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With only a few months of such programs being implemented, many Ohio residents have been able to submit and adhere to these programs allowing them to keep their homes, pay their mortgages without falling into back payments and even providing for their families as they have been doing so before the crisis.

Since the mortgage assistance programs have been implemented, there has been a constant reduction of the foreclosing actions that lenders usually take against borrowers who are unable to keep their mortgage loan payments; regardless of the reason. The numbers do not lie, an almost unbelievable 15.23% has been dropped from the moment that the assistance programs began to apply.

While detractors continue to say that these programs are a bad idea because they imply that the borrowers will be paying their mortgage loans for a longer time; it is indeed a situation where everyone wins. The lenders will be able to get their money back without having to spend additional resources both human as well as financial in the foreclosing process.

Homeowners will be able to keep their payments and still provide a good life for their families and the government will have to spend less resources in caring and providing shelter for families and people who have lost their homes among many other things. Finally, the neighbours of the houses that would have fallen into foreclosure will not see their properties loose their commercial value and can remain as an important investment.

So, with the reduction of the foreclosure percentage, the property values have increased a 2.33%, this means that since the lenders have not been forced to foreclose any properties, they have not been forced to sell them again at a price that is below the actual commercial price of the property. So when the other real estate owners decide to cash on their investments, they can do so at a fair price.

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According to Bob Bossar, and Steve Boyles, former being the real estate agent for W.W. Reed and Son, and the later being the manager of Century 21, the property market is in a better condition, in Kent compared to other places. In the previous few months, the sales figures have improved greatly. Bossar observed that in the Kent county property market the months of July and August were, major turning points, as fresh faculty members and staff joined in.

Bossar feels that, things are becoming more reasonable presently from buyers and sellers’ side as well. Buyers are more specific about the properties nowadays as they can bargain more. Bossar also emphasized that one of the couples he dealt with visited almost 40 homes before settling for one home. He further stressed that given the present conditions the sellers are also aware of the fact that they might not earn as much as they expect.

Boyles selling homes within a range of 20-mile radius observed the same thing. Boyles came across more updated buyers and sellers within the last few months. This increased the average price of selling and the rates of interest were lowered at the same time. In fact, in terms of improvements, Kent is not the only location and according to the last month’s report of, the Commerce Department, the home sales in July were at least 10% higher compared to the month of June.

However, the property market is still in a negative condition. Despite a rising trend of sales during July, the figures featured 13.4% fall compared to the last year’s figure. As per the Mortgage Bankers Association, almost 10% of homeowners in Ohio had fallen behind with their mortgages as of June 30. Approximately, 4.5% mortgages had reached the stage of foreclosing. In terms of delinquencies Ohio became the 8th worst hit state and regarding foreclosures it became the 7th worst affected state.

Though the sales figures at ‘Century 21’ consequently was stable, on an average there is one sale taking place each day and according to Boyles, foreclosed properties account for half the total sales. According to him, the transaction circumstances were better last year.

The associate dean of graduate and professional programs with Weatherhead School of Management at the Case Western Reserve University, Robin Dubin observed that, “It got bad in Ohio before it got bad in the rest of the country.” Dubin feels that this crisis situation has arisen due to fraudulent activities in the market and the weakness in the local economy.

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John T. Adams, the developer Crabapple Mercantile Exchange in Milton and Ellard Village in Alpharetta, the twin suburban retail centers in Atlanta‚ paid deep attention to the minute facts like wooden overhangs, historic-looking brick facades and wrought-iron fences. Recently, however both the projects went into repossession by Flagstar of Troy, Mich, his bank.

However, the conditions of the economy including a major recession have affected the retailers like anyone‚ and so the aspect of retail foreclosures is now a part of the economy of Atlanta.

Retail experts infer that the banks are starting the process of foreclosure on such retail projects because they do not see much hope of their stability with their present owners. While residential properties were engulfed by foreclosure in 2008, most experts according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution had seen the situation of repossession of retail projects by the banks.

Adams projects, for example were leased by 50% or above and in fact, at one time one of them was leased by 89% as well. However, with the cooling of the economy his problems also rose Adams situation is symbolic to the rest of the retail development industry: as lesser consumers paid from their wallets and the, retailers pushed the developers for rent concessions.

Rents are based, partly on development costs and partly on the market conditions. The developers during the economic boom saw the steady increase of the rents and numerous retailers expanded.

For instance, the, expected retail rents in metro Atlanta helmed at $16 per sq ft during the third quarter of 2008. While in 2009 third quarter, they had peaked to $15.17. This level had not been reached since 2006 end.

The developers can at the most reduce the rents so much when the payers cannot meet the payments of mortgage. If the tenants do not get enough concessions then they might just leave and then there will be very less income.

According to Alan Wexler of Databank Atlanta, which is a real estate research firm, “It’s a trickle right now because the lenders really don’t want to take these things back.” He explained that these projects “have no value” for most banks.

Many of the retail properties purchased and developed in the last three years have lost their value just like the houses of the underwater homeowners, which cannot be sold to cover the mortgage amount.

Wexler observed that, “Now I’m beginning to see a trickle of foreclosures because these are the ones that really have no hope. The lenders just throw up their hands and take them back. Next we’ll start seeing them getting sold for pennies on the dollar.”

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