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Foreclosure filings decline consecutively – Market Report

The half-yearly Foreclosure Report – released by Realtytrac – says there is a decline of foreclosure filings for the sixteenth straight month in the country. During the first six months of 2010, the total foreclosure filings number stood at 1,961,894. In essence – one in 78 housing units received foreclosure filings during this period. The [...]

July 29, 2008

NATIONWIDE   Construction of new homes continue falling nationally It the direct aftermath of foreclosure crisis is hitting the housing markets, by flooding of foreclosure properties, the side-effect is bringing the construction industry to a grinding halt. When there are huge inventory of unsold homes, inevitably new home building had to take a back seat [...]

Construction of new homes continue falling nationally

It the direct aftermath of foreclosure crisis is hitting the housing markets, by flooding of foreclosure properties, the side-effect is bringing the construction industry to a grinding halt. When there are huge inventory of unsold homes, inevitably new home building had to take a back seat for want of buyers. The downward economy saw to [...]

What the research studies reveal about Strategic Default?

When the foreclosure problem is thickening by delinquencies of financially down home owners, there is also another phenomenon springing up recently. Those borrower-home owners, who can well-afford to pay the mortgage payments are refraining from doing so, on their own accord. These defaults are known as “Strategic Defaults” and are causing concern to the mortgage [...]

July 22, 2010

NATIONWIDE   U.S. homes repossessed by banks set to hit record 1 million this year The amount of residences in America recaptured by banks,  stroke a record high in the second quarter of the present year by putting the quantity of foreclosures on track to strike a record one million by the end of 2010. [...]

U.S. homes repossessed by banks set to hit record 1 million this year

The amount of residences in America recaptured by banks,  stroke a record high in the second quarter of the present year by putting the quantity of foreclosures on track to strike a record one million by the end of 2010. The reclamation of the banks enlarged 5 percent since the preceding quarter of 2009 and [...]

“Strategic Default” – How big this problem is?

First of all what is a Strategic Default? Defaulting in repayment of mortgage loan installments is widely occurring in the US, basically for financial reasons of inability. Millions of home owners find themselves in this precarious position, for assorted reasons such as – job loss; ballooning effect of repayment installments going beyond their monthly budget; [...]

15 July 2010

NATIONWIDE   Can Mortgage Interest Deductions boost homeownership? Tax deduction on mortgage interest paid by home buyers, coming under high-end property market segment are happily enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of Americans.  The homebuilding and real estate industry circles say the deduction is an important part of promoting homeownership. Yet financial experts have long questioned [...]

Can Mortgage Interest Deductions boost homeownership?

Tax deduction on mortgage interest paid by home buyers, coming under high-end property market segment are happily enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of Americans.  The homebuilding and real estate industry circles say the deduction is an important part of promoting homeownership. Yet financial experts have long questioned the link between homeownership and tax subsidies provided [...]

Tax deductions on mortgage interest – some clarifications

Tax payers enjoy the benefit of tax deduction on the interest they pay on mortgage loans. The tax policies of government help reduce the cost of a home while buying, and millions of tax payers – especially those buying homes from the high-end property segment – are happily making use of this benefit, although it [...]