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Foreclosure Net Catches Unwary Renters Caught

Julie Parker — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:03:38 +0000

Stories are rolling in about unwary renters being caught in the foreclosure net. A septuagenarian man in Bridgeport returned home to his apartment to find he had been locked out. His landlord had been foreclosed upon and the unfortunate renter had become a pawn in the game. His attorney, Richard Tenebaum, commented that such incidents are regularly happening in and around Connecticut. During the past few the eviction numbers have nearly doubled, he added.

The debate is mainly about the plight of the single families. But till now hardly has anyone focused on the plight of the renters who are being victimized for no fault of theirs. A recent study shows that a third of the foreclosures in Connecticut, that is responsible for half the total numbers of actually foreclosed upon, are multifamily houses. Many of these are occupied by low-income families, whose landlords fell into the foreclosure trap.

From December 2006 to end of March 2008 there had been 2,295 foreclosures in Connecticut. The term ‘foreclosure’ covers all the different stages of this judicial procedure from default and auction notices to repossession by the lender. Of these 760 (33%) were multifamily houses according to a report of National Low Income Housing Coalition. Research director Danilo Pelletiere of NLIHC caustically remarked’ “It’s an ignored part of the foreclosure crisis”.

An increasing number of calls from ousted families last summer made NLIHC sit up and take a note of the foreclosure pattern all through New England. There were 34% multi-unit houses in foreclosure in Massachusetts. The rate was 41% in Rhode Island. New Hampshire being more rural had a lesser percentage of the same category – 12% of the foreclosures. Most of these houses accommodated as many four family units.

The tenants in large housing complexes face less risk of eviction from foreclosures, opined community development specialist, Michael Santoro of Department of Economic and Community Development in Hartford. For example in 60 unit complexes the new buyers do not want to dislodge anybody because in these cases cash is flowing in.

The tenants of a foreclosed unit are referred to as John or Jane Doe in the legal documents when proceedings start against a landlord having renters, clarified Tenebaum of Connecticut Legal Services. The Does usually forfeit their tenancy rights together with the exiting landlords. In brief renters are given no notice and have limited protection from the law

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Foreclosures Numbers Rising

Julie Parker — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:42:53 +0000

Foreclosures are not something that is happening in sanitized court rooms involving reams of paper and signatures. It is something far more realistic than that. With foreclosure numbers rising so is the reek from the filth and stink of foreclosures – literally. With more and more vacant properties dotting the scene like pox, routine administration is becoming impossible. Increased foreclosures mean increased number of evictees and this translates into rising number of homeless and vagrants. Not all manage to find or afford a rental. Nature hates a vacuum and so in moves the vagrants, mosquitoes and even snakes with frogs.

There are code enforcement officers who have many tales to tell. Tom Curl and Jose Mendez inspect the vacant damaged houses taken over by the banks. Sometimes they find a brazen squatter who answers to the knock. The person had taken over the unit for quite sometime. The place, sans electricity or plumbing was vandalized with fungus on the walls and feces all over. This is the stench – the inside story of the judicial process known as foreclosure. The foul stink is so pervasive that others not affected by the sub-prim melt down are vacating the locality. In such an atmosphere healthy families will suffocate for lack of fresh air and safety. The number of abandoned units will soon be outstripping the inhabited ones if something is not done fast to stem the foreclosure tide.

The National League of Cities conducted a survey and found that 33% of the cities across US are vacant. These are literally pock marks blighting the localities. Mothers with children find it difficult to sleep properly; they jump at the slightest sound. The local governments are trying to keep vagrants out but the sheer size of the problem tips the scales against their efforts.

Some intruders are sharp. They somehow spruce up the place, hook in a line, change the locks and even rent it out. The banks are handling so many foreclosures that they hardly follow up the vacancy even after many months of repossession. Tenants moving in are unsuspecting victims of this new type of fraud. The scammers have even posted a website to net in tenants.

Ultimately when the banks send a checking party much water has flowed through the river and it is difficult to find out who is entitled to stay and who is not; it is like going back to square one!

Foreclosed House Fetches Record Price

Julie Parker — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:16:06 +0000

In five years no foreclosed house has fetched such a handsome price. In Hunting Hills a sprawling mansion has brought in $870,000 for the lender who took possession of it from one William Crick, in a foreclosure sale – a record for Roanoke region in five years. The average value of this type of property in this locality is anything between $60,000 and $100,000.

