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Foreclosures in Clark County Is Likely To Cross 30,000

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Foreclosures in Clark County Is Likely To Cross 30,000

Clark County is likely to cross 30,000 this year in its number of home foreclosed homes. Last year, the number of home foreclosures in the real estate area of this county stood at 11,509. According to some data, there were about 2,974 foreclosures in the month of November. This added up to the total making it 28,133 till date. It has been found that the monthly number in October is up from 2,653 and at the same time over double the foreclosures in the month of 2007 November that was 1,407. The housing market of Las Vegas is in big problem. The value of homes has declined heavily.

It has been noticed that nearly 60 percent of the homes sales activity in the month of October were owned by the bank where the median price was $166,000. However, a positive thing that has been seen is that the pre-foreclosure filings in Clark County have dropped down for the second straight month. The number of pre-foreclosure filings in September in this county was 6,565, that in October were 6,429, and in November were 5,830. This is a good sign indeed. According to real estate professional Alexis McGee, “These latest numbers are great news because preforeclosures are early signals of what’s to come,”

McGee further said, “The nation’s foreclosure free fall may be subsiding. We still have a long way to go and some of the recent numbers are skewed by lender programs for homeowners that delay rather than eliminate foreclosures.” Efforts have been made by the banks and government to help the distressed homeowners in fighting with foreclosure. According to some data, the banks took over 2,454 homes in the month of October. This dragged the year-to-date aggregate to 21,025. This is up by 234 percent from what it was a year back.

As said by real estate expert Larry Murphy, “Those things are going to be with us for a while. “The first round of foreclosures was subprime borrowers who had no business buying a house anyway, but the second round is people who had a job and were doing OK.” Another real estate professional Troy Kearns said that the lenders show more interest in dealing with foreclosures. Murphy said that the pre-foreclosure filings that start of with default notice does not always end into foreclosure. A number of houses are bought during pre-foreclosure. The cost is then cut down by 20 percent to 40 percent below its market value.

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Foreclosure Hit Businesses in Lyon

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Lyon County has one of the highest rates of foreclosure. It was known to have the highest population rate of Nevada at a time. Today, it is leading the state in its rate of foreclosure. The real estate crisis has had a very bad effect on the economy and business as well. It could be well felt by the county managers. According to some data, one out of every 30 houses was in a state of foreclosure in the month of October. The rate of foreclosure in this county from September to October was up by 716 percent and that from a year back was up by 1,293 percent. This county is the first rank holder in Nevada in terms of foreclosure, which on the other hand is the first rank holder in the nation.

One out of every 74 houses is is some state of foreclosure across Nevada. This has badly affected the growth and development of business. It has been really a bad time for the shopping plaza built at Dayton Valley Road and Dayton’s River Vista Center. The owner of River Vista Properties Inc. Phil Cowee said, “We opened when this started. The high foreclosure rate is affecting commercial development. No new homes are being built. No construction workers are spending.” He also said, “It’s a wait-and-see attitude. Everything’s stalled out.”

The fate for owner of Makin’ Coffee LLC Karen Duran is almost the same. She started her business 15 months ago. The customers to her shop have cut down by about 40 percent. A large number of them have lost their homes to foreclosure. She can see that people come to her shop but instead of buying anything they come there to talk. The staff members of the utilities department of Lyon County are in great problem due to the increasing rate of foreclosure.

Mike Workman, water director, has said, “We have seen an absolute huge increase in foreclosures. We never used to have those. It is a real issue for us just managing these things. If we turn the water off, the yards die. But if we leave it on if there’s leaks or just normal usage, we may not get paid for that. We survive on user fees. We’ve been working closely with real estate agents and have developed special programs to leave the water on.” The business in Lyon County is suffering very badly, which has proved detrimental for the whole economy of the region.

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Clark County Foreclosure: A Major Concern Now

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

A Major Concern Now

A lot of families have faced the gauntlet of foreclosure in unincorporated Clark County. This has led to an increase in the number of abandoned houses which have fallen into disrepair. However, major improvements aimed at countering the dilapidated housing conditions in the real estate, are expected by the middle of 2009.

