Price Corrections Are Not As Bad As Reported

Price Corrections Are Not As Bad As Reported by John Burns It is true that home prices have corrected more than any time in the past, and further price declines are likely. However, the methodology used to track home prices is overstating the actual correction. Some...

Homes in foreclosure top 1 million

More than one million homes are now in foreclosure, the highest rate ever recorded, according to a trade group which warned Thursday that number will continue to climb. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s first quarter report showed that a record 2.5% of all...

New York proposes 1-year moratorium on foreclosures

Legislation that would give some New Yorkers facing foreclosure a one-year reprieve has passed the state assembly as part of a package of four bills aimed at stemming foreclosures. Assembly Bill 9695 [1] would allow courts to impose a one-year moratorium on...