Las Vegas Sun NewsNevada suffers setback on foreclosure rate
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14 November 2012
9:01 p.m.
Just when it seemed Nevada’s foreclosure rate was improving, the state’s volume of distressed real estate catapulted last month. Nevada had the second-highest foreclosure rate in the country in October, with 1 in every 352 housing units saddled with foreclosure-related filings, according to a report published today by RealtyTrac. That’s up 41 percent from September, when Nevada ranked fifth-worst in the country with 1 in 496 homes in foreclosure. At the same time, it was down 47 percent from October 2011, the same month that Nevada’s “robo-signing law” took effect and helped slow the pace of these public auctions. Florida ...
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I am lost here, just how is this a surprise. The legislature stalled foreclosures and now they are catching back up. GOOD!
The unemployment rate just jumped also. And now we learn about the scandals in the DOD. Obama has allowed his lapdog media to release the truth now that it does not matter.
I have to agree with Longgun here, the foreclosures have still been here just in a state where they weren't complete and open on the market due to paper work.
I'm with longun45 here... just how is kicking the can down the road with the passage of AB 284 in October of 2011 and the inevitable finally taking place any surprise?
Was everybody all of a sudden going to start paying their mortgages because the foreclosure process laws were changed?
BTW.... Corelogic has Florida ranked #1 in the % of home loans 90+ days late. Nevada is ranked #2 in the country with about 11.2% of all home loans 90+ days late.
Get it over with or drag it out.... Either way, I highly doubt the 11.2% of Nevada homeowners with loans 90+ days late are all of a sudden going to cure the defaults and get current.