RealtyTrac Foreclosure Market Report

First Quarter Increase in Building Permits Positioned to Fill Void in Housing Market Left by Declining Foreclosures

RealtyTrac Staff — Tue, 14 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT

RealtyTrac® today released an exclusive analysis of building permit data recently released by the U.S. Department of HUD for the first quarter, comparing it to foreclosure starts for the same time period.

Oklahoma Foreclosure Auctions Reach 18-Month High in April

Octavio Nuiry, Staff Writer — Wed, 08 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT

Foreclosure filings were reported on 1,258 Oklahoma properties in April, a decrease of 6 percent from the previous month and down 3 percent from April 2012.

Southern California Foreclosure Activity Down 23 Percent in April

Joel Cone, Staff Writer — Wed, 08 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT

Foreclosure filings were reported on 8,202 Southern California properties in April, down 23 percent from March for the five-county region, and a 61 percent drop from the level reported for April 2012.

Judicial Foreclosure Auctions Hit 30-Month High in April, Overall U.S. Foreclosure Activity Drops to 6-Year Low

RealtyTrac Staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT

Foreclosure filings were reported on 144,790 U.S. properties in April, a decrease of 5 percent from the previous month and down 23 percent from April 2012.

U.S. Foreclosure Inventory Increases 9 Percent From Year Ago in First Quarter

RealtyTrac Staff — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:00:00 GMT

Nearly 1.5 million U.S. properties were actively in the foreclosure process or bank-owned (REO) in the first quarter of 2013, up 9 percent from the first quarter of 2012.

U.S. Foreclosure Starts Fall to Six-Year Low in January

RealtyTrac Staff — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:00:00 GMT

Foreclosure filings were reported on 150,864 U.S. properties in January, a decrease of 7 percent from the previous month and down 28 percent from January 2012.

2012 Foreclosure Activity Up in 57 Percent of Metro Areas, Best Markets to Buy Foreclosures in 2013 Selected

RealtyTrac Staff — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:00:00 GMT

2012 foreclosure activity increased from 2011 in 120 (57 percent) out of the nation’s 212 metropolitan statistical areas with a population of 200,000 or more.

1.8 Million U.S. Properties With Foreclosure Filings in 2012

RealtyTrac Staff — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:00:00 GMT

A total of 2,304,941 foreclosure filings were reported on 1,836,634 U.S. properties in 2012, down 3 percent from 2011 and down 36 percent from the peak of 2.9 million filings in 2010.

Foreclosure Starts at 71-Month Low, Bank Repossessions Increase

RealtyTrac Staff — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:00:00 GMT

U.S. foreclosure starts dropped to a 71-month low in November, but bank repossessions increased annually for the first time since October 2010.

Foreclosure Sales Increase 21 Percent in Third Quarter, Short Sales Biggest Share of Distressed Sales

RealtyTrac Staff — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:00:00 GMT

A total of 193,059 U.S. properties in some stage of foreclosure or bank-owned (REO) were sold during the third quarter, an increase of 21 percent from the previous quarter, but down 3 percent from a year ago.