Foreclosed Properties

Foreclosed properties are nothing new in the mortgage world. When the borrower fails to pay the monthly installment then the borrower is said to be in default. When the default is over 90 days then the loan becomes delinquent. At this point a foreclosure notice is sent. The lender seeks the permission of the court to foreclose on the property and realize dues. Since the last two years or so there have been millions of foreclosed properties. Most of these emanate from subprime loans with ARM or floating interest. As soon as the interests began to increase, the borrowers faltered and the result was these countless foreclosed properties. The sub-prime loans were given to those with weak credit and could not avail of prime loans. The income of the borrower was not verified. Loans were distributed willy-nilly. This lead to a housing boom. But since the busting of the boom foreclosed properties have begun to flood the country.

Foreclosed properties are leading to many problems. The lenders are finding their hands full with too many foreclosed properties. They are trying to sell these foreclosed properties to realize dues but there are no takers in the market despite heavy discounts being offered by the banks. The real estate has more foreclosed properties than buyers and hence the real estate market is falling. Innumerable vacant foreclosed properties continue to surge and lash the economy. This is because more often than not the value of the foreclosed properties is less than the loan amount. So borrowers do not feel it is worth it to go on with the mortgage. They are handing back the keys to the lenders.

Vacant foreclosed properties are creating another sort of problems. These are attracting crime and vitiating the atmosphere in the locality. Neighbours are finding it difficult to continue with normal life with arsonists and drug peddlers swarming in the empty houses. With the fall in real estate market houses are not selling and the government is not getting sufficient revenue to carry on with regular business – leave alone extra work due to the innumerable empty units. Things have come to such a head that the city of Vallejo in California has had to file for bankruptcy. Many others will soon be following. The courts are facing huge backlogs in work. The infrastructure of tackling with such huge numbers of foreclosed properties All told the country is on the verge of recession.

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