11.16.2008 Foreclosed Houses Boost Existing-home Sales in Orlando Area
Jerry W. Jackson, Sentinel Staff Writer
"It's unprecedented," said Rick Sharga, a RealtyTrac senior vice president. "But what's really stunning is that the 1 million bank-owned homes are just a subset of total foreclosures."
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11.14.2008 New Jersey Foreclosure Rate Intensified in October
Susan Todd, Star-Ledger Staff Writer
Foreclosure filings on 8,473 properties across the state were filed in October, according to the latest data compiled by RealtyTrac, an online marketplace for foreclosed properties.
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11.13.2008 Seattle-area Foreclosure Rate is on the Rise, But Still Far Behind the Nation's
Aubrey Cohen, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Staff Writer
Seattle-area foreclosures were up last month but still below the national rate, according to RealtyTrac, an Irvine, Calif., company that tracks foreclosures.
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11.13.2008 Foreclosures Triple in Hawaii on Poor Economy
The Associated Press via Forbes.com
Hawaii foreclosure filings tripled last month amid the ongoing economic downturn, research firm RealtyTrac said Thursday.
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11.12.2008 Foreclosures in Florida Likely to Hit in Waves
Jerry W. Jackson, Orlando Sentinel Staff Writer
Rick Sharga spoke this week with Orlando Sentinel staff writer Jerry W. Jackson while in Orlando for the National Association of Realtors' annual convention.
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11.12.2008 Foreclosures Spike 25 Percent Year-on-year
The Associated Press via MSNBC.com
The number of homeowners caught in the wave of foreclosures in October grew 25 percent nationally over the same month in 2007, according to RealtyTrac.
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11.12.2008 U.S. Foreclosure Filings Rose as Home Prices Fell
Dan Levy, Bloomberg News Staff Writer
More than a quarter million U.S. households received a foreclosure filing in October, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
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11.12.2008 85,000 Homes Lost in October
Catherine Clifford, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
In October, 279,561 borrowers received foreclosure filings, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.27.2008 Why Banks Are Reluctant To Redo Ailing Mortgages
Kenneth Stier, CNBC Staff Writer
"In my wildest dreams I couldn’t have imagined that the market could have gotten this much worse, as bad as it was last year,” says Rick Sharga, senior vice president of RealtyTrac.
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10.23.2008 House Hunters
Barbara Kiviat, TIME Magazine Staff Writer
So if you want to know numbers, there's a good chance you will turn to RealtyTrac, a company in Irvine, Calif., that has emerged as a go-to source for foreclosure data.
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10.23.2008 Housing Prices Tumble in August as Foreclosures Surge
Kathleen M. Howley and Dan Levy, Bloomberg Staff Writers
``The people living paycheck to paycheck are at risk if they lose their jobs,'' said Rick Sharga, vice president for marketing at RealtyTrac. ``It will cause more people to lose their homes.''
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10.23.2008 Naples Moves Up 10 Spots to 12th Nationally in Foreclosures
Laura Layden, Naples Daily News Staff Writer
Cape Coral-Fort Myers is third in the country for its foreclosure rate.
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10.22.2008 Under New Law, Foreclosure Notices Plummet in Inland Counties
Leslie Berkman, Press-Enterprise Staff Writer
The number of households notified that their homes are headed to foreclosure declined sharply from August to September across the Inland region and statewide, the effect of a new state law.
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10.22.2008 Minnesota Foreclosures Rise 42 Percent in September
Molly Priesmeyer, Minesota Independent Staff Writer
A recent report by RealtyTrac reveals that Minnesota foreclosures rose 42 percent in September compared to foreclosure filings during the same period in 2007.
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10.22.2008 Foreclosures Up in Richmond Area
Carol Hazard, Times-Dispatch Staff Writer
Foreclosures continue to mount, with the number of filings in the Richmond area nearly tripling in the third quarter from the year-earlier period, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.22.2008 Michigan Foreclosure Activity Slows
Greta Guest, Detroit Free Press Business Writer
Foreclosure activity slowed in September nationwide and in Michigan, according to figures out today from RealtyTrac Inc.
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10.22.2008 Albany, NY Foreclosures Jump 138 Percent in Year
Chris Churchill, Times Union Business Writer
The number of homes in foreclosure in the Capital Region jumped 138 percent in a year, but the area's foreclosure rate remains one of the nation's lowest, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.22.2008 US Foreclosure Filings Up 71 Percent in 3Q
Alan Zibel, Associated Press Staff Writer
The number of homeowners ensnared in the foreclosure crisis grew by more than 70 percent in the third quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2007, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.22.2008 81,312 Homes Lost to Foreclosure in September
Catherine Clifford, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
The housing crisis still has a choke hold on America: In September, 81,312 homes were lost to foreclosure, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.22.2008 Foreclosures Up 21 Percent From Year Ago
Ilaina Jonas, Reuters Staff Writer
Foreclosure activity in September rose 21 percent from a year earlier but fell by double-digits from the prior month as some state laws slowed the foreclosure process, according to RealtyTrac.
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10.03.2008 Foreclosures Creep Upmarket
Elsa Brenner, New York Times Staff Writer
What’s happening in Westchester is not atypical, said Rick Sharga, the vice president of RealtyTrac.
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09.23.2008 Bailout Must Address the Foreclosure Crisis
Bruce Marks, Boston Globe Guest Columnist
Congress and the Bush administration must address the underlying issue in the financial crisis - foreclosures.
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09.15.2008 America's Surprising Foreclosure Hot Spots
Lauren Sherman, Forbes.com Staff Writer
The crisis on Wall Street is shrinking net worths and erasing nest eggs. Next on the block: multimillion-dollar homes.
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09.15.2008 August Foreclosures Hit Another Record High
Les Christie, CNNMoney.com Staff Writer
Foreclosures hit another record high in August: 304,000 homes were in default and 91,000 families lost their houses.
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09.12.2008 Finding Profits in a Distressed Market
Vivian Marino, New York Times Staff Writer
Not everyone is fretting about the beleaguered housing market.
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09.11.2008 Foreclosures in N.J. Soared in August
Carol Fletcher, The Record Staff Writer
The number of New Jersey homes in some stage of foreclosure soared nearly 50 percent last month from August 2007, said RealtyTrac Inc., which monitors foreclosures nationally.
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09.11.2008 Seattle-area Foreclosures Soar
Aubrey Cohen, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Staff Writer
Seattle-area foreclosures were up 54 percent in August from a year earlier, according to RealtyTrac.
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08.31.2008 Foreclosures Keep Piling Up in Sacramento
Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee Staff Writer
One of every 145 households in Sacramento, El Dorado and Placer counties faced foreclosure in July – 5,290 properties – according to RealtyTrac.
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08.27.2008 Virginia Foreclosures Nearly Triple in a Year
Kristen Mack, Washington Post Staff Writer
Foreclosures in Virginia nearly tripled last month compared with July '07, with Northern Virginia accounting for more than half of the foreclosures.
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08.20.2008 Home Repossessions In Queens Up 374 Percent
Emilie Schneider, Queens Tribune Staff Writer
There were 109 repossessions this year, which were mainly residential, compared to 23 July 2007, according to information compiled by RealtyTrac, an online national database of foreclosures.
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