So lots of you might be happy with a proposed freeze on foreclosures. This is not good news for us here in Arizona.
Data from RealtyTrac Inc. showed that the sale of properties in foreclosure has been brisk in states like Nevada, Arizona and California. Some of the cities which saw the greatest expansion during the real estate boom such as Las Vegas, Phoenix and Los Angeles have also been the same areas which have witnessed a greater percentage of sales coming from foreclosures That is, until the recent wave of foreclosure freezes began occurring all across the country.
In these areas, having foreclosures frozen is very possibly the worst thing that could have happened to markets which were already struggling as a result of the housing crisis. Data from the report showed that sales of foreclosures made up 56 percent of Nevada-based transactions, 47 percent of transactions in Arizona and 43 percent of those occurring in Southern California. This means that freezing foreclosures also means freezing new home sales.
Major lenders including J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of America, GMAC and PNC Financial services have all halted foreclosure proceedings. What began as a series of apparently isolated incidences has now spread to all 50 states. Experts now believe that it is unclear exactly what the extent of the problem might be and how long it might take to resolve.
This slows down the clearing out process that is necessary to bring the Real Estate market back to health and prolong the protracted period of recovery. Not good news…
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