New Mortgage Foreclosures Set Record
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WASHINGTON -- The number of homeowners receiving foreclosure notices hit a record high in the spring, driven up by problems with subprime mortgages.
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Sales of existing U.S. homes rose unexpectedly to a record high in November and prices surged as low mortgage rates fueled home-buying, a trade association report showed on Wednesday.
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The rate of U.S. home loans entering the foreclosure process rose to a record level in the first quarter of 2007, while late payments fell from the previous quarter, an industry trade group said on Thursday.
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Fraudsters are targeting troubled  borrowers facing foreclosure in a scheme that could leave  homeowners with even more debt than they otherwise would face,  a new online video warns.
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New Web sites have helped to fuel the rampant mortgage fraud that has caused a huge spike in loan defaults.
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National housing advocacy group Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now released a study showing the Boston metropolitan area had one foreclosure filing for every 177 households, ranking 75th out of 100 major US cities in 2006.
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With the help of low mortgage rates, sales of both new and existing homes in the country are on track to hit new record highs for all of this year, analysts say.
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Home foreclosure filings surged in the  largest metropolitan areas in the United States during 2007,  with cities in California, Ohio, Florida and Michigan reporting  among the highest rates in the country, real estate data firm  RealtyTrac said on Wednesday.
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Business & money: Fresh evidence emerges over the depth of America's sub-prime mortgage crisis.
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Business & money: Analysts fear worse figures are on the way after lenders repossess 27,000 homes
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The Mortgage Bankers Association reported today that mortgage holders starting the foreclosure process in the April-June quarter reached 0.65 percent.
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Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, said on Wednesday that foreclosures and late payments rose in December to the highest on record, though it made more loans than expected in the fourth quarter.
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U S foreclosure filings surged 90 percent in May from a year earlier as more homeowners fell behind on their monthly mortgage payments, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
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High numbers of residents in foreclosure in these 50 counties owe more than what their homes are worth.
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Housing starts have been very high relative to the number of homes that builders are trying to sell.
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U.S. foreclosures last month more than doubled versus August 2006 and jumped 36 percent from July, a trend that signals more homeowners are unable to pay their mortgages
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Long-term mortgage rates aroundthe United States moved up this week, but rates on 30-year mortgages for all of 2004 registered their second-lowest year on record, the mortgage wholesaler Freddie Mac reported Wednesday.