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Roger Weeder | First Coast News | “Foreclosure courts are in full swing across the state, including Duval County, which has 2,700 cases that date back to before 2010. Six judges are handling the load, holding hearings four days a week and clearing out nearly 300 cases a week, according to the Clerk of Courts office. In GreenRead more

Francys Vallecillo | World Property Channel “The median price for Florida’s existing single-family homes sold in October was 16.6 percent higher than last year, marking the 23rd consecutive month of yearly price increases, according to Florida Realtors. The statewide median sales price for single-family homes reached $169,000 in October. The median price for townhomes/condos reachedRead more

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER | “The Florida home of Casey Anthony’s parents where her daughter Caylee died in 2008 has gone into foreclosure. George and Cynthia Anthony are now facing eviction from their Mount Dora residence after NationStar Mortgage LLC filed foreclosure papers with the Orange County Register of Actions against the coupe last week. The valueRead more

CHARLENE CROWELL | NNPA | “With the annual holiday season approaching, many across the country will soon be celebrating with families and loved ones. Many such gatherings will toast the season and its blessings. But for families still troubled by delinquent mortgages and foreclosures, this time of year has another meaning. These consumers are wonderingRead more

Prashant Gopal | Bloomberg | “The share of U.S. mortgages that are seriously delinquent fell to a five-year low as job gains help borrowers keep up on payments while rising home prices enable others to sell. The percentage of home loans that were more than 90 days behind or in the foreclosure process fell to 5.65 percent in theRead more

Reuters | “There were 51,000 completed foreclosures last month, down from 84,000 in September, 2012. Foreclosures are completed when a home is either seized by the lender or sold at auction. There were also 51,000 foreclosures in August. Between 2000 and 2006 and before the housing market’s downturn in 2007, completed foreclosures averaged 21,000 perRead more

JUNE FLETCHER | Scripps Howard News Service | “Steven and Janet Sparker never planned to leave the house they purchased in 2006 in Golden Gate Estates in the southwest section of Florida. But when Janet, 57, lost her six-figure job, and the home’s value fell by more than half from the $585,000 they had paidRead more

Charles Billi | WTSP | “Thanks to new flood insurance legislation, the watch word in real estate is “panic.” Panic if you’re a real estate investor, agent, buyer or seller- thanks to skyrocketing premiums. We’ve seen the Pinellas County meetings in the past few weeks packed with frightened residents. Now, more concern arises at an informationRead more

by MortgageOrb.com| “The national mortgage delinquency rate (loans 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure) increased 4.23% in September to reach 6.46% of all mortgages, according to Lender Processing Services’ (LPS) First Look Mortgage Report, which covers about 70% of the U.S. housing market. Still, the delinquency rate for September was down 12.63%Read more

Staff | Tampa Bay Business Journal | “Home flipping dropped in the third quarter of 2013 in Tampa Bay, a sign that there are fewer bargain basement properties on the market. Between July and September, 575 homes were flipped in the area, about 50 percent lower than the rate during the same time in 2012, the TampaRead more