Despite all the hand-wringing and attempts to contain the foreclosure plague, the problem still spread during the first three months of 2009, as the number of foreclosure actions started hit a record high, according to a quarterly report.
The National Delinquency Survey released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), reported the largest quarter-over-quarter increase in foreclosure starts since it began keeping records in 1972. Lenders initiated foreclosures on 1.37% of all first mortgages during the quarter, a 27% increase from the 1.08% rate during the last three months of 2008 and a 36% rise from the first quarter of 2008. All told, more than 616,000 mortgages were hit with foreclosure actions.
Delinquencies, the stage in which borrowers have fallen behind on payments but have not yet received foreclosure notices, also hit record highs, with the seasonally adjusted rate at 9.12% of all loans, up from 7.88% last quarter.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Q1 foreclosure starts reached a new high
This is a few days old. First quarter foreclosure activity hit a new high:
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Potomac had like 10 this last quarter. Its not a lot, but when you consider they have like 1 every 5 years it is. I cant wait to see how many they have next quarter. I also cant wait to see what this does to prices in Bethesda, Rockville and Gaithersburg.
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