July 21, "Los Angeles is the city of dreams which can be seen from the fact that people are willing to spend enormous amounts of money in getting the home of their dreams. It is not at all surprising to see that for most people, owning a home in LA is a must have, even if they have to take out heavy loans from banks. There are some that are willing to shell out thousands of dollars on securing their dream home. But this need of the people comes at a heavy price as can be seen from the first half of the year 2010. There is an increase in the number of delinquencies and back payments on such houses, resulting in banks having no option but to repossess such homes," says ____________ of __________________
"While America is on the road to recovery after the economic slowdown and housing market slump, Los Angeles is not, as the worsening job scenario has resulted in numerous delinquencies that are affecting the real estate market. Although certain areas and houses such as medium priced houses have managed to stabilize, certain areas of California have started seeing an increase in the prices of houses. Such an increase results in people with bad credit scores applying for loans and when they fail to repay them within the stipulated period, their houses are repossessed."
Although most bank interest rates are at a 30 year low of 5%, people are not in a position to take up such fixed rate loans against mortgages due to a variety of recent negative factors, including foreclosures. According to a released report of real estate in Los Angeles, it has been stated that for six straight weeks, there has been a decline in people's willingness to purchase real estate. The report also suggested that compared to the previous month, there was a 10% fall in housing rates.
At the end of the third quarter, nearly 15% of all house loans in the US were foreclosed, with the majority of them being in Los Angeles, while this figure was only 13% at the end of the second quarter. In fact, it has been expected that all delinquencies on home in LA are set to rise until stabilization during the second quarter of next year. Normally all foreclosures usually continue to rise for around two quarters past the peak delinquency date, but this year, one can expect such foreclosures to rise for more than 2 quarters.
Due to the high number of foreclosed property being taken over by banks, they have the ability of selling such foreclosed property at competitive rates, due to a lowered demand for real estate. In most other US cities, when a bank takes over a property, they have to sell the foreclosed property for around 10% lower than normal estate prices. But in Los Angeles, it is possible to sell the foreclosed properties for the same prices as regular homes.
"We have established reports that show that home foreclosures in 2010 have increased at an alarming rate, indicating that such a trend is likely to continue. As of September 2009, there have been as many as one-seventh of all American home loans that are past their foreclosure date. This is the highest foreclosure rate since the last 30 years," says __________________. Even though there are numerous home owners that owe more on their homes than its present selling value, one should not be too concerned as eventually there should be a slowing down in the number of foreclosure sales resulting in the market picking up steam once again. Continuing toward 2011, there will be a slow increase in the Los Angeles foreclosure market, till it manages to stabilize itself.
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