U.S. Foreclosures Double in August
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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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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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The delinquency rate for mortgage borrowers spiked higher in the second quarter and the number of homes entering the foreclosure process hit a record high, according to a report released Thursday.
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Late payments on U.S. mortgages increased in the fourth quarter to their highest level in three and a half years and foreclosures rose, driven by subprime borrowers with weak credit, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Tuesday.
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Mortgage lenders submitted a record 19,487 foreclosure filings in Massachusetts last year, leaving more homeowners in danger of losing their homes than at any time since the real estate recession of the 1990s.
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Business & money: Signs that four increases since August are starting to bite as housing market cools.
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The sale of new single-family homes across the country rose by 9.4 percent in August, ending a two-month dip, the US Commerce Department reported yesterday.
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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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Reports of suspected mortgage fraud have doubled since 2005, and government agencies that investigate and prosecute such cases say they cannot keep up.
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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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More than 1 percent of all households faced foreclosure during 2007, almost twice the previous year's rate, a real estate marketing company said on Tuesday.
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U.S. homeowners began the foreclosure  process at a record pace in the first quarter of 2007, largely  due to a sharp rise in previously hot real estate markets such  as California and Florida.
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Sales of new homes rose by 9.4 percent in August, the Commerce Department said Monday, as mortgage interest rates remained at low enough levels to continue enticing buyers worried about future rate hikes.
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Housing construction in August surged to its highest level in five months, a dose of encouraging news for the economy's expansion.
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As mortgage defaults rise, more houses are being put up for auction -- and more people are seeing a chance to make big bucks. But there are risks
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The pace of existing home sales fell   for a fifth straight month in August, hitting a 6.3 million   unit annual rate, according to a report from the National   Association of Realtors on Monday that was not as bleak as   economists had expected.
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WASHINGTON -- Spending on construction projects unexpectedly edged up in August as the best gain in nonresidential activity in 11 months offset another big decline in home building.