Foreclosure Rates Surge: U.S. On Pace To Hit 1 Million Repossessions In 2010

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Source: Huffington Post

RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday that the number of U.S. homes taken over by banks jumped 35 percent in the first quarter from a year ago. In addition, households facing foreclosure grew 16 percent in the same period and 7 percent from the last three months of 2009. More homes were taken over by banks and scheduled for a foreclosure sale than in any quarter going back to at least January 2005, when RealtyTrac began reporting the data, the firm said.

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The states with the highest foreclosure rates in the first quarter were Nevada, Arizona, Florida and California, with Nevada leading the pack, RealtyTrac said. Rising home prices and speculation fueled a wave of home construction there during the housing boom. But now the state, particularly around the Las Vegas metropolitan area, is saddled with a glut of unsold homes. Still, the number of homes in Nevada that received a foreclosure filing dropped 16 percent from the first quarter last year.

All told, one in every 33 homes in Nevada was facing foreclosure, more than four times the national average, RealtyTrac said. Foreclosure filings rose on an annual and quarterly basis in Arizona, however. One in every 49 homes there received a foreclosure-related notice during the quarter. Florida, meanwhile, posted the third-highest foreclosure rate with one out of every 57 properties receiving a foreclosure filing. California accounted for the biggest slice overall of homes facing foreclosure – roughly 23 percent of the nation's total. One in every 62 properties received a foreclosure filing in the first quarter.

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numbers are pretty unreal, given how the big banks were talking earlier in the week like they knew what they were doing

[David__77]

1. There are still many billions that need to drain out of the credit bubble.

Prices need to continue to come down in many locales. No other way around this.

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2. according to the article, foreclosure moratoriums only slowed things, but trend is reversing

from the article also:

Foreclosures began to ease last year as banks came under pressure from the Obama administration to modify home loans for troubled borrowers. In addition, some states enacted foreclosure moratoriums in hopes of giving homeowners behind in payments time to catch up. And in many cases, banks have had trouble coping with how to handle the glut of problem loans.

These factors have helped slow the pace of foreclosures, but now that trend appears to be reversing.

"We're finally seeing the banks start to process the inventory that has been in foreclosure, but delayed in processing," Sharga said. "We expect the pace to accelerate as the year goes on."

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3. So sad.

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4. Hopefully the tarp money that was suppose to address keeping people in their

homes will surge. But the banks have taken the money and will not release it to it's intended destination-main street...

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[Dappleganger]

6. In FL 1 in 5 homes is 90-days past due.