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In Brevard County the number of foreclosures fell drastically in October, this year. On a monthly basis this decline took place third time in a row. Compared to 688 foreclosures in September in the last month there were only 603 foreclosure filings in the county. In fact, the September figure is a deterioration of a hefty 963 foreclosures in March.

Previously, the foreclosure filings featured such a fall in last November with only 568 suits. Other than this, the December filings for 2007 were as low as 569 when the actual foreclosure process took place. A usual trend throughout the state can be noticed regarding this decline in the number of foreclosures. according to Hope Now, a non-profit alliance of credit counselors, this year during the second quarter there were 87,523 foreclosure suite filings made in Florida. In the months of July and August there were 52769 foreclosures and so the number of foreclosures for the whole of third quarter amounted to 79000 foreclosures.

It’s an irony that the number of foreclosures filings fell exactly when the number of felonies in loan repayments has increased. During the months of July-August the number of mortgages all over the state numbered to 271,981 and all these were delinquent for approximately 60 days at a stretch. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, Florida was worst hit among the states in terms of mortgage payments as the monthly delinquencies featured at 22.8%.

The working out of a solution between the lenders and the borrowers is one of the reasons why the number of foreclosures has gone down. Shari Olefson being a Fort Lauderdale real estate attorney and author of ‘Foreclosure Nation’ observed that, “I would say the banks are putting more effort into workouts up front. I think borrowers are starting to get more realistic, too.” According to Olefson more homeowners have come to realize that their loan amount wouldn’t be reduced and loan modification is not a very feasible option. Olefson observed that, “If you can’t afford the payments, no matter how much you love your house, it is not your dream home. It is somebody else’s dream home.”

According to the Hope Now data the number of deals being worked out is increasing as during the second quarter of this year at least 42,567 repayment schemes have been worked out by the lenders and borrowers in Florida alone to help the delinquent homeowners to catch up with their payments.

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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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