S&P: $460B Shadow Inventory Will Take 41 Months to Clear

By: Carrie Bay It’s no secret that the volume of distressed residential properties is weighing heavy on U.S. housing markets and is prolonging any meaningful recovery. Of even greater concern is the industry’s growing backlog of homes thatneed to be liquidated and resold but have yet to make their way to the market – that […]

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Shadow Inventory Variants Could Trigger Regional Price Declines: Report

By: Carrie Bay Regional variations in the shadow inventories of distressed U.S. mortgages could be an indicator of the direction home prices will take, according to a new report published by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services. The company’s analysts say differences in the backlog of distressed properties point to which markets will see home prices […]

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Threat of Shadow Inventory Diminishing: Barclays

Analysts at Barclays Capital say the industry’s ominous shadow inventory is close to topping out. New research published by the firm says the supply of homes nearing REO status, defined as 90 or more days delinquent or in the process of foreclosure, will peak this summer and then begin falling gradually as the market becomes […]

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