Mortgage Foreclosure Law Revisions Advised ABC News Foreclosures in Hawaii have plummeted 53 percent since the Legislature passed sweeping mortgage legislation last year, officials said Thursday. Hawaii had the nation's 11th highest foreclosure rate in 2010, prompting lawmakers to establish a Mortgage ...
RealtyTrac: Hawaii foreclosures cut in half in 2011 Pacific Business News The number of foreclosures in Hawaii dropped by half last year as lenders grappled with a state law that changed the way they could file nonjudicial foreclosures, according to new data from RealtyTrac . Statewide, a total of 6012 homes, ...
Foreclosure notices stay with print papers Crosscut (blog) By Floyd McKay They've called off the cavalry in Olympia — Washington's small-newspaper publishers on Tuesday quashed a Senate bill that would have required all residential foreclosure notices to be published on the Internet, a move that the papers ...
Foreclosure-related home sales rise 23% Honolulu Star-Advertiser By Andrew Gomes Mortgage lenders — who stopped conducting out-of-court home foreclosures in Hawaii last May because of a controversial new law — still have a significant inventory of repossessed homes to sell, according to a new report.
What's next for Occupy Wall Street? Activists target foreclosure crisis. Christian Science Monitor As the protest movement heads into spring, Occupy Wall Street activists are interrupting foreclosure auctions and helping families re-occupy their homes. By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke, Contributor / January 29, 2012 Protesters from the Occupy movement and ...
States where citizens carry the most mortgage debt msnbc.com The state had the 12th-fewest foreclosures in December, and the average credit score per resident is 12th best. Hawaii has the highest median home value in the country at $525000. This is $154000 more than the next highest state.
Next up for 'occupy' activists? Foreclosure crisis. Alaska Dispatch The movement that claimed to speak for “the 99 percent” and made income inequality part of the national discussion now is organizing protests at housing auctions to support those affected by the foreclosure crisis. “At first, we were occupying parks, ...
Foreclosure Sales Rate 4 Times Faster in Non-Judicial States eCreditDaily.com The foreclosure crisis is very much a tale of two states – judicial versus non-judicial. In the 23 states were a judge has the final say, the foreclosure pipeline has stalled, compared to the 27 states with a non-judicial and quicker process.
Feb. 1 — At The Ledge Honolulu Civil Beat (blog) The agenda includes measures allowing gaming on Hawaiian home lands. • Senate Commerce and Consumer Affairs will meet at 9 am in Conference Room 229. The agenda includes a number of measures related to mortgage foreclosures.
Foreclosures continue to flood local housing market WTOP Foreclosure sale prices are also increasing slightly in Virginia. Foreclosures sold for an average of $236190, which is much higher compared to Maryland and much of the country. In fact, the only state that had higher foreclosure prices was Hawaii.