djc
03-07-2008, 03:51 AM
Foreclosures set a record, showing housing pain, threat to economy
WASHINGTON - Home foreclosures soared to an all-time high in the final quarter of last year and are likely to keep on rising, underscoring the suffering of distressed homeowners and the growing danger the housing meltdown poses for the economy.
The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a quarterly snapshot of the mortgage market released Thursday, said the proportion of all mortgages nationwide that fell into foreclosure shot up to a record high of 0.83 percent in the October-to-December quarter. That surpassed the previous high of 0.78 percent set in the prior quarter.
"Clearly it's the worst it's been," chief association economist Doug Duncan said in an interview with The Associated Press.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23500952/
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WASHINGTON - Home foreclosures soared to an all-time high in the final quarter of last year and are likely to keep on rising, underscoring the suffering of distressed homeowners and the growing danger the housing meltdown poses for the economy.
The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a quarterly snapshot of the mortgage market released Thursday, said the proportion of all mortgages nationwide that fell into foreclosure shot up to a record high of 0.83 percent in the October-to-December quarter. That surpassed the previous high of 0.78 percent set in the prior quarter.
"Clearly it's the worst it's been," chief association economist Doug Duncan said in an interview with The Associated Press.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23500952/
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