The FDIC is going to do something it has never done before organize an online real estate auction.
The online auction will be managed by Micoley Auctions and the properties auctioned will be concentrated in the Midwest region, with assets in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
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RealtyTrac's year-end report released Thursday shows foreclosure filings - including default, auction, and bank repossession notices - were reported on 1,887,777 U.S. properties in 2011. Of that total, 804,423 homes were taken back by lenders as REO. Last year's tally of nearly 1.9 million properties with a foreclosure filing seems staggering, but it's actually the lowest reported since 2007. It's 34 percent below 2010, 33 percent below 2009, and 19 percent below the 2008 total.
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Foreclosure activity slipped 3 percent in November when compared to the previous month, but filings at various stages of the process showed starkly different movements, according to RealtyTrac's latest market report. Scheduled auctions hit a nine-month high following the default surge that began in August. At the same time, RealtyTrac says REO activity is at a 44-month low. Total filings are down by double-digits from a year ago, but RealtyTrac doesn't view the numbers as the making of a trend.
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Hudson & Marshall conducted an REO auction event for HUD in Las Vegas earlier this month targeting owner-occupants. The result? There are now more than 100 new owners of homes throughout both Nevada and Arizona that were previously sitting idle and vacant as part of the government's foreclosed inventory. The Las Vegas event was the culmination of a five-week aggressive marketing campaign, and was conducted in conjunction with BLB Resources.
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Hudson & Marshall has once again been selected to partner with HUD to auction over 100 foreclosed homes located in Nevada and Arizona. The auction will take place this Saturday, November 5th at the JW Marriott in Las Vegas. There will be two separate auction events on that day - one strictly for owner occupants and the second open to all bidders, including investors. HUD will pay a 3 percent selling agent commission to qualified brokers who are registered with HUD.
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National real estate auction firm Hudson & Marshall donated $65,000 to the Military Warriors Support Foundation on Monday. The foundation provides assistance to combat-wounded veterans during their transition to civilian life through a variety of programs, offering a gateway to education, life skills, employment, and homeownership.
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Auction.com announced this week that it achieved $453 million in sales - with over $600 million in unpaid principal balances sold - in its recent online auction of nonperforming notes and commercial REO properties located throughout the Southeastern United States. On behalf of its 10 institutional clients participating, Auction.com sold 187 assets, and garnered a purchase price-to-reserve rate of 111 percent.
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Having fallen to its lowest level in three years, California's rate of foreclosure filings rose up to come back in line with recent rates, according to the latest information from DataQuick. Filings increased by nearly 26 percent between the second and third quarters. At the same time, the share of properties purchased at foreclosure auctions by investors or other non-lender, non-government entities is growing. Homes that foreclosed in the third quarter took about 9.9 months from the notice of default to the final foreclosure.
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Continental REO (CREO) recently named Chrystal Streicher to fill its newly-created lead auction specialist position. Streicher has nine years of industry experience, including more than four years with CREO. Streicher began her career at Netco as a title examiner, working her way up to title supervisor in just three years. She then served as a closing assistant for Southern Title Services in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Two real estate investors are pleading guilty to mail fraud and bid rigging at public foreclosure auctions in Northern California, according to the Department of Justice. The investors conspired with others to quash competition for properties at foreclosure auctions in Alameda and Contra Costa counties in 2009 and 2010. The duo also admitted to committing mail fraud by using mail to organize their own private auctions open only to co-conspirators.
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