Recently, a proposal has been mooted in Parliament that aims to reduce the number of foreclosures. A $4 billion rehabilitation package aimed at reducing the number of foreclosures is expected to be in effect by March 2009. This federal program package is expected to put an amount of $64 million at the disposal of the Southern Nevada governments, which can be used for reclaiming a major chunk of the 12,000 foreclosed homes in the region.

Clark County has faced with the highest percentage of foreclosed homes in the US. Consequently, the county has released a seven part program on November 18, 2008 describing how it will utilize the $23 million federal package and another $8 million to be granted from the state’s allocation fund for unincorporated regions.

A major portion of the real estate funds are expected to provide assistance in down payment to the low to moderate income segment on houses and buildings facing foreclosure. A portion of the funds are also to be set aside for the Housing Authority of Clark County and other nonprofit organizations. These funds are to be utilized by the authorities for the purchase and repair of foreclosed homes and properties, in order to make them suitable for resale or for renting purposes.

According to County Commission Chairman Rory Reid, “This is an opportunity to get those homes into the hands of families, while at the same time improve neighborhoods that have been blighted for years. This has to be a community effort where we work together with other jurisdictions and nonprofit organizations because they’re going to be doing much of the work here.”

He also sounded hopeful about the positive outcome of the federal package for foreclosed homes – “We figure by the summer of 2009, we should see some real action taking place, boards taken off of houses and families are back into those foreclosed homes.”

The federal funds for foreclosed homes are applicable for families and individuals whose income is not more than 120 percent of the net area median income. In order to be eligible for the federal funding package, the income level of a family comprising of four members cannot exceed beyond $76,700. The income limit comes down to $53,000 in the case of an individual.

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Considerable Amount of Homes are in Foreclosure Due to Non Repayment of Loans in USA

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

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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Considerable Amount of Homes are in Foreclosure Due to Non Repayment of Loans in USA

Monday, June 16th, 2008


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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Foreclosure Crisis Continues In All Corners Of The Country

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Lately, the foreclosure crisis has posed to be one of the single most intimidating factors in the nation’s real estate sector. There has been a huge slump in the overall economic conditions, affecting the national economy in a big way. While some places had their foreclosure rates subsiding this March, many saw things flaring up again in April.

There has been a 9.4% cessation in March which again hiked by a further 34% in April. On a broader, national level, there has been 243,353 foreclosure filings. This was 4% higher in March and about 65% higher since April 2007. RealtyTrac reports that there was at least one foreclosure filing for every 519 households in the country.

Illinois was recorded as the 13th highest foreclosure state lately with one filing taking place for every 620 households. This has been a 1% increase as compared to last April. Nevada has in fact recorded the highest foreclosure rate with one filing out of every 204 households. Arizona came in third having a single filing every 224 households.

California being on the top slot had one filing out of every 204 households which is still the second highest foreclosure rate. Arizona came third with a foreclosure filing rate of one out of 224 households.

Irvine, California based RealtyTrac has stated that the national database of foreclosures as well as bank-owned properties has crossed over 1.5 million, from across 2,200 counties, all across the US. While this has been the case with the heart of the country, our focus also shifts to the foreclosure impact in Hawaii. There, the foreclosure rates have indeed climbed up by 218%.

Hawaii’s foreclosure rates have in fact tripled during April. With a whopping and mind boggling hike of over 218%, this has occurred to the state in a really short time! The state’s rank in foreclosure ratings was 36 on a national level last year. An online database concluded that it had 210 foreclosures filed, at the rate of one out of every 2,381 households.

Local economists have commented that it is however quite early to attribute any one factor or a group of factors for the upsurge in foreclosure rates. Even the recent collapse of Aloha Airlines and ATA has not affected the foreclosure rates that rapidly. Economist Carl Bonham finds these recent incidents in fact, could not have been the sole reason for this. There have been over 200 people who have lost their homes due to these reckless property dealings and transactions.

