More News
- Page Two
- News Links
Anarchives
Radio/TV
- Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock
Letters To Editor
- List of Letters
- Write a Letter
Join Us
Marketplace
- Buy Stuff - Sell Stuff
- Store on CafePress.com
Special Editions
RSS Feeds
About Us
Log-In

Make a Comment • Email Link • Send Letter to Editor

IPFS News Link • Housing

10 Charts: The Housing Market is Entering The Second Wave Down

05-13-2010 • DoctorHousingBubble.com

The ultimate sign of housing distress is foreclosure. This should be obvious. So for all the talk of a housing recovery I point to the above chart. Today, as in right now, we are in record territory for the number of homes in foreclosure. 14 percent of all U.S. mortgages are in some form of foreclosure. If you do the rough math, this equates to: 51 million x .14 = 7,140,000 mortgages in default or 30+ days late I always get this question about how folks arrive at the figure of 7 million. The above equation should give you an idea. This by the way is not a good situation. And with many toxic loans including option ARMs and Alt-As still lingering in the market, we have a few more years of problems baked in unfortunately.

Read Full Story

Reported By Jack Gregson

Make a Comment • Email Link • Send Letter to Editor