LOS ANGELES — The evolution of the U.S. foreclosure crisis is increasingly diverging along state lines. On a national level, fewer homes were placed on the foreclosure track last month than in August last year, when they hit a 17-year ...

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LOS ANGELES — Sales of bank-owned homes and those already on the foreclosure path fell sharply in the second quarter, reflecting a thinner slate of properties for sale in many cities as banks take a measured approach to placing homes ...

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LOS ANGELES — Sales of bank-owned homes and those already on the foreclosure path fell sharply in the second quarter, reflecting a thinner slate of properties for sale in many cities as banks take a measured approach to placing homes ...

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More U.S. homes started on the foreclosure path in July, as lenders tackled a backlog of mortgages gone unpaid even as they pulled back on home repossessions. The number of homes that received an initial notice of default — the ...

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IRVINE, Calif. — California is still dominating the foreclosure scene. California cities made up seven of the top 10 metro areas with the highest rates of new foreclosures in the first six months of this year, according to data released ...

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LOS ANGELES — Banks are increasingly placing homes with unpaid mortgages on a countdown that could deliver a swell of new foreclosed properties onto the market by early next year, potentially weighing further on home values. June provided the latest ...

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LOS ANGELES — Lenders initiated foreclosure proceedings against more U.S. homeowners in May, setting the stage for increases in home repossessions and short sales — scenarios that could further weigh down home values in coming months. Default or scheduled-home-auction notices ...

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Maryland continues to stay below the national rate of foreclosure home sales, with such properties accounting for about 13 percent of all homes sold in the state in the first quarter. Nationally, homes in some stage of foreclosure or bank-owned ...

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LOS ANGELES — Homes in some stage of the foreclosure process saw their share of overall U.S. home sales grow in the first quarter even as sales of bank-owned homes fell. The increase was driven by a spike in short ...

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National foreclosure filings in April hit the lowest monthly total since July 2007, a new report by the data firm RealtyTrac shows. The filings, which include default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions, were reported on 188,780 properties in the ...

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