Foreclosure Activity Up in May

[ad_1] According to ATTOM Data’s May 2024 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, there were 32,621 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings in May. This is a 3% increase from the previous month but a 7% decrease from the previous year. The data shows that one in every 4,320 housing units nationally had a foreclosure filing in May. […]
ICE Mortgage Monitor – June 2024

According to the latest ICE Mortgage Monitor (formerly Black Knight), the national delinquency rate eased to 3.09% in April, a 22 basis point improvement over last year. In addition, they report that delinquencies fell to their lowest level since the record low of March 2023. The ICE Mortgage Monitor provides a view of the current […]
Top 10 Counties with the Highest Number of Foreclosure Initiations

According to the April 2024 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report by ATTOM, there were a total of 31,649 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings, which is a 4% decrease from March and a 4% decrease from the previous year. This means that one out of every 4,453 housing units had a foreclosure filing during this period. The […]
Foreclosure initiations surged in October – Real Estate Investing Today

According to Black Knight’s latest Mortgage First Look, the national delinquency rate decreased by 3 basis points to 3.26% in October. This represents a 9 basis point improvement compared to the same time last year. However, foreclosure starts increased to 33,000 in October, reaching their highest levels in 18 months. Meanwhile, the number of foreclosure […]
The fourth quarter sees an increase in zombie foreclosures

According to ATTOM Data’s Q4 2023 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, there were approximately 1.3 million vacant residential properties in the United States. This accounts for 1.27% of homes nationwide, or one in every 78 homes. The vacancy rate remained virtually unchanged from the previous quarter. The report also revealed that there were around […]
Foreclosure Activity Rises by 28% in the Third Quarter of 2023
According to the ATTOM Data’s Q3 2023 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, the number of U.S. properties with foreclosure filings (default notices, scheduled auctions, or bank repossessions) has increased by 28% from Q2 and 34% from the previous year. In September alone, there were 37,679 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings, which is an 11% increase from […]
Black Knight reports that early-stage delinquencies are on the rise.

According to Black Knight’s latest Mortgage Monitor, the delinquency rate for loans in the U.S. increased by 4 basis points in August, reaching 3.17%. However, this rate is still nearly one percentage point lower than the average for the same period between 2015 and 2019. The report also highlights a decline in serious delinquencies, with […]
Black Knight Says Inventory Levels Continue to Deteriorate

[ad_1] According to Black Knight’s latest Mortgage Monitor, home prices saw their first monthly increase after 7 straight monthly declines as sales picked up on lower interest rates. However, they point out that available inventory levels continue to deteriorate. Indeed… “The unfortunate reality is that the scarce supply of inventory that’s the source of so […]
US Mortgage Delinquencies Fall for 22nd Straight Month
[ad_1] According to the latest CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights Report, in January 2023, 2.8% of mortgages were delinquent by at least 30 days or more including those in foreclosure. This figure represents a 0.5-percentage point decrease in the overall delinquency rate compared with January 2022. CoreLogic says measuring early-stage delinquency rates is important for analyzing […]
Squatters Torment Homeowners Across the Country

[ad_1] We first heard about this property back in the Fall after a Maryland couple with a bank contract to buy a vacant foreclosed home went to move in, but there was rental truck in the driveway moving someone else in! When the new owners confronted the people moving in, the men showed them what […]