Banks in the North Carolina Observed an Increase in Foreclosure Properties
In the past entire year of 2009, the prices of the properties that came into foreclosure and were owned by banks in the Triangle region of were up by over 300 percent. According to the statistics that were published