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Banks report rise in mortgage delinquencies

Housing Wire

Banks reported an increase in foreclosures during the first quarter of 2022, according to a quarterly survey published by the Office of the Comptroller of Currency this week. Home forfeiture actions, including completed foreclosure sales, short sales, and deed in-lieu-of- foreclosure actions also grew by 26.8%

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Advice on Short-Sale Transactions

The Residential Specialist

Experts who worked through The Great Recession of 2008 share how to handle tricky short-sale transactions. With its perfect storm of record-low property values and record-high unemployment, The Great Recession of 2008 triggered a rash of residential short sales. Short sales are not suited to all REALTORS ®.

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Xactus targets lenders through active listing data

Housing Wire

Xactus Wednesday announced its new active listing scan program, which will scan residential addresses for changes in listing status and the average number of days on market for a neighborhood. Xactus has more than 6,500 clients, including banks and non-bank mortgage originators, and 12 service centers across the country.

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Why Today’s Options Will Save Homeowners from Foreclosure

Keeping Current Matters

Many decided they would just stop making their payments and walk away from the house, which then resulted in the bank foreclosing on the property. A decade ago, there wasn’t a forbearance option, and most banks did not put in other programs, like modifications and short sales, until very late in the crisis.

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How and When to Buy Foreclosure Property

Realty Biz

Many of these will be new investors that don’t have experience with the pre-foreclosures, short sales, and foreclosures, that occurred during the Great Recession. If the house doesn’t sell on the court steps, the lender (bank) takes possession. The REO sales process is much the same as any traditional sales process.

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What is a BPO and When to Use Them?

Realty Biz

One of the few times that a lender will use a BPO instead of requiring an appraisal is for a short sale. BPOs are also ordered by banks, mortgage loan companies, and asset management companies for several other reasons: Home purchases. Bank-owned property sale of a foreclosed property. Home loan refinances.

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Another Look at if We are Headed for a Real Estate Bubble

Realty Biz

As the market again plows bullishly upward into unaffordable home prices, the most likely cushion from a full market meltdown this time will be stricter bank loan regulations and homeowner equity. The housing bubble bust of 2008 resulted in almost 10 million Americans losing their homes to foreclosures and short sales.