According to the Mortgage Bankers Association in USA, about one million homes are in the state of foreclosure. A huge number of people have become homeless due to non repayment of home loans. The first quarter report published by the Mortgage Bankers Association has showed that the foreclosure process of millions of homes have been occurred in various states of USA in 2007.

Banks began to take back the property that was bought with borrowed money since the money was not being paid back as formally agreed earlier. The prices of homes sold in the first quarter have also declined in record numbers. Some of the states in USA which include California, Nevada, Florida and Michigan have exhibited the greatest decline in prices of homes.

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), mortgage application volume also declined which has resulted into decline of home prices. People living in most of the states in USA have become homeless and the problem lies in the crisis of the economy. The trend of falling prices of homes also affects the banks and other financial organizations. They have to face a huge amount of loss and the situation is becoming worse day by day.

The rate of foreclosure of homes is higher in states like California and Florida while the Michigan and Ohio are the two states which have faced fewer rates of homes going to foreclosure. Americans have exhibited record rate of decline in home values as well as in the stock market. Considerable amount of damage caused in the stock market and in the economy of the nation. The overall disaster in the US market has damaged the economy, therefore affecting the banks and other financial organizations.

The prices of homes have fallen in 43 states including California and Nevada which faced huge losses with home prices. Due to such conditions, homes have become less valuable assets for the people of America as the nominal decline in home prices affected the economy nationwide.

Hence people are seeking help and call the foreclosure Help Line to take advice on how to save their houses. Various preventive steps have been taken to help the struggling homeowners. In order to offer prevention, mortgage servicers, the borrowers and the companies that manage the loans have taken steps together to fix up the rates of loans.

However to overcome this situation borrowers are coming up with various re-payment plans to the lenders, which might be going to improve the scenario in near future if implemented properly.

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