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Foreclosures Keep Soaring Nationwide With California In The Lead

Friday, May 30th, 2008

California is in the leads currently with its foreclosure rates soaring way higher than the rest. One out of every 204 households in California now is in some way or the other related to foreclosure. According to a report from RealtyTrac, the rate is just half the total that it used to be in March. Amazingly, there has been an increase by 112% during the last one year. This Irvine-based foreclosure tracker has in fact set all the necessary statistics to keep the foreclosure hike in check.

Followed by California, we have Florida closely on a massive hike with a rapid rise in its number of foreclosures. Foreclosure in Sarasota County, Florida, is up again by 20% since March with about 1,286 filings. The rise has been reported to have been higher by 59% as compared to the first three months of the year. The foreclosure count in Manatee County has been up by 66% to 868 fillings now. Its current rate also states it to be on the rise by 104% since the start of the year.

California has however ruled the foreclosure number game with a huge bulk of its real estate lying foreclosed, and 64,683 properties on the stage of being foreclosed. The danger is great, and has already led to a mass scale economic slump in the state.

States like Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Georgia, Ohio and Michigan has followed suit. Nevada has in fact had an alarming number of one out of every 146 households receiving a filing.

In a more local stage, there has been some fresh news too! Sacramento fell out of the top 10 cities exposed to foreclosures. Instead, it has gone down to no.12 in April. It was in the 5th position till March 2008 until it fell to the twelfth spot in April. On a national level, the rate of filings has wildly increased by about 65%, still on the rise. As foreclosure filings increased in comparison to last year, about 243,353 properties have been claimed to be on the brink of further experiencing foreclosures! Foreclosure filings now stand at a rate of one out of every 519 homes nationwide.

While California had been seeing a tough time, Missouri had the 20th highest foreclosure rate this April. In Missouri, there had been one out of every 860 houses receiving a foreclosure notice or a foreclosure filing as it is. Overall, Missouri had around 3,051 foreclosures in the last whole month.

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Foreclosures Rates Continue To Rise Unabated

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

As more and more foreclosures increase due to homeowners falling behind their mortgage deals, there leaves little to be written or left on account of mortgage payments. The number of filings is slow to be delivered, and the driving number of homes on foreclosure is rising by 65% more, compared to the same time last year. Home values continue their downward spiral on a larger scale than before.

RealtyTrac has not been able to provide the adequate statistics required to note the changes in the greater rate of foreclosures. Whereby home prices have fallen, the number of second-hand houses too has been sold to mainland buyers. The rates in places like Hawaii have been quite higher than Oahu currently, coming as a surprise. Over 243,353 homes have received a nationwide fill-up. During this time last year, there had been just 147,708 homes receiving notices of being foreclosed. So, looks like the rising rates last year did not help much to pack in a corrective measure seal. About 65% higher than last year, foreclosure rates still tend to reach for the skies.

States such as Nevada, Arizona, California and Florida are among the hardest struck under a full blown foreclosure crisis. The upper class metropolitan areas in California and Florida have had nine out of the ten major areas devastated with the highest foreclosure hits. Florida’s rate of foreclosure filings has been particularly alarming in April. The Tampa Bay area has been voted to be the worst among all the metros. A high number of filings (about 35,264) had been recorded with the state of Florida with a 17% rise since March and 146% rise compared to April last year.

Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater have already seen a 9% increase in their filings in April. Florida got edged out by Arizona for its strange and overwhelming rise in foreclosure filings. Nevada and California became the primary and secondary states to have experienced this distinction. The California based real estate statistics firm, RealtyTrac, has kept a count of all these foreclosure filings for statistical and economical analysis. There have also been notices of bank repossessions, auctions, etc. not accounted for here in these figures.

On a widespread nationwide scale, one out of all 519 households received a notice last month. These filings were reportedly on 243,353 properties with a 4% rise as compared to the previous month of March. There has been approximately 65% rise in foreclosure filings in April 2008 as compared to April 2007.

