On Thursday, January 19th, the Minnesota Homeownership Center released its year-end data on the aggregate number of Preforeclosure Notices received by foreclosure counselors in the Homeownership Advisors Network. The numbers continue to indicate that Minnesota is slowly emerging from the foreclosure crisis.
In the fourth quarter of 2011, members of the Homeownership Advisors Network received 12,016 preforeclosure notices, 30% fewer than during the same time period in 2010, reaching the lowest level reported since the state legislature required the notices in late 2008:
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On a yearly basis, Minnesota households received 24% fewer preforeclosure notices in 2011 than they did in 2010.
Most encouraging is that the fact that the numbers of preforeclosure notices received is down in every county in the Metro area. In addition, every agency in the Homeownership Advisors Network reported receiving fewer notices in the fourth quarter of 2011 than in the third, AND reported receiving fewer notices in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010.
While these numbers are encouraging, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that they still show that more 54,500 households continued to struggle with delinquent mortgages in 2011:
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Here's the breakdown for the number of preforeclosure notices received by members of the Homeownership Advisors Network in the 7-county metro area:
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As background, Minnesota state law (MN Statute 580.021) requires that the foreclosing party provide information regarding foreclosure prevention counseling services to the mortgagor (homeowner) and provide the homeowner’s name, address, and most recent known telephone number to an approved foreclosure prevention counseling agency before filing the notice of pendency.
Once the Minnesota Homeownership Center's network of foreclosure counselors receives notification from the lender/servicer/homeowners association, they then contact the homeowner, and track the number of notifications received during the month in their monthly reporting to the Center.
If you or someone you know is struggling with their mortgage payment, new programs, resources and assistance are becoming available all the time. Don’t give up… contact a foreclosure counselor that is a member of the Homeownership Advisors Network today to see if there’s help available for you to avoid foreclosure. Even if you’re not yet behind, now is the time to call. To find your local foreclosure counselor, click here.
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