What a mess the U.S. housing market is! RealtyTrac has announced that foreclosure filings in the U.S. will establish an all time record for the second consecutive year in 2009. A record 3.9 million notices will be sent to homeowners in default by the time the year ends. Never before has there been a time when so many Americans were in need of foreclosure help. RealtyTrac also announced that foreclosure filings exceeded 300,000 for the ninth straight month in November. The truth is that millions of Americans are losing their homes and the foreclosure epidemic is not showing any signs of abating any time soon. Millions more American families will be facing foreclosure in 2010 unless the U.S. economy makes a miraculous recovery - and the odds of that happening are somewhere between slim and none. (Read More.....)
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Falling behind on your mortgage is a very serious event in any persons life. I am here to tell you there are many ways to save your home before you get to the point of eviction. In some states it takes up to 12 months before the eviction process happens, and in other areas it can happen as soon as 30 to 90 days. Texas residents could find the foreclosure process completed in only around 45 days. It greatly depends on the law and the mortgage holder and how aggressively they pursue your case. 
Reality Trac had commented that 70% of current mortgage defaults are currently not listed in MLS, they are kept off the books because it would impact the economy which would cause catastrophe in the stock markets and our dollar. Up to 9 million homes may enter foreclosure over the 2009-2011 period, versus one million in a typical year. At roughly U.S. $50,000 per foreclosure according to a 2006 study by the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank, 9 million foreclosures represents $450 billion in losses 
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