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Foreclosures At Hawaii Go Up

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

The number of foreclosures in Hawaii has increased dramatically, with the state having climbed up to reach rank 36, as revealed by a nationwide survey. This is an increase of over 300% more than the recorded rate that is usual for Hawaii. At least a couple of years back, Hawaii was much lower in the foreclosure ranking than it is now. The state reported a 218% increase in foreclosure rates since April 2007. With a 75% increase since March this year, there have been a total of 210 foreclosure cases filed in the last month. One out of every 2,381 households has been on the record as having been foreclosed.

According to RealtyTrac, these are quite alarming reports for Hawaii. The University of Hawaii never had a good way to put a positive spin to the total number of foreclosures on the increase. Research economist, Harvey Sharpiro, had foreclosures trailing massively with a minimal of three to six months. Bonham has also repeated that the acceleration in Hawaii’s foreclosure rates could just suggest that residents got overextended with the rising cost of living in that area. This also resulted in a rise of mortgage interest rates. Hawaii had reported that there had been 22 notices of default altogether with about 181 notices and bank repossessions. The increase in mortgage payments also doesn’t go with the average adjustable-rate loans.

Hawaii has noted 22 notices that have resulted out of default as well as 181 notices that occurred due to trustee’s sales and repossession of properties by the bank. In a nationwide approach, the auction sales made for bank’s repossessions crossed a walloping figure of 243,353 homes in a single month early this year. Also, out of every 519 households, at least one has seen a 4% increase since the last month. Thus nearly 65% of the total property value has gone up since April last year.

Nevada, California and Arizona are the states among other’s which reached some of the highest rates in foreclosure with one out of every 146 Nevada households in foreclosure. This was 3.6 times more than the national average. Hawaii’s foreclosures may have jumped greatly, but it still remains pretty low compared to some of the states heading the highest rates of foreclosures in the country.

Bonham has been reported to have commented, “The sky is not falling,” in regards to the rise in Hawaii’s foreclosures. But, he says that it is getting a bit darker in Hawaii.

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Foreclosures Create Havoc In Florida

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

As the real estate industry in Florida keep on hiking up with their giant rise in foreclosures, The Irvine, a California-based company, said that Florida had 35,264 properties involved in some kind of foreclosure related issues in April itself. This is also a rise of 16.6% since March and a height of 146% since a year back. The second highest rate of foreclosure rising is the current one, closely following California. The statistics represent that one out of every 242 homes gets foreclosed here. Though a mere 2% of households keep getting foreclosed nationwide, the present rate of foreclosure rising in any state, contribute a great deal to wreck havoc in the overall economy.

James Saccacio of RealtyTrac reports that in the course of this year, areas in California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona, continue to be particularly susceptible to greater hits of the foreclosure crisis. This would in a way multiply the dangers of incurring higher property taxes, eroding the values of existing homes, and putting the entire municipal budgets into a serious pressure. The bloated inventories to the buying and selling of properties have been largely the result of full grown foreclosures in the above mentioned states.

Areas like Vallejo in California had to file for a severe case of bankruptcy with the report of the sixth highest foreclosure rate in the nation. Both Florida and California continue to be on an upswing with their massive rate of increase in their foreclosures, and 9 out of their top 10 metropolitan areas have experienced really high foreclosure rates. The Tampa-St. Petersburg area does not come in the national highest ranking of foreclosed properties. Nonetheless the main Florida metros, as listed are Cape Coral-Fort Myers at No.5, Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce at No.9 and Fort Lauderdale at No.10.

Foreclosures.com, however, has offered slightly different statistics, reporting that 44,825 households claimed to be under foreclosure in April itself. This is a rise of about 2.4% since March. Also, this claim makes the foreclosure rates higher by 22% since the beginning of the first year. During the first four months of this year, Florida seems to have experienced a filing of 162,316 which is the highest in the nation so far this year. Hillsborough County’s foreclosure count revealed it to be pretty stable between March and April. But, they are again on the rise by 46% since the start of the year. Pinnelas County is again up by 12% since the last month but they are factually revealed to be down by 8.1% since the count at the beginning of the year.

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