News on Idaho

U.S. September home foreclosures top 100,000 for 1st time

2010-10-13T21:30:29Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. homes taken over by banks topped 100,000 for the first time in September, though foreclosures are expected to slow in coming months as lenders work through questionable paperwork, real estate data company RealtyTrac said on Thursday.

Banks foreclosed on 102,134 pr...

Home sales, prices hold; foreclosures up sharply

2010-09-21T15:04:14Z

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Will April 2010 be remembered as the month the foreclosure tide receded? ? ForeclosureConnections

2010-10-06T00:27:29Z

There is a light at the end of the foreclosure tunnel
New foreclosure activity is down 9%
The backlog's clearing as less new business hits the in-trays

America's foreclosure analysts are in agreement that the rate of foreclosures is leveling out across the country, but will not be declining soon.
One leading online analyst has reported that foreclosures were 9% down in April compared to March across the States, adding that this was the clearest ...

How Long Does Foreclosure Take?

2010-09-08T22:05:30Z

In Foreclosure

Power of Sale Foreclosure vs. Judicial Foreclosure, how fast can the bank foreclose?

First of all, most lenders will not begin foreclosure proceedings until a borrower is 3-6 months behind on their payments. Although missing a single payment is a default under the terms of most loan documents, lenders have neither the time nor the desire to foreclose on borrowers who have missed one payment. The process will be initiated when it becomes clear that the de...

Unemployment spreads distress in U.S. home loans

2010-06-15T09:34:29Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cities in the U.S. Sun Belt states of California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona dominated the record foreclosure spree in the first half of the year, but distress in other regions emerged as joblessness spread,

Utah St Boise St Football

2010-12-04T15:31:50Z

Utah State's Kerwynn Williams (25) drives over the top of Boise State's Tommy Smith (33) and Allen Mooney (44) during the first half of an Idaho, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, next to what is left of a snowman that had depicted a white hooded figure associated with the Klu Klux Klan. After being notified by law-enforcement officers that he could be charged with a crime because the snowman was holding what appeared to be a noose, Eliseuson said he removed the snowman's head. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren...

Prison Violence Video

2010-11-30T06:32:06Z

In this June 15, 2010 file photo, the Idaho Correctional Center is shown south of Boise, Idaho. Lawsuits from inmates contend the company that runs the prison, the Corrections Corporation of America, denies prisoners medical treatment...

Priosn Violence Video

2010-11-30T03:31:02Z

Endangered Species

2010-11-26T00:02:29Z

FILE - A female Oregon spotted frog from the Owyhee Mountains of Southwestern Idaho, rests in the hand of a researcher in this undated file photo taken in Idaho. Environmental groups are criticizing the Obama administration for what they say is a continuing backlog of plants and animals in need of protection under the