Special
thanks to Aaron Dickinson for reminding us that we hadn’t released our first
quarter pre-foreclosure data. THANKS
AARON!
On Thursday, June 7th, the Minnesota
Homeownership Center released its data on the aggregate number of
Preforeclosure Notices received by foreclosure counselors in the Homeownership
Advisors Network for the first quarter of 2012 (January through March).
The numbers, while increasing slightly from Q4 2011, show that the number
of struggling households in Minnesota continues its downward trend.
In the first quarter of 2012, members of the Homeownership Advisors Network
received 12,106 preforeclosure notices, up very slightly (.75%) from Q4 2011,
but 17% fewer than during the same time period in 2011:
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Encouragingly, the number of pre-foreclosure
notices is down in every area of the state… except for two areas that
seem to have bucked the downward trend.
We’ll continue to monitor these two areas to see if this is a trend… or
just an anomaly:
- Scott & Carver Counties reported an increase of 7% (From 558 to 599 notifications); and
- Wilkin & Clay Counties reported a 40% increase – although small numeric changes in this area can show large variations in the percentage (40 households received a notice in Q1 2011, while 56 households received a notification in Q1 2012).
While these numbers are encouraging, there were
still over 12,000 households that received a preforeclosure
notice in the first quarter of 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.
Most importantly, 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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