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High foreclosure states fail to get aid to homeowners

By joncoats | Florida Law, Foreclosure Law, Loan Modification, Mortgages, Real Estate Law, Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 3 December, 2013 | 0

Pamela M. Prah | Stateline | “Some of the states hit hardest by the foreclosure crisis aren’t spending millions of dollars that the federal government has set aside to help struggling homeowners, a new report shows. Of $7.6 billion the federal government has provided in the “Hardest Hit Fund” to help homeowners, states have disbursedRead more

‘Rocket docket’ in full swing clearing out old foreclosure cases

By joncoats | Florida Law, Foreclosure Law, Loan Modification, Mortgages, Real Estate Law, Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 2 December, 2013 | 0

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

Florida Home Sales Values Increase

By joncoats | Florida Law, Foreclosure Law, Loan Modification, Mortgages, Real Estate Law, Short Sale, Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 2 December, 2013 | 0

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

Florida Funds to Help Reverse Mortgage Borrowers Cure Defaults

By joncoats | Florida Law, Foreclosure Law, Loan Modification, Mortgages, Real Estate Law, Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 14 November, 2013 | 0

Alyssa Gerace | Reverse Mortgage | “On Tuesday, Florida will reportedly announce a new program aimed reverse mortgage borrowers in the state who have defaulted on their loans after struggling to remain current on their taxes and insurance. The Florida Housing Finance Corporation is introducing the Elderly Mortgage Assistance Program as part of its $1 billion Hardest Hit Fund. It’sRead more

Florida to offer reverse mortgage help

By joncoats | Florida Law, Foreclosure Law, Loan Modification, Mortgages, Real Estate Law, Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 13 November, 2013 | 0

By Josh Salman | Herald-Tribune | “Florida’s $1 billion program to help prevent foreclosures in the wake of the housing crisis continues to diversify. The Florida Housing Finance Corp. announced Tuesday it would earmark $25 million of its Hardest-Hit Fund to help elderly homeowners with reverse mortgages. The agency says the new program will help recession-battered FloridiansRead more

Mortgage Delinquencies Reach 5-Year Low as Housing Heals

By joncoats | Florida Law, Foreclosure Law, Loan Modification, Mortgages, Real Estate Law, Short Sale | Comments are Closed | 10 November, 2013 | 0

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

U.S. Sept foreclosure decline biggest since downturn began-CoreLogic

By joncoats | Florida Law, Foreclosure Law, Loan Modification, Mortgages, Real Estate Law, Short Sale | Comments are Closed | 7 November, 2013 | 0

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

‘Zombie’ homes sit in limbo in Fla., nationally

By joncoats | Florida Law, Foreclosure Law, Loan Modification, Mortgages, Real Estate Law, Short Sale, Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 1 November, 2013 | 0

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

Home flipping decreases in Tampa Bay

By joncoats | Florida Law, Foreclosure Law, Mortgages, Real Estate Law, Short Sale, Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 31 October, 2013 | 0

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

CoreLogic Reports U.S. Foreclosure Inventory Down 33 Percent Nationally

By joncoats | Florida Law, Foreclosure Law, Loan Modification, Mortgages, Real Estate Law, Short Sale | Comments are Closed | 22 October, 2013 | 0

Newsroom America Staff | “CoreLogic says there were 48,000 completed foreclosures in the U.S. in August of 2013, down from 72,000 in August 2012, a year-over-year decrease of 34 percent. On a month-over-month basis, completed foreclosures increased 1.3 percent, from 47,000 in July 2013. Overall residential shadow inventory, as of July 2013, was 1.9 millionRead more

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