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Foreclosure Filings Plunge as Bank Delays Mask ‘True Face’ of U.S. Crisis
By Dan Levy - Jun 16, 2011
Foreclosure filings in the U.S. tumbled last month to the lowest in almost four years as banks weighed down by an
increasing inventory of seized homes delayed processing defaults, according to RealtyTrac Inc.
A total of 214,927 properties received default, auction or repossession notices in May, the fewest since November
2007, the Irvine, California-based data company said today in a statement. Filings dropped 33 percent from a year
earlier and 2 percent from April. One in 605 households got a notice.
Click here to read the full article
Credit Card Debt on the Rise Again
By Blake Ellis September 22, 2011
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – Consumers are racking up credit card debt like it’s 2008.
Americans added $18.4 billion to their debt load in the second quarter, a 66% increase from the debt they
accumulated in the same quarter last year and 368% more than they tacked on in 2009, according to credit card
research firm CardHub.com
In fact, the last time consumers charged up this much debt during this time period was in 2008 – several months
after the recession officially began and when credit card balances climbed by $25.2 billion.
Click here to read the full article
Fixing U.S. foreclosures may take a year: Regulator
By Alan Zibel Sept. 23, 2011
WASHINGTON – (MarketWatch) = U.S. banks may take at least another year to sort through millions of foreclosure
files and fix improper foreclosure practices, a top federal bank regulator said Friday.
John Walsh, acting head of the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, said 14 major banks will have to
go through an expensive and time consuming process of reaching out to borrowers and fixing internal foreclosure-
processing systems over the next year.
Click here to read the full article
By Dan Levy - Jun 16, 2011
Foreclosure filings in the U.S. tumbled last month to the lowest in almost four years as banks weighed down by an
increasing inventory of seized homes delayed processing defaults, according to RealtyTrac Inc.
A total of 214,927 properties received default, auction or repossession notices in May, the fewest since November
2007, the Irvine, California-based data company said today in a statement. Filings dropped 33 percent from a year
earlier and 2 percent from April. One in 605 households got a notice.
Click here to read the full article
Credit Card Debt on the Rise Again
By Blake Ellis September 22, 2011
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – Consumers are racking up credit card debt like it’s 2008.
Americans added $18.4 billion to their debt load in the second quarter, a 66% increase from the debt they
accumulated in the same quarter last year and 368% more than they tacked on in 2009, according to credit card
research firm CardHub.com
In fact, the last time consumers charged up this much debt during this time period was in 2008 – several months
after the recession officially began and when credit card balances climbed by $25.2 billion.
Click here to read the full article
Fixing U.S. foreclosures may take a year: Regulator
By Alan Zibel Sept. 23, 2011
WASHINGTON – (MarketWatch) = U.S. banks may take at least another year to sort through millions of foreclosure
files and fix improper foreclosure practices, a top federal bank regulator said Friday.
John Walsh, acting head of the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, said 14 major banks will have to
go through an expensive and time consuming process of reaching out to borrowers and fixing internal foreclosure-
processing systems over the next year.
Click here to read the full article
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