer
Foreclosure filings in the U.S. climbed 30 percent in February from a year earlier, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
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03.06.2009 Preventing Memphis Foreclosure Tsunami
Ernie Freeman, Fox 13 News
According to Realtytrac.com, there were 15,516 foreclosure filings in Shelby County last year. That's a 50 percent increase over 2007 and a 94 percent jump over 2006.
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03.06.2009 Louisiana's Percentage of Delinquent Home Loans Climbed Slightly
Robert Travis Scott, The Times-Picayune Staff Writer
In the latest measure by RealtyTrac, a private firm, Louisiana ranked No. 42 in foreclosures among all states in January, with 485 home foreclosure filings.
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03.06.2009 Job Losses Add to Home Foreclosures in Oregon
Ted Sickinger, The Oregonian Staff Writer
According to RealtyTrac Inc., Oregon ranks fifth in the nation for the highest rate of foreclosures per housing unit, trailing only Nevada, California, Arizona and Florida.
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03.06.2009 Most Foreclosures Pack into a Few Counties
Brad Heath, USA TODAY Staff Writer
More than half of the nation's foreclosures last year took place in 35 counties.
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03.06.2009 More Hotels are Facing Foreclosure, Bankruptcy
Roger Yu, USA TODAY Staff Writer
When it opened on Waikiki in 1964, The Ilikai was the first luxury high-rise hotel in Hawaii and also gained fame for appearing in the opening credits of the 1960s TV series Hawaii Five-O.
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03.05.2009 Banks Refusing To Take Back Foreclosed Properties
Mhari Saito, National Public Radio
Rick Sharga of RealtyTrac says employees at his online foreclosure sales company have heard of other cities where lenders are walking away from foreclosures, and he worries it could spread.
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03.04.2009 Bank-owned Homes Surge
Mary Kane, The Michigan Messenger Staff Writer
Some 1.5 million foreclosed homes are expected to wind up as REOs this year, according to RealtyTrac , an online foreclosure database.
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02.25.2009 Where Foreclosure Has Hit Hardest
John Tozzi, BusinessWeek Staff Writer
What cities have been hit hardest by foreclosures? Using data from RealtyTrac, we found the places with the greatest share of housing units under foreclosure in 2008.
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02.25.2009 U.S. Existing Home Sales, Prices Slumped in January
Courtney Schlisserman, Bloomberg Staff Writer
Home prices are likely to keep falling. Home foreclosures were up 17.8 percent in January from a year earlier, according to RealtyTrac Inc., an Irvine, California-based seller of default data.
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02.24.2009 Southwest Riverside County Among Top in Nation in Foreclosed Homes
Jeff Horseman, Press-Enterprise Staff Writer
Three of the top five busiest markets for foreclosed homes in cities of less than 100,000 population are in southwestern Riverside County, with Murrieta tops overall.
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02.23.2009 As Foreclosures Mount, Florida Court Turns to 'Rocket Docket'
Rich Phillips, CNN Correspondent
The national rate of foreclosure jumped by 79 percent between December 2006 and December 2007, according to RealtyTrac, a company that compiles data on home foreclosures.
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02.23.2009 Some See Gold in California Housing Bust
Dan Whitcomb, Reuters Staff Writer
California’s tortured real estate market has brought heartbreak and ruin, but some investors and first-time home buyers are finding opportunities in the housing crash.
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02.22.2009 Foreclosure Market Offers Bargains for Savvy Buyers
Celeste Busk, Sun-Times Staff Writer
As the housing crisis continues, hundreds of thousands of foreclosed properties are now on the market nationwide and buyers can purchase these homes at $100,000 less than other similar properties.
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02.20.2009 Las Vegas Foreclosures to Dominate Real Estate in 2009
Brian Wargo, In Business Las Vegas Staff Writer
RealtyTrac posted numbers that show foreclosure filings in Nevada decreased 4 percent in January compared with December, but the total is still 134 percent higher than January 2008.
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02.18.2009 Mesa, Ariz.: Poster Child for Foreclosure
Les Christie, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
Arizona had the third-highest rate of foreclosure filings in the nation during 2008, according to RealtyTrac, which compiles foreclosure statistics.
