Mortgage woes propel Calif. foreclosures to record
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Mortgage lenders launched more  than 70,000 foreclosure proceedings in California in the third  quarter, marking a record for the state, where many housing  markets are slumping amid mortgage market turmoil, according to  a report released on Friday.
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WASHINGTON -- Sales of existing homes plunged by a record amount in September as turmoil in mortgage markets added more problems to a housing industry in its worst slump in 16 years.
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The rate of home loans in foreclosure rose to a record level in the second quarter of 2007 as more homeowners in California, Florida and other states could not refinance their adjustable-rate mortgages.
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The pace of foreclosure starts hit a record last quarter, but the Mortgage Bankers Association says the numbers are skewed by four large states.
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A record number of homeowners with high-cost mortgages have fallen behind on their payments or are facing foreclosure, a side effect of the growth in lending to people with poor credit, according to an industry group survey released yesterday.
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THE REGION Foreclosure filings in Massachusetts rose 72 percent last month as a growing number of homeowners were put in financial distress by the housing market's sharp downturn. ForeclosuresMass.com, which tracks Land Court foreclosure filings against homeowners by mortgage lenders, said there were 1,812 filings last month against borrowers who were past due, up from 1,055 filings in August 2005. ...
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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, sending its shares tumbling for a second day to their lowest in nearly 13 years.
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U.S. homeowners increasingly failed to keep up with their home loan payments in November, as the number of foreclosure filings surged 68 percent nationwide compared with the same month a year ago, according to a mortgage research company
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Foreclosure filings rose 36 percent in  August from July and 115 percent from a year ago, hit by  declines in once-hot housing markets such as California, Nevada  and Florida, according to a report released on Tuesday.
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The share of Californians at least one month behind on their mortgage payments inched up in the second quarter, according to a mortgage banking group.
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Foreclosure actions against Massachusetts homeowners continued at a high pace in May, and likely will remain so for several more months as rising interest rates and a sluggish real estate market leave delinquent borrowers with few options, according to real estate analysts.
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Even as foreclosures keep rising and overall sales continue to plummet, more expensive homes have staged a bit of a comeback in recent months.
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A new read on foreclosure filings showed a double-digit drop for November, but don't expect the slowdown to last.
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The number of Americans who may lose their homes to foreclosure reached a record in the second quarter as late payments by subprime borrowers surged to one of every seven loans.
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US markets lose ground as data shows repossessions and overdue mortgage payments in the US at record levels.
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The state's looming foreclosure crisis escalated last month as the number of homeowners threatened with foreclosure more than doubled from a year earlier.
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For some prospective home buyers in Southern California, the effect of the U.S. mortgage crisis has been to keep them on the sidelines of the home market, wary of stepping in for fear prices will fall further.