Friday, June 6, 2008

Florida Foreclosures, Miami Beach Real Estate

Florida Foreclosures are Increasing

The Miami Herald reported today that the rapidly declining property values pushed 77,000 homeowners into foreclosure during this latest surge in home-loan delinquencies we saw the first quarter of the year, a signal that instability in the Florida housing market is far from over.

According to a report released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association., Florida ranked second in the country in failing loans and California led the nation with 109,000 foreclosures. Texas, Michigan and Ohio, were the states with the next highest numbers which saw no more than 24,000 foreclosures during the same period.

Jay Brinkmann, vice president for research and economics with the MBA, said ''The problems in California and Florida are extraordinary; they are the main drivers of the national trend.''

One investor was forced to walk away from a $1.4 million home he began constructing on a Miami Beach waterfront home in 2004. He went into foreclosure in April and is negotiating a short sale, in which a lender settles for a partial payment of the loan.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I wonder if we've seen the bottom of this yet. I guess people will think harder about the 'i'll refinance it for better terms later' gamble.

Administrator said...

Well back then the banks were giving loans to anyone even those people that couldn't afford to make the payments. Lets hope the banks are a bit more careful in the future.
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