By Dennis Norman, on February 16th, 2010
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Deceleration in Rise of Mortgage Delinquencies Short Lived
Back in July, 2009 when speaking in North Carolina President Barack Obama announced “we may be seeing the beginning of the end of the recession“. My thoughts then were that was very optimistic and I didn’t agree (for whatever that is worth). Since then [...]
By Dennis Norman, on January 18th, 2010
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The foreclosure rate in the U.S. for the month of November, 2009 was 3.09 percent, a 77.6 percent increase from November, 2008 when the rate was 1.74 percent according to a report by First American CoreLogic.
In addition, the report showed that the number of borrowers that are seriously delinquent on their
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By Dennis Norman, on November 20th, 2009
Unemployment Remains Main Cause of Delinquencies
The second quarter of this year saw mortgage delinquencies reported by the Mortgage Bankers Association hit the highest level since they began keep track of the data almost 40 years ago back in 1972. Unfortunately that record didn’t stand long and was broken by the mortgage delinquency rate for [...]
By Charles Hugh Smith, on November 3rd, 2009
Loose lending standards in government-backed mortgages is setting up the next wave of defaults and sharp declines in housing prices.
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Beneath the hype that housing has bottomed is an ugly little scenario: lending standards are still loose and the low-down payment, high-risk loans being guaranteed by government agencies are setting [...]
By Dennis Norman, on August 22nd, 2009
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Thanks to what has happened to the housing market as well as home prices over the past two years I have come to hate the word “bubble” and believe me, I think it has been way over-used by people writing about and discussing the real estate market. So I cringed as I typed the title to [...]