2013-10-11mortgagenewsdaily.com

``As of August there were approximately 939,000 homes in the national foreclosure inventory, i.e. homes in some stage of foreclosure. This is a 33 percent drop from the 1.4 million homes in the inventory in August 2012. Month over month, the foreclosure inventory was down 3.2 percent. The inventory represents 2.4 percent of all homes with a mortgage; a year earlier the inventory was at 3.3 percent.

The serious delinquency rate, that is homes that are 90 days or more past due, was 5.3 percent at the end of August or 2.1 million mortgages. This is the lowest serious delinquency rate since December 2008.

"The foreclosure inventory continues to improve, as exhibited by these recent numbers," said Dr. Mark Fleming, chief economist for CoreLogic. "A surge in completed foreclosures and a rise in the foreclosure inventory is unlikely given continued house price improvements and shortages of supply in many markets." ''



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