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Monday, September 20, 2010

Record Number of US Homes Seized by Banks

More US homes were repossessed by banks in August—more than 95,000—than in any other month in history, according to realtytrac.com, a real estate marketplace. The company expects 1.2 million bank repossessions this year, a level 12 times higher than in 2005, when there were only 100,000.

Every month, the company releases a summary of all foreclosure actions, which includes bank repossessions. Realtytrac said that the number of foreclosures increased 4 percent last month, but was down by 5 percent compared with a year earlier.'

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1 comment:

  1. Yes, they seize people's homes and sell them cheap at auction. Does that make ANY sense at all?

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