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By Dennis Norman, on August 26th, 2010
Dennis Norman
After a couple of days of writing about bad reports on the housing market (existing home sales and new home sales to name two) I’m excited that I actually get to write something today that is positive! According to newly released data from CoreLogic, the percentage of homeowners in the U.S. with [...]
By Dennis Norman, on August 10th, 2010
Dennis Norman
A report just released by CoreLogic estimate the financial impact of short-sale fraud to be $310 million annually. It is estimated there is fraud in one in every 53 short sale transactions resulting in an unnecessary loss to the lender of $41,000 per transaction on average.
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By Dennis Norman, on August 2nd, 2010
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Report looks at impact of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil spill on Florida Coastal home values
According to a report released this morning by CoreLogic the impact of the BP DeepWater Horizon oil spill on home values in the coastal area’s along the Gulf coast is expected to range from $648 million [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 16th, 2010
Dennis Norman
Worst Street In America for Mortgage Fraud is In Orlando (actually they have 5 of the top 10 streets)
According to the 2010 Mortgage Fraud Trends Report released by CoreLogic this week, fraud risk in the mortgage industry has declined by 25 percent since it peaked in the third quarter of 2007. Even [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 9th, 2010
Dennis Norman
For way too long I’ve been writing about record, or near- record, levels of foreclosures and mortgage delinquencies. My ongoing concern about this, in terms of the housing market, is that I just don’t see how we are going to have a sustainable recovery of the housing market while we have [...]
By Dennis Norman, on May 11th, 2010
Dennis Norman
According to a report released by CoreLogic, there were 11.2 million homeowners that were in a negative equity, or “underwater“, position on their mortgages as of the end of the first quarter of this year. This number is equal to 24 percent of all homeowners with a mortgage in the U.S., which [...]
By Dennis Norman, on April 26th, 2010
Dennis Norman
Report Cautions That Shadow Inventory and End of Tax Credit Program May Result in Further Declines
A report released today by First American CoreLogic shows that national home prices increased 0.3 percent in February 2010 compared to February 2009 and was the first annual home price index increase in over three years.
On a month-over-month [...]
By Dennis Norman, on March 5th, 2010
Dennis Norman
A report released by First American CoreLogic shows the foreclosure rate in the US increased in January to 3.19 percent, an increase of 60.3 percent from a year ago when the national foreclosure rate was 1.99 percent.
The national rate for seriously delinquent mortgage’s (mortgages that are 90+ days delinquent) increased in January as [...]
By Dennis Norman, on February 23rd, 2010
Seventy Percent of all mortgaged properties in Nevada are underwater
Dennis Norman
According to a report released today by First American CoreLogic more than 11.3 million U.S. mortgages, or 24 percent of all mortgaged properties, are in a negative equity position meaning the borrowers owe more on their mortgage than their home is worth as of [...]
By Dennis Norman, on February 19th, 2010
Dennis Norman
Home Prices Exhibit “Improving Declines” (sounds rather oxymoronic, huh?)
In a report issued by First American CoreLogic national home prices continue to decline with their HPI (Loan Performance Home Price Index) declining by 3.7 percent in December 2009 compared with the year before. If you take the distressed sales out (foreclosures, short sales, etc) [...]
By Dennis Norman, on January 21st, 2010
Dennis Norman
Forecast is for further declines
In a report issued today by First American CoreLogic national home prices continue to decline with their HPI (Loan Performance Home Price Index) declining by 5.7 percent in November 2009 compared with the year before. If you take the distressed sales out (foreclosures, short sales, etc) the nation decline [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 23rd, 2009
Dennis Norman
In spite of recent “upbeat” reports on the housing market and some people even saying the worst is over, when it comes to declining home values it appears the fat lady hasn’t sung yet
According to a report issued by First American CoreLogic national home prices continue to decline with their HPI (Loan Performance [...]
By Dennis Norman, on November 24th, 2009
Average value of home with “underwater” mortgage $210,300 – Average loan balance $280,000 – Average amount “upside down” $70,000
Dennis Norman
According to a report released today by First American CoreLogic nearly 10.7 million U.S. mortgages, or 23 percent of all mortgaged properties, are in a negative equity position meaning the borrowers owe more on [...]
By Dennis Norman, on October 30th, 2009
Dennis Norman
According to a report issued by First American CoreLogic the rate of decline in U.S. home prices improved in August with prices 10.1 percent below August 2008, compared with July’s year-over-year price decline of 11.6 percent and June’s decline of 14.1 percent.
Obviously these numbers are being impacted by the number of distressed sales, which [...]
By Dennis Norman, on August 14th, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
It appears short sales are going to be here for a while, presenting opportunites for investors as sellers who are underwater on their mortgages with lenders that realize it are going to look for viable alternatives to foreclosure. Many investors have been actively pursuing short sales for some time now and according [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 21st, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
Home prices in the U.S. fell 9.2% in May compared to a year ago according to newly released data from First American CoreLogic . May’s decline represents the smallest year-over-year decline since December 2007.
Below are other highlights from the data released:
Since U.S. home prices peaked in July 2006, national home prices have [...]
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