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Foreclosures Rise 9% in 1H 2009
The Big Picture — > Foreclosures continue to rise. Here is the data on the first half of 2009, via RealtyTrac: “Midyear 2009 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 1,905,723 foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — were reported on 1,528,364 U.S. properties in the first six months of 2009, a 9 percent increase in total properties from the previous six months and a nearly 15 percent increase in total properties from the first six months of 2008. The report also shows that 1.19 percent of all U.S. housing units (one in 84) received at least one foreclosure filing in ...

Foreclosures Surge & The Sun Rises in the East!!
Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays — Regular readers will not be surprised by this news. Is it over? Not by a long shot... From RealtyTrac: IRVINE, Calif. – July 16, 2009 – RealtyTrac® (realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its Midyear 2009 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 1,905,723 foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — were reported on 1,528,364 U.S. properties in the first six months of 2009, a 9 percent increase in total properties from the previous six ...

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The Mess That Greenspan Made — TOP STORIES • Just how did Goldman Sachs manage that? - Telegraph • CIT Group Closer to Bankruptcy as U.S. Denies Aid - Wash. Post • Treasury Bets Financial System Can Weather CIT Collapse - Bloomberg • Foreclosures up: 1 in 84 homes affected in first half of year - USAToday • JPMorgan Earnings Soar as It Finds Profit in Slump - NY Times • Chinese growth rebounds in second quarter - Telegraph • What's most likely to bankrupt you - MSN Money • Paulson admits bank merger threat - BBC ...

Report: Record Foreclosure Activity in First Half
Calculated Risk — From RealtyTrac: RealtyTrac ... today released its Midyear 2009 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 1,905,723 foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — were reported on 1,528,364 U.S. properties in the first six months of 2009, a 9 percent increase in total properties from the previous six months and a nearly 15 percent increase in total properties from the first six months of 2008. The report also shows that 1.19 percent of all U.S. housing units (one in 84) received at least one foreclosure filing in the ...

First-Time Buyers: Hurry for $8,000 Tax Credit
Millionaire Now! — Mortgage Rates Fall for Third Consecutive ...