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02.17.2009 How Foreclosure Works
Bob Vila, Bobvila.com
Because the foreclosure process is not regulated by the federal government, each state is responsible for its own foreclosure law, says RealtyTrac's Rick Sharga.
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02.14.2009 Banks Halt Foreclosures as Rescue Takes Shape
Tom Bayles, Sarasota Heral Tribune Staff Writer
More than 274,000 U.S. households received at least one foreclosure-related notice in January 2009, according to RealtyTrac.
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02.13.2009 Foreclosure Filings, Home Prices Drop
Richard C. Gross, Washington Times Staff Writer
The number of people who received foreclosure notices in January fell 10 percent from December, but that's still 18 percent higher than a year ago, according to RealtyTrac.
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02.12.2009 How Banks Are Worsening the Foreclosure Crisis
Brian Grow, Keith Epstein and Robert Berner, BusinessWeek Staff Writers
The bad mortgages that got the current financial crisis started have produced a terrifying wave of home foreclosures.
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02.12.2009 National, Inland Foreclosure Rates Decline, But Analysts Say Data Come with Asterisk
Jack Katzanek, Press-Enterprise Staff Writer
There were 17,629 foreclosure-related actions in Riverside and San Bernardino counties in January, according to RealtyTrac, an Irvine-based firm that markets properties online.
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02.12.2009 Moratoriums Slow Foreclosures, For Now
Maurna Desmond, Forbes Staff Writer
As the Obama administration continues to hammer out details of its grand scheme to combat the next tsunami of foreclosures, the number of homes repossessed by lenders ebbed a bit in January.
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02.12.2009 U.S. Foreclosures Top Quarter-Million for 10th Straight Month
Dan Levy, Bloomberg News
U.S. foreclosure filings exceeded 250,000 for the 10th straight month in January as falling prices trapped owners in homes worth less than the mortgage, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
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02.12.2009 U.S. January Foreclosures Fall: RealtyTrac
Reuters
U.S. home foreclosure filings in January decreased from December, an indication that an array of efforts to curb the process may be making an impact, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said on Thursday.
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02.12.2009 Good News: Foreclosures Down 10 Percent; State-by-State Chart
Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY Staff Writer
Foreclosure filings were reported on 274,399 properties during January, a 10 percent decrease from December but still up 18 percent from January 2008, according to RealtyTrac.
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02.03.2009 Foreclosures on the Rise
Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY Staff Writer
Foreclosure filings surpassed 3 million in 2008, setting a record that has Washington, D.C., policymakers calling for more aggressive efforts this year to aid troubled homeowners.
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01.28.2009 Banks Sitting On An Inventory Time Bomb
Diana Olick, CNBC.com
"The lenders are simply trying to defer the losses to a later date, because having to recognize the losses short term might pose severe risks to the banks in question," says Rick Sharga of RealtyTrac.
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01.28.2009 Fannie Mae Foreclosure Sale at 50 Cents on $1 Shows Price Reset
Elliot Blair Smith, Bloomberg Staff Writer
I’m anticipating that we’re going to see a frightening increase in foreclosure activity in the first part of the year,” says Rick Sharga, vice president at the RealtyTrac. “Everybody underestimated just how severe this would be.”
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01.26.2009 Listen to RealtyTrac Analysis of Foreclosure Tsunami
Jonathan Lansmer, Orange County Register Staff Writer
Hear my interview with foreclosure tracker Rick Sharga of RealtyTrac on what’s the chance that what he calls a “tsunami” of missed mortgage payments will abate anytime soon.
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01.24.2009 The Quitter Economy
Daniel Gross, Newsweek Staff Writer
"It wouldn't surprise me if we approach 3 million households in foreclosure in 2009," says Rick Sharga, senior vice president of RealtyTrac, which compiles foreclosure data.
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01.23.2009 Nevada Remains First in Foreclosures in 2008
Brian Wargo, Las Vegas Sun Staff Writer
The Las Vegas metropolitan area ranked second in the nation last year for its rate of foreclosures, while Nevada held its top spot in the nation.
