Foreclosures Still Rising Due To Predatory Lending

The waves of crises have been felt at the national level, as the metropolitan areas of the state witnesses the bursting of housing bubble due to real estate lending experiencing the pitfalls. The foreclosures on sub-prime mortgages have seen enhancement in their number.

The west central area has been reported to see the increase in the properties under foreclosure at the auctions this year. Although, the number of such cases has increased in almost all the counties, Meeker and Swift has been on the top of the list.

According to the county recorder of Kandiyohi County, Julie Kalbrenner, the county has experienced as many as 112 foreclosures notices this year. Julie has considered it as not much dramatic increase in the cases of foreclosures. The president of the Bremer Bank in Willmar, Greg Hilding, also does not consider the case as serious as in the Twin Cities metro area.

Pareena Lawrence, an economics professor, considers the areas of the metropolitan counties as the most severely hit areas by the real estate mortgage crises that resulted in inflated prices.

The counties outside the metropolitan area have also not been spared by the real estate foreclosures, as the report issued by the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund of St. Paul discloses the number of foreclosures equal to 11,207 in 2006. And, the number is expected to be higher in the year 2007.

Meeker County has been reported to see the rise in the foreclosure cases from 27 in 2002 to 114 in the year 2006. The county has already been filed with 113 cases this year. Similarly, Swift County has as many as 24 foreclosures in the year, which still has a few days left. The data and reports from other counties have similar stories to display as well.

The people that are associated with the sub-prime mortgages are experiencing a rise in the interest rates on their adjustable rate mortgages and the rise has outdated the rise in the home values.

The real estate mortgage crisis has found the community banks as a solution to the problem. According to Lawrence these banks are capable of explaining the situation of crises in the urban areas.

Both Hilding and Lawrence believe that the issue will be resolved easily, but don’t expect any miracle to happen in the sub-prime mortgage crises. The people are expecting the stabilization of the housing prices in the nearby future.

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