Topic: Nevada

Summary Box: Foreclosures thin number of US homes with mortgages higher than property is worthSLIGHT DECLINE: Real estate data provider CoreLogic says the number of U.S. homes with mortgages that exceed what the properties are worth fell slightly between the second quarter ...

Lending a hand

Obama administration provides more relief for jobless homeownersWhen President Barack Obama visited Green Valley High School in February, he announced a new $1.5 billion fund to help jobless homeowners nationwide avoid foreclosure. The announcement was most welcome in Southern Nevada, which was ...

Bank repossessions drive up July foreclosures

NEW YORK (Reuters) - More Americans fell into foreclosure in July as a sour job market kept them from making payments, and banks took over homes at a near record pace. Banks repossessed the second highest monthly number of homes ever last ...
At a glance, state foreclosure rates from January through JuneHere is a list of foreclosure rates, by state, from January through June. The ratio shows, for example, that one out of every 17 households in Nevada received a foreclosure notice during this ...
US home foreclosures have dropped for the first time in four years as the economy recovered from a brutal recession triggered by a mortgage meltdown, a real estate data company said Thursday. Foreclosure filings -- default notices, auctions and bank repossessions -- ...

April foreclosures ebb, suggesting high plateau

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foreclosure activity fell in April as lenders repossessed homes at a record pace but started far fewer new actions against struggling homeowners, signaling a plateau in loan failures, RealtyTrac said on Thursday. No meaningful improvement is likely this ...
Foreclosures rise 6 percent in February, smallest yearly increase in 4 yearsThe foreclosure crisis isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down. RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday that the number of U.S. households facing foreclosure in February grew 6 ...
<div id="subtitle">New mortgage delinquencies fell at end of 2009 as foreclosure crisis begins to ebb</div><div><p>The end of the foreclosure crisis is finally in sight. For the first time in almost three years, the number of homeowners falling behind on their loans is ...
A record 2.8 million home receive foreclosure notice in 2009; December rate spikesA record 2.8 million households were threatened with foreclosure last year, and that number is expected to rise this year as more unemployed and cash-strapped homeowners fall behind on their ...

Even the kitchen sink

People facing foreclosure legally stripping their soon-to-be former homes The foreclosure crisis in Nevada has led to a rash of what lenders and real estate agents call vandalism. People are taking everything — tiles, electrical fixtures, bathtubs, wiring and, yes, even kitchen ...
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