Summary Box: Layoffs drive foreclosures to new record in 2nd quarter
By APThursday, August 20, 2009
Summary Box: Foreclosures hit new record
WHAT HAPPENED?: A quarterly report released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association found that more than 13 percent of American homeowners with a mortgage have fallen behind on their payments or are in foreclosure.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?: It’s another new record, and an indication that the foreclosure crisis is still getting worse as layoffs continue to soar.
WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE ECONOMY?: Foreclosures won’t stop rising until around six months after layoffs peak. And economists don’t expect unemployment, now at 9.4 percent, to crest until this winter at the earliest.
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August 21, 2009: 8:56 pm
Foreclosures are high again. Things are complicated for those who have debt with mortgage. Something must be done, cause all the Government actions were fail up to now! |
Kevin Simpson