[quote author="stepping_up" date=1254911555][quote author="EvaLSeraphim" date=1254910332][quote author="graphrix" date=1254889704]Nice! The pace of foreclosures continues to exceed the pace of REO sales. I will have to wait for the DQ numbers to come out, but judging from the FR numbers this should add another 150 or so to the list. That signals we should be headed for 9000+ in shadow inventory before the end of the year. Plus, this will drop the 3mo. avg. down and bump up the months of inventory.</blockquote>
Not to go all Geoptf(?) on you, but if banks are required to honor the terms of existing rental leases, I would think that we couldn't count those units as shadow inventory until the leases are up. Or, maybe my thinking is wrong, and the banks can still list those properties, but any buyer would have to buy them with possession subject to the existing lease, in which case they could be "shadow inventory."
Thoughts?</blockquote>
If I understand correctly, only Freddie and Fannie loans require honoring the leases and during the bubble not many loans were FM or FM. Still, I don't understand where all the REO's are???? I mean we know they are there, but they are just not being listed. I'm not a big fan of conspiracy theories, but the line about the banks not having enough people to churn them seems lame because they are churning fewer and fewer than they were before. Something is definitely odd.</blockquote>
It isn't only Fannie and Freddie, it is a new law that was passed about 3-6 months ago. It applies to banks and investors at the foreclosure auction. Deuce linked it for awgee when I was too lazy, as I am now, to look it up. You have to honor the lease or give them enough cash for the keys to leave. I also noted how an investor caught a guy forging a lease and had to have him arrested.
However, my thoughts: I do not think this is the problem on why the banks are not churning the properties faster. Part of it still has to do with man power, but more of it may be due to political power. I track several homes and even keep an eye on several homes I pass by on a daily basis that I know are REO. Countryfried is usually pretty good about getting the owner/tenant/squatter out and getting the home to market, but... in areas where they have a high concentration of REOs they seem to really lag. One in particular was taken back in the beginning of May and they didn't boot the "owners" out until July. Then it sat until August once they got around to cleaning the place out of the personal belongings and putting up the "no trespassing" signs. Just recently they got around to placing the "NO PARKING" signs and that your vehicle could be towed because it is in a permit only parking neighborhood (gasp... it isn't even in Irvine and they enforce the CC&Rs
if you park in the driveway (because people know that it is REO and have been parking there for months). And... it is still not listed and it has not been sold, not even in bulk purchase because the owner on title is still "CWMBS INC TRUST 2007-11".
Why would they do this? 1. They know how the $8k credit has helped them, so why not wait for the extension of the credit and the possible increase to $15k. 2. They know there are several LARGE vulture funds are waiting for Q1 and Q2 of 2010 to pounce and buy in LARGE bulk purchases. If you were a bank, wouldn't you hold out on this kind of hope, especially when we know that the $8k credit will be extended and increased to $15k? And you have had discussions with LARGE vulture funds with cash waiting to buy in bulk? I know I would!
<em>Disclosure: Part of above is purely opinion, while it may become factual, there are no guarantees and pure speculation on my part. Some comes from personal inside knowledge, however it is not in my control, and minds/business can change without notice and should be considered as pure speculation on my part. Take it for what it is worth, while it may be true at the moment, in the future there is no guarantee. However, if none of which I speak of is true, then many banks are fawked and I will be shorting the shite out of them if this speculation does not come to fruition.</em>