
Arizona State has been ranked third in the total foreclosure filings in the US country, behind California and Florida. The State was the most sought after location for home buying by many Americans, because of employment potential, financial affluence and good living conditions.
During the real estate boom years, home buyers vied with each other in acquiring pieces of properties at high prices and ironically this has been the reason for the abundance of bank owned homes in Arizona now.
Arising out of the foreclosure crisis sweeping the US country, dramatic changes in the real estate market took place, rendering millions of home owners to forfeit their equities to the foreclosure tornado, including the owners of the present bank owned homes in Arizona.
Banks extended home loans liberally, at times based on the “stated income” of the barrowers, without scrutinizing well the repayment capacity of the persons and there was laxity in giving away home loans to even persons with doubtful credit history. Many of the barrowers were the owners of the present bank owned homes in Arizona, who aspired for properties beyond their levels of income at very high prizes.
The US economy slid downwards during the later part of 2005, bringing with it cyclical reactions in the financial markets and thereby the banks as mortgage lenders. The ballooning effect of the floating interest rates made many home owners of the properties listed now for distress sale under homes in Arizona to default in repayments.
Banks of Arizona had no choice other than resorting to foreclosure of these properties to retrieve the capital invested in them and eventually thousands of properties piled up in their books.
As per foreclosure laws of Arizona State, banks can initiate out of Court Trustee sale of properties foreclosed, within a short time compared to other States and this is the primary reason for a large number of properties lying under homes in Arizona.
As of date, out of the total 95,804 foreclosure properties, a majority of them are homes in Arizona. Contrary to common belief that foreclosed properties will be in a dilapidated condition, most of the homes are good and formidable properties ideal for American life-styles.
Thousands of dollars in the negotiated sale price of these homes in Arizona can be saved as they are under distress sale and carry an urgency to be sold out. Real estate circles estimate nearly 43% of savings can be expected for home buyers in buying properties from bank owned homes in Arizona.