Crick is one among many why are losing palatial dwellings. Crick had taken a housing loan from Wachovia Bank on the understanding the initial payments would include only the interest. Later the rate would be adjusted. The newly built unit on 6,000 square feet had a movie room, spacious master bedroom and garages above and below ground level. Crick’s monthly payment for $909,950 property was $4,597.14. He could afford the high amount being general manager of one of the renowned companies in the automobile industry, Berglund Chevrolet. His income was $20,000 per month. But suddenly his dealership came to be terminated in early 2006 for unknown reasons. Immediately he put up the house for sale. At that time it was a seller’s market. In December 2006 he filed for bankruptcy listing debts amounting to $1.3 million more than whatever assets he had. In the end of August the bank put up the house for sale in the market. The estate was in a sorry estate with tall overgrown grass. The inside of the house was however in shipshape condition. All that was required was mowing down the grass to make it ready for the showpiece sale. Each house has a story to tell.

Foreclosures are surging through the nation with the highest waves hitting Virginia. Here it was up by 300% in July and 900% in August as compared to the same months in the previous year. Across the country the gain was 115% against 2006.

The foreclosure process consists of four steps. First the borrower goes into delinquency by being unable to pay monthly dues. The lender then sends foreclosure notice. This is followed by auction sale and repossession. There are many reasons why the borrower stumbles – unforeseen medical expenses, job loss, divorce etc.

But these cannot account for the tsunami that is surging through the country. Under the foreclosure lash houses are falling like ninepins. The accusing finger points straight at the sub-prime lending sector for this fiasco.

Sales Of Foreclosed Homes in California Pick Up Speed

Julie Parker — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:14:42 +0000

California continues to reel under the foreclosure tornado. More foreclosed homes are being sold and the picture remains grim. The weather is showing no signs of improvement. A report has been issued about 9,477 foreclosed homes by one of the most reliable prime online data collecting sources focusing on August 2007. The total value of the loan was $3.86 billion. Auction sales picked up speed state wise by 10.4% as compared to the total sales in July of this same year.

4,199 of these foreclosed homes comprise of 44.35% of the total sales. The latter have been described as ‘spectacular owned’ units. Their total value is $1.71 billion. These spectacular owned units are generally not occupied by the owner but had been bought for investment and speculating purposes.

According to analysts it is these types of investment foreclosed homes that cause the greatest damage to the sub-prime mortgage market. The speculators have practically nothing to lose when they move out. These investments consist of 44.3% of the total sub-prime investments. The owners are just walking away with a casual shrug. They lose neither hearth and home nor memories. Even those with good credit history were not averse to this rampant speculation. This is the main reason for the foreclosure debacle.

The latest report on the August hones in on some important pointers. 90.3% of the total foreclosure sales in California belong to either homes purchased or refinanced during the two years of 2005 and 2006. Approximately 95% (9,015) of the units sold in the auctions reverted to only the lenders. The total value amounted to $3.7 billion.

During August the default notices to 16,563 foreclosed homes, shot up by 16.3%. In the foreclosure process this is the first step. But trustee sale notices were issued to 12,896 foreclosed homes – a decrease of 2.25%. The latter notice predetermines the date and time of the auction sale. The foreclosure process starts with delinquency when the borrower defaults for more than three months. Then notices are issued and these are followed by sales and repossession. It consumes time and money.

So far the data that has been released is comprehensive and includes complete figures of all the counties in California. Riverside County is the highest offender in foreclosures during August. San Bernardino County notched up one step to rank 8th by increasing 18.1% in the total number of foreclosure sales during August.

Minnesota Repossessed Properties-How to Know About These

Isabel Rodrigues — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:41:26 +0000

Minnesota repossessed properties can be searched for on line. People do the same when they need to know anything pertaining to the Minnesota Repossessed properties. Minnesota is a state in the United Stats of America. This state is a very important state as it has a very strong economy. The economy is basically dependent on the industries. The state of Minnesota is located towards the North of the United States of America. It lies just to the west of the Great lakes region. As the other states which are located near the great lakes, Minnesota also has a very strong economic base. There are a number of industries which are flourishing well in this state. As a result the state offers a lot to the people who live in this state. This in turn creates a pressure of population migration towards such developed areas. Minnesota is unique in the sense that almost all the big industries which are American based have their head quarters centered in Minnesota. Every kind of industry is flourishing in this state. As a result the state of Minnesota is a very important job market in the whole of the United States of America. The state is very rich thus attracting people not only from with in the United States of America but also form the other parts of the world as well. Minnesota is a dream for many people.

