Thursday, November 13, 2008

Almost 85,000 foreclosures in October

From CNN Money:
As government and industry scrambled to stem the housing crisis, another 84,868 homes were lost to foreclosure in October, according to a report released Thursday.

Last month 279,561 struggling borrowers received foreclosure filings, including default notices, notices of auction sales and bank repossessions, according to RealtyTrac, an online marketplace for foreclosures. That's a 5% increase from September, and up 25% from October 2007.

"October marks the 34th consecutive month where U.S. foreclosure activity has increased compared to the prior year," said James J. Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac in a statement.

A total of 936,439 homes have been lost to foreclosure since the housing crisis hit in August, 2007.
Imagine what the numbers would be if we didn't have all these anti-foreclosure programs!

3 comments:

  1. "Imagine what the numbers would be if we didn't have all these anti-foreclosure programs!"

    I imagine the numbers would be about the same. : (

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  2. How many of the anti-foreclosure programs have progressed past the planning stage?

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  3. Imagine what this is doing to revenues generated by property taxes.

    Imagine what that means to local government budgets.

    Sanitation, road maintenance, schools, etc. are all taking big hits.

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