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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 07:29 AM Original message |
Foreclosure activity falls 10% in January |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. banks are dragging their feet on loan mods..that is why...and short sales |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. OK, I'm seriously confused. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The headline does appear to misstate the content in that regard. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, contrary to the nay-sayers, there are positive signs. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It's a 15% INCREASE from January 2009. A 10% dip from December 2009. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Which is exactly what I said here: |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I replied to the original content of your post, not the edited content. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I edited it before you posted your post in reply. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. How id Jan 2009 - Dec 2010 a more valid comparison? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Your dates are off badly. I'm comparing Dec 09 with Jan 10. A month. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Typo. Should have been Dec 2009 - Jan 2010. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. well, we're even on snafus, anyway |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Thats good news to me.. or would you rather it had gone up from December?? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Read Post #8. This is not positive news. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Regardless its still good news. Any decrease is a step in the right direction. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. "These numbers" indicate no such thing. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Comparisons to last year are misleading.. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. millions are bogged down in attempted loan mods which is why the foreclosures have slowed |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Perhaps, but I am just thrilled not to see a massive increase.. as many have been predicting. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. hang on to your hat...either the banks are pressured to actually do some of these loan mods |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. but their monthly payments have not changed.. right?? |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. if they have jobs? and no unforeseen medical expenses? or commissions which dried up? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Well we will see what happens next few months.. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. i want you to know that i hope its real as well |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:58 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I hear you.. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Yes, they do. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I understand your explanation, I just don't agree with your premise. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. I don't deny that I factor my optimism into the equation. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yes, it helps if one imagines a curve on a graph. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Exactly.. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
11. The real problem is that the foreclosure rate is still higher than in January 2009. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Is it getting worse or getting better? It's getting better. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yes, but wild fluctuations tend to give errant results if the timeframe is too short. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I'm taking into account my accumulated knowledge of the market. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. it is not getting better as nothing has been done to stop it..nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Yes, it is getting better. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. nope...media hogwash..nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I do the math. The media is months behind me. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. are you including short sales in your math? |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
16. typo: "That's 15% fewer than a year earlier." |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. More housing good news -- home prices beginning to stabilize... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. We don't want to hear no stinkin' good news around here. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Yes, I noticed.. |
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