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01.23.2009 What's Really Behind The Spike In Bank Repossessions
Diana Olick, CNBC News
"One of the reasons we've seen such a spike in bank repossessions is because of the huge increases in deeds in lieu of foreclosure," said Rick Sharga, vice president of marketing at RealtyTrac.
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01.23.2009 Flood of Foreclosures: It's Worse Than You Think
Les Christie, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
"Either lenders are overwhelmed and can't get these properties back on sale quickly" said RealtyTrac spokesman Rick Sharga, "or they're deliberately slowing down."
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01.16.2009 When Foreclosures Outnumber New Homes
Scott Van Voorhis, Boston Globe Staff Writer
More than 860,000 homes were foreclosed on last year, according to RealtyTrac. All told, builders were on track, as of last November, to build just 640,000 new homes and condos in 2008.
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01.15.2009 Foreclosure Rate Spikes in Sarasota, Fla.
Michael Braga, Herald Tribune Staff Writer
Foreclosure filings in Manatee County soared 281 percent in December compared with the previous month. They were up 60 percent in Charlotte and 10 percent in Sarasota.
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01.15.2009 Fort Myers-Cape Coral No. 1 in 2008 for Foreclosures
Laura Layden, Naples Daily News Staff Writer
Cape Coral-Fort Myers had the highest foreclosure rate in the nation for 2008, according to RealtyTrac.
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01.15.2009 R.I. Properties in Foreclosure rise 258 Percent
Kevin Shalvey, Providence Business News Staff Writer
Foreclosure notices were posted for 6,583 Rhode Island properties last year, a 258-percent increase from 2007 and a 1,525-percent increase from 2006, according to RealtyTrac.
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01.15.2009 Foreclosures Up a Record 81% in 2008
Les Christie, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
U.S. foreclosure filings spiked by more than 81% in 2008, a record, according to RealtyTrac, and they're up 225% compared with 2006.
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01.15.2009 2008 Foreclosure Filings Set Record
Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY Staff Writer
Foreclosure filings surpassed 3 million in 2008, setting a record that has Washington, D.C., policymakers calling for more aggressive efforts this year to aid troubled homeowners.
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01.15.2009 Foreclosures in U.S. Rose 81%, Topping 2.3 Million Last Year
Dan Levy, Bloomberg News Staff Writer
U.S. foreclosure filings jumped 81 percent last year as falling house prices, tighter mortgage lending and the longest recession in a quarter century battered property owners, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
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01.12.2009 Housing Crisis Upside: Bargains for Everyone
Alice Gomstyn and Scott Mayerowitz, ABC News Business Unit
"It really is almost a national situation where we can find you at least one good deal almost everywhere," said Rick Sharga, vice president of marketing at RealtyTrac.
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01.04.2009 Number of Properties, Quality of Homes on Auction Block Jump
Mary Ellen Podmolik, Chicago Tribune Reporter
By the end of this year, RealtyTrac predicts nearly 3 million U.S. households will be in foreclosure, compared with 800,000 foreclosed homes in 2005.
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12.11.2008 Foreclosure Rates Continue to Rise on Treasure Coast
Nadia Vanderhoof, Treasure Coast Palm
Foreclosure rates continued to escalate across the Treasure Coast in November, according to a RealtyTrac report released Wednesday.
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12.11.2008 Foreclosure Storm Will Hit U.S. in 2009 as Loan Changes Fail
Dan Levy, Bloomberg News
U.S. foreclosure filings climbed 28 percent in November from a year earlier and a brewing “storm” of new foreclosures may force 1 million homeowners from their properties next year, RealtyTrac said.
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11.15.2008 New Jersey Foreclosure Rate Intensified in October
Susan Todd, Star-Ledger Staff Writer
Foreclosure filings on 8,473 properties across the state were filed in October, according to the latest data compiled by RealtyTrac, an online marketplace for foreclosed properties.
