Spike in Ventura County foreclosures
By Don | April 15, 2009
Today’s Wall Street Journal front page headline states “Banks Ramp Up Foreclosures” and a look at Ventura County’s March foreclosure filings as published by ForeclosureListService.com confirms that headline.The WSJ article stated Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Wells Fargo and J.P. Morgan Chase have lifted internal moratoriums on foreclosures. Now these lenders say they are determining which troubled borrowers are candidates for help (through programs like Hope for Homeowners) and those who will face foreclosure.
Here are Ventura County’s foreclosure filings as taken from ForeclosureListService.com. The first column is Notice of Default, the second column is the Notice of Trustee Sale, and the last column are Trustee Deed filings.
January, 2008 |
727 |
431 | 294 |
February | 748 | 272 | 312 |
March | 795 | 498 | 240 |
April | 847 | 567 | 338 |
May | 783 | 639 | 378 |
June | 805 | 682 | 448 |
July | 712 | 705 | 459 |
August | 749 | 676 | 538 |
September | 273 | 337 | 461 |
October | 263 | 411 | 251 |
November | 452 | 489 | 256 |
December | 756 | 451 | 253 |
January, 2009 | 754 | 408 | 237 |
February | 908 | 326 | 245 |
March | 1109 | 591 | 207 |