The number of foreclosure filings in the U.S. during the first quarter of 2012 was down 16 percent from the opening quarter of 2011, possibly signaling a “hairline crack” in the pent-up housing market, a new report released Thursday said. ...

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NEW YORK — Bank of America says it has begun a pilot program offering some of its mortgage customers who are facing foreclosure a chance to stay in their homes by becoming renters instead of owners. The “Mortgage to Lease” ...

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While the number of foreclosure filings in the United States decreased by 2 percent from January to February, the Baltimore metropolitan area saw a 32 percent increase, new data show. There were 698 foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions ...

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LOS ANGELES — Foreclosure activity surged last month across about half of the nation’s states, as banks tackled a backlog of homes with mortgages that had gone unpaid yet remained in limbo due to delays stemming from foreclosure-abuse claims. The ...

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Homes that were in some stage of foreclosure or bank-owned accounted for 24 percent of fourth-quarter sales in the country, a 4 percentage point increase from the previous quarter, but down 2 percentage points from the corresponding period last year, ...

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LOS ANGELES — Banks took back more U.S. homes in January than in the previous month, the latest sign that foreclosures are accelerating after slowing sharply last year while lenders sorted out foreclosure-abuse claims. Foreclosures rose 8 percent nationally last ...

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A new report shows a 34 percent decline in the number of foreclosure filings in the United States last year, to the lowest level since 2007. RealtyTrac, an online foreclosure data firm, released its year-end report Thursday. In it, figures ...

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LOS ANGELES — More U.S. homes entered the foreclosure process in October than in the previous month, with Florida, Pennsylvania and Indiana registering among the largest monthly increases, new data show. Some 77,733 properties received an initial default notice last ...

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President Barack Obama is offering mortgage relief to struggling homeowners in hard-hit Nevada and around the country — saying he can’t wait for an “increasingly dysfunctional Congress” to act. The president said Monday that “where they won’t act, I will.” ...

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Recently, there has been much speculation about whether or not we might be on the verge of a double-dip recession. Similarly, in some localities, real estate appears to be sluggish, if not stalled. The economy as a whole and the ...

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