Banks are keeping a massive number of foreclosed homes off the market.
The medicine taken later rather than sooner could be the tipping point that causes the economy dry heaves.
Delinquencies and Foreclosures at Record High
http://www.dsnews.com/articles/deli...dow-inventories-looming-lps-report-2009-11-10
11/10/2009
By: Carrie Bay
Nearly one-third of foreclosures remain in pre-sale status after 12 months â twice as many as the year prior, LPS said in its study, further adding to the threat of a shadow eclipse. In addition, the six-month average deterioration ratio on troubled mortgages has risen the past two months to 300 percent, showing that for every loan that improves in status, three more deteriorate further, LPS explained.
LPSâ October Mortgage Monitor reveals record high rates for non-current loans. The company reported that total U.S. delinquency rate stood at 9.37 percent at the end of September, while the nationâs September foreclosure rate hit 3.12 percent â a month-over-month increase of 2.6 percent and a year-over-year increase of 88.9 percent.
Among individual states, it comes as no surprise that Florida posted the most troubling results, with 10.4 percent of loans in foreclosure and more than 12 percent more delinquent.
Other states reporting high levels of non-current loans â which includes both foreclosures and delinquencies as a percentage of active loans in the state â were Mississippi, Georgia, and Michigan, as well as the usual high-foreclosure states of Nevada, Arizona, and California.
The one positive reported by LPS was an upswing in loan production volume over the previous year. Year-to-date 2009 loans totaled 2,032,973, LPS said, versus 1,903,723 for the same period in 2008.
The medicine taken later rather than sooner could be the tipping point that causes the economy dry heaves.
Delinquencies and Foreclosures at Record High
http://www.dsnews.com/articles/deli...dow-inventories-looming-lps-report-2009-11-10
11/10/2009
By: Carrie Bay
Nearly one-third of foreclosures remain in pre-sale status after 12 months â twice as many as the year prior, LPS said in its study, further adding to the threat of a shadow eclipse. In addition, the six-month average deterioration ratio on troubled mortgages has risen the past two months to 300 percent, showing that for every loan that improves in status, three more deteriorate further, LPS explained.
LPSâ October Mortgage Monitor reveals record high rates for non-current loans. The company reported that total U.S. delinquency rate stood at 9.37 percent at the end of September, while the nationâs September foreclosure rate hit 3.12 percent â a month-over-month increase of 2.6 percent and a year-over-year increase of 88.9 percent.
Among individual states, it comes as no surprise that Florida posted the most troubling results, with 10.4 percent of loans in foreclosure and more than 12 percent more delinquent.
Other states reporting high levels of non-current loans â which includes both foreclosures and delinquencies as a percentage of active loans in the state â were Mississippi, Georgia, and Michigan, as well as the usual high-foreclosure states of Nevada, Arizona, and California.
The one positive reported by LPS was an upswing in loan production volume over the previous year. Year-to-date 2009 loans totaled 2,032,973, LPS said, versus 1,903,723 for the same period in 2008.