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11.14.2008 Seattle-area Foreclosure Rate is on the Rise, But Still Far Behind the Nation's
Aubrey Cohen, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Staff Writer
Seattle-area foreclosures were up last month but still below the national rate, according to RealtyTrac, an Irvine, Calif., company that tracks foreclosures.
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11.13.2008 Foreclosures Spike 25 Percent Year-on-year
The Associated Press via MSNBC.com
The number of homeowners caught in the wave of foreclosures in October grew 25 percent nationally over the same month in 2007, according to RealtyTrac.
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11.13.2008 U.S. Foreclosure Filings Rose as Home Prices Fell
Dan Levy, Bloomberg News Staff Writer
More than a quarter million U.S. households received a foreclosure filing in October, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
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11.13.2008 85,000 Homes Lost in October
Catherine Clifford, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
In October, 279,561 borrowers received foreclosure filings, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.28.2008 Why Banks Are Reluctant To Redo Ailing Mortgages
Kenneth Stier, CNBC Staff Writer
"In my wildest dreams I couldn’t have imagined that the market could have gotten this much worse, as bad as it was last year,” says Rick Sharga, senior vice president of RealtyTrac.
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10.24.2008 House Hunters
Barbara Kiviat, TIME Magazine Staff Writer
So if you want to know numbers, there's a good chance you will turn to RealtyTrac, a company in Irvine, Calif., that has emerged as a go-to source for foreclosure data.
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10.24.2008 Naples Moves Up 10 Spots to 12th Nationally in Foreclosures
Laura Layden, Naples Daily News Staff Writer
Cape Coral-Fort Myers is third in the country for its foreclosure rate.
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10.23.2008 Under New Law, Foreclosure Notices Plummet in Inland Counties
Leslie Berkman, Press-Enterprise Staff Writer
The number of households notified that their homes are headed to foreclosure declined sharply from August to September across the Inland region and statewide, the effect of a new state law.
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10.23.2008 Minnesota Foreclosures Rise 42 Percent in September
Molly Priesmeyer, Minesota Independent Staff Writer
A recent report by RealtyTrac reveals that Minnesota foreclosures rose 42 percent in September compared to foreclosure filings during the same period in 2007.
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10.23.2008 Albany, NY Foreclosures Jump 138 Percent in Year
Chris Churchill, Times Union Business Writer
The number of homes in foreclosure in the Capital Region jumped 138 percent in a year, but the area's foreclosure rate remains one of the nation's lowest, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.23.2008 81,312 Homes Lost to Foreclosure in September
Catherine Clifford, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
The housing crisis still has a choke hold on America: In September, 81,312 homes were lost to foreclosure, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.23.2008 Foreclosures Up 21 Percent From Year Ago
Ilaina Jonas, Reuters Staff Writer
Foreclosure activity in September rose 21 percent from a year earlier but fell by double-digits from the prior month as some state laws slowed the foreclosure process, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.04.2008 Foreclosures Creep Upmarket
Elsa Brenner, New York Times Staff Writer
What’s happening in Westchester is not atypical, said Rick Sharga, the vice president of RealtyTrac.
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09.24.2008 Bailout Must Address the Foreclosure Crisis
Bruce Marks, Boston Globe Guest Columnist
Congress and the Bush administration must address the underlying issue in the financial crisis - foreclosures.
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09.16.2008 America's Surprising Foreclosure Hot Spots
Lauren Sherman, Forbes.com Staff Writer
The crisis on Wall Street is shrinking net worths and erasing nest eggs. Next on the block: multimillion-dollar homes.
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09.16.2008 August Foreclosures Hit Another Record High
Les Christie, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
Foreclosures hit another record high in August: 304,000 homes were in default and 91,000 families lost their houses.
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09.13.2008 Finding Profits in a Distressed Market
Vivian Marino, New York Times Staff Writer
Not everyone is fretting about the beleaguered housing market.
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09.12.2008 Seattle-area Foreclosures Soar
Aubrey Cohen, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Staff Writer
Seattle-area foreclosures were up 54 percent in August from a year earlier, according to RealtyTrac.
