Search for the quick sale turns dream into reality (BizJournals)
“Sell your home in LESS THAN 10 DAYS,” billboards urge in low-income and transitional neighborhoods. The TV commercials feature a somber looking middle-aged man who confidently reassures the viewer that the company has the power to stop foreclosure — if you just call this toll-free number.
Mortgage defaults on rise in West, Southwest (Sacramento Business Journal)
Mortgage foreclosure activity in the first quarter of 2006 increased significantly from the fourth quarter of 2005 in several western and southwestern housing markets, according to a report released Monday.
Strapped owners have options to avert foreclosure (The Toledo Blade)
It’s the phone call that every homeowner dreads.
National Foreclosures Increase 38 Percent in First Quarter According to RealtyTrac(TM) U.S. Foreclosure Market Report (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
RealtyTrac , the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its 2006 Q1 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which showed that 323,102 properties nationwide entered some stage of foreclosure in the first quarter of 2006, a 38 percent increase from the previous quarter and a 72 percent year-over-year increase from the first quarter of 2005.
Foreclosures in state increase (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)
Colorado saw the second highest foreclosure ratios in the first three months of the year, a time in which nationally, foreclosures increased 38 percent over the previous quarter.
Ask the AG: Be wary of mortgage foreclosure ‘rescues’ (The Columbian)
Consumer: I’m behind on my house payments. I’ve seen advertisements around my neighborhood for businesses that will help you avoid foreclosure. Can I trust these companies?
Residential foreclosures on the rise back to normal levels (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News)
As the overall rate of housing appreciation slows in San Diego County, foreclosure activity has begun to increase on a county and statewide level.
Tennessee Q1 foreclosures up 147% (Memphis Business Journal)
Tennessee ranks among the top 10 foreclosure rates in the nation for the first quarter of 2006, according to recent figures.