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More Homeowners Fall Behind on Mortgages
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According to data from the American Mortgage Banker's Associationone in seven households are behind on their payments on mortgages or in foreclosure. This data shows that 14.4% of first lien mortgages on one to four family homes in the third quarter were 30 days or more overdue or in foreclosure process. This results in about 7.5 millin households at risk of losing homes. This percentage was 10% in 2008 and 7.3% in 2007.
Homeowners facing foreclosure and lack of any meaningful help.
09/29/2008
Lack of any meaningful help to homeowners facing foreclosure upto the Lehman Fannie crisis, and the failure to provide any significant help to homeowners in the $700 billion Sept 2008 bailout plan targeted mostly at freeing up the credit markets.
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Failure to stem foreclosures under the Obama administration continues inaction under Bush administration.
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The failure of the Obama administration to break the cycle of foreclosures begetting falling house prices begetting more foreclosures, further weakening the banks and the economy, with strong action. It continues the missteps of the Bush period and may undo much of the good work in other areas such as stimulus, restructuring the auto industry and new priorities. Inaction here is coupled with inaction in relation to insolvent banks and is likely to prove costly.
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Failure of Obama's plan for helping homeowners facing foreclosure in 2009-2010
06/12/2009
Failure of the Making homes Affordable plan announced by the Obama administration in early 2009. Only 2000 of 500,000 loan modification applications in progress in October under this program have become permanent according to a Congressional oversight panel.
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Rising U.S. Foreclosures take on crisis proportions deepening the economic downturn.
08/24/2007
Foreclosures in 2008 hit 16% up from 6% in 2007, and in an accelerating trend if unemployment hits new highs.
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A new U.S. housing foreclosure crisis looming for 2010-2011.
10/01/2009
By conservative estimates according to NYT, 2.4 million homes will be lost to foreclosure in 2010. The faulty documentation poses a serious problem for banks, as they may be forced to buyback the mortgage securities sold improperly.
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U.S. Mortgage Delinquencies Reach a Record High
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