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08.28.2008 Virginia Foreclosures Nearly Triple in a Year
Kristen Mack, Washington Post Staff Writer
Foreclosures in Virginia nearly tripled last month compared with July '07, with Northern Virginia accounting for more than half of the foreclosures.
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08.21.2008 Home Repossessions In Queens Up 374 Percent
Emilie Schneider, Queens Tribune Staff Writer
There were 109 repossessions this year, which were mainly residential, compared to 23 July 2007, according to information compiled by RealtyTrac, an online national database of foreclosures.
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08.18.2008 Foreclosures Up Again in Bay County, Fla.
Daniel Carson, News Herald Staff Writer
Foreclosure filings in Bay County continue to rise this summer at a rate much higher than state and national averages, according to RealtyTrac.
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07.26.2008 Foreclosure Rate in N.J. Soars by 140 Percent
Beth Fitzgerald, Star-Ledger Staff Writer
The number of foreclosure filings in New Jersey jumped 140 percent from April to June to more than 17,000, according to RealtyTrac, a California firm that monitors foreclosures.
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07.25.2008 Seattle Foreclosure Activity Up
Elizabeth Rhodes, Seattle Times Business Reporter
Will Seattle's housing market eventually mirror California's and sink amid a sea of foreclosures?
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07.25.2008 Home Foreclosures Double In 2nd Quarter
National Public Radio
Home foreclosure filings more than doubled in the second quarter of 2008 from a year ago, according to real estate data released Friday by RealtyTrac Inc.
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07.25.2008 Foreclosure Filings Up 120 Percent
Les Christie, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
As foreclosures continue to soar, 220,000 homes were lost to bank repossessions in the second quarter, according to a housing market report Friday issued by RealtyTrac.
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07.25.2008 U.S. Home Foreclosures on the Rise
BBC News
Figures from research firm RealtyTrac showed that one in every 171 U.S. households was in the process of losing their home - up 121 percent on last year.
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07.25.2008 U.S. Foreclosures Double as House Prices Decline
Bob Ivry, Bloomberg News Staff Writer
U.S. foreclosure filings more than doubled in the second quarter from a year earlier as borrowers owe more on mortgages than their properties were worth.
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07.10.2008 Southwest Florida Foreclosures Rising Along With Frustration
Michael Braga, Herald Tribune Staff Writer
All told, foreclosure filings in the three-county area hit 2,240 in June, a 3.7 percent increase from the 2,161 the previous month and up 164 percent from the 848 filed in June 2007, said RealtyTrac.
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07.10.2008 Utah Foreclosures Up 141 Percent
Jasen Lee, Deseret News Staff Writer
The number of Utah homeowners who received a foreclosure filing in June jumped nearly 141 percent, compared with the same month last year, according to RealtyTrac.
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07.10.2008 Six Months, 343,000 Lost Homes
Les Christie, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
RealtyTrac, an online marketer of foreclosed properties, reported that lenders repossessed 71,563 homes in June. A year ago, just 26,369 homes were taken back.
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07.10.2008 Foreclosure Filings up Nearly 70 Percent in Wash.
Elizabeth Rhodes, Seattle Times Business Reporter
Washington state foreclosure filings were up 69 percent last month compared with the previous June and up almost 10 percent from May, according to RealtyTrac.
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07.10.2008 Foreclosures Rose 53 Percent in June, Bank Seizures Triple
Dan Levy, Bloomberg Staff Writer
Foreclosure activity is the highest since the Great Depression of the 1930s, said Rick Sharga, RealtyTrac's vice president of marketing.
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07.09.2008 Famous, But Fighting Foreclosure: Celebs Feel Housing Crunch
Christy Lemire, Associated Press Staff Writer
Rick Sharga, vice president of marketing for RealtyTrac, which monitors foreclosures, says that people of any income level can get in trouble by buying overvalued homes they can't afford.
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06.23.2008 Couple Blame Only Themselves For Loss
Peter Y. Hong, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer via Journalgazette.net
Allen County foreclosure filings increased about 7 percent in May from the same month a year ago, according to data this month from Irvine-Calif.-based RealtyTrac.
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