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A transparent foreclosure marketplace reveals hidden equity

Housing Wire

billion in potential home equity has been uncovered for distressed homeowners facing foreclosure. A foreclosure sale usually represents the last chance for a distressed homeowner to benefit from any equity in a property being foreclosed,” said Ali Haralson , Auction.com president. “If Over the past five years, more than $1.2

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Q3 Update: Delinquencies, Foreclosures and REO

Calculated Risk Real Estate

However, I also argued this would NOT lead to a surge in foreclosures and significantly impact house prices (as happened following the housing bubble) since lending has been solid and most homeowners have substantial equity in their homes. million homes or 2% of all mortgaged properties. . Currently 22.9% of loans are under 3%, 60.3%

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Q4 Update: Delinquencies, Foreclosures and REO

Calculated Risk Real Estate

The two key reasons are mortgage lending has been solid, and most homeowners have substantial equity in their homes. Last Thursday, CoreLogic reported on homeowner equity: CoreLogic: Number of Underwater US Homes Drops by 15% Annually in the Fourth Quarter The report shows that U.S. of all mortgaged properties. .

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Industry supports FHA’s 40-year loan term option — with caveats

Housing Wire

The deadline for the mortgage industry to chime in on the Federal Housing Administration ‘s (FHA) proposed 40-year loan modification rule was at the end of May. Leslie Rouda Smith, president of the NAR, used her own letter to the FHA to explain the trade group has been “concerned” about the pandemic’s impact on the housing market.

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Q2 Update: Delinquencies, Foreclosures and REO

Calculated Risk Real Estate

However, I also argued this would NOT lead to a surge in foreclosures and significantly impact house prices (as happened following the housing bubble) since lending has been solid and most homeowners have substantial equity in their homes. homeowner now has about $290,000 in equity. The number of underwater U.S. Currently 23.3%

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Property services company MCS enters reverse mortgage space

Housing Wire

Lewisville, Texas-based property services company MCS announced last week that it acquired Five Brothers Asset Management Solutions , a deal which brings MCS into the reverse mortgage industry for the first time, according to an announcement by the company. Five Brothers, headquartered in Warren, Mich.,

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Part 2: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-December

Calculated Risk Real Estate

Historically it takes a number of years for real prices to return to the previous peak, see House Prices: 7 Years in Purgatory. 30-Year Mortgage Rates Have Declined, but Remain Above 7% The following graph from MortgageNewsDaily.com shows mortgage rates since January 1, 2010. This is historically very low.

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