People move to Minnesota but to afford the cost of living in this state is not easy. People take loans and get bank financed products to make their lives easier but many of them are not able to pay back the amount owed to the banks by them during the grace period. In that situation banks have the right to repossess the object. For example if you get a bank financed car and you do not pay the decided amount on time, the bank will repossess the car. There will be certain added taxes and the amount due will also increase as the depreciation costs will also be added to the total now.

There are many such repossessed properties in Minnesota. If you want to know about Minnesota Repossessed properties you will need to search the web for this purpose. If you want to find the correct information regarding Minnesota repossessed properties all you need to do is search the most authentic web site in this regard.

Foreclosure Education

Isabel Rodrigues — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:56:51 +0000

Do you know what foreclosure is? Foreclosure occurs when a lender recovers and retrieves the amount owed on loan due to failure of paying the loan by either taking or selling the ownership (which is known as repossession) of the property, which at the same time will secure the loan status.

The process of foreclosure starts when the owner or the borrower is not able to pay the loan costs especially mortgage payments.

In next to no time, the lender will directly file a public default notice. Furthermore, in this special case, a proper foreclosure education is needed. There are many ways to end the foreclosure process.

Firstly, the owner or borrower has the option to pay the balance amount if he or she wants to re-establish the loan in the grace period. Grace period, as stated by laws is also known as the pre-closure.

Other than that, with high knowledge of foreclosure education, the owner or borrower also has the option to make the decision whether he or she wants sell the property to other party which is preferably known as the third party during the pre-closure (grace period). At this time, the owner or borrower will be able to clear off the loan and prevent from having a foreclosure in their credit history.

During the end of grace period (pre-closure), the third party may opt to acquire the asset at a public auction.

Normally, with the intention of reselling the property in the future, the lender may choose to obtain the ownership of the property. The ownership can be attained in an agreement with the owner or borrower during the grace period (pre-closure).

Moreover, with high understanding in foreclosure education, the ownership also can be achieved during the transaction of buying the property in a public auction with. The bank automatically will own this ownership.

There are 3 bargain-buying opportunities in a foreclosure process using the fundamentals of foreclosure education:

Pre-Foreclosure

Buying an asset in grace period is when the third party offers to buy the asset from the owner or borrower. The owner or borrower can walk away to prevent any bad reputation on their credit history. At this time, the buyer can buy the asset at with discounts of twenty to forty percents below the market value.

Auction

Buyers can bid on the asset at the public auction when a loan is not restored at the end of the grace period.

Bank-owned

Lenders usually obtain the ownership of a property in an agreement deal between the owner during the public auction or the grace period. Normally, the lenders will resell the asset to retrieve the balance of the unpaid amount.

A good foreclosure education and deep understanding is required in dealing with these cases especially when you are involved in any foreclosure cases where with the perfect timing of applying foreclosure education can benefits you in future.

Foreclosed Home Listing

Isabel Rodrigues — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 19:35:25 +0000

Foreclosed Home Listings all about foreclosed homes and their lists.

It is quite evident now to know about foreclosure. A foreclosure happens when a homeowner couldn’t continue paying heir mortgage. But, the lender still needs to recover the debt. In order to do so the lender files for foreclosure. It is a public notice and is called a Notice of Default.

Usually the foreclosures are sold in the open market, by public auction. But, at times the bank, which has taken the repossession, also sells it privately.

There are varieties of foreclosed homes. We have foreclosed homes from the banks, mortgage companies, HUD (Housing and Urban Development), Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Government.

But, going ahead to buy the property, you need go through the following routine:

a) Finding the home

b) Have your offer accepted

c) Finance the purchase amount and lastly,

d) Close the deal

Just a word of caution!! Before buying the property get the property inspected by a professional. And also calculate the cost of repairs and renovations required for the property, since they are usually not in their best shapes.

Now the question arises where to find such homes. This is where the lists come to help. As mentioned earlier we have different foreclosed homes from banks, mortgage companies, HUD etc. Such lists are available with the property agents. Advertisement in papers also has lists of such homes. Even, the local lender can provide you with a list of a few foreclosed homes. Bu, apart from these traditional ways, you do have the Internet at your service. Here you can view houses sold online, even can take a virtual tour. This service comes handy especially if you are relocating to another city.

There are a number of local and nationwide home listings sites along with sites from the brokerage houses. A few of them are here for your reference:

www.realtor.com: The website for The National Association of Realtors has more than 2 million listings
www.ired.com: The International Real Estate Directory
www.homegain.com: Use this website to search by the state and the area.

Among all these information the good news is that the cost of foreclosed homes are at least 20-50% less than similar houses. Hence, it is a great opportunity to buy large properties at reasonable costs and enjoy the benefits of a owned house.