Topic: United States
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 ...
Foreclosures help winnow 2Q number of US homes with mortgages higher than property is worthReal estate data provider CoreLogic says the number of U.S. homes with mortgages that exceed what the property is worth declined slightly in the second quarter versus the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of U.S. homes headed for foreclosure fell in the second quarter for the first time since the housing slump began in 2006, but improvements may be fleeting as the number of newly delinquent homeowners rose, a ...
Obama mortgage-aid effort is struggling to stem the rising number of foreclosures in USNearly half of the 1.3 million homeowners who enrolled in the Obama administration's flagship mortgage-relief program have fallen out. The program is intended to help those at risk of ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge has put on hold a foreclosure auction for equity in Manhattan's giant Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village apartment complexes, a victory for senior lenders owed nearly $3.7 billion after the property's owner defaulted. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Home repossessions surged in July, but pace of new home loan defaults continued to slowThe number of U.S. homes lost to foreclosure surged in July, another sign lenders are moving quicker to take back properties from homeowners behind in payments. Lenders repossessed ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A smaller percentage of U.S. homeowners were saddled with "underwater mortgages" in the second quarter as more homes entered the foreclosure process even as price declines slowed, real estate website Zillow.com said on Monday. Fewer homeowners with so-called ...
New 2nd quarter foreclosure filings in Colorado fall nearly 16 percent from last yearThe number of new foreclosure filings in Colorado has reached its lowest point in more than a year, state housing officials said Thursday. There were 10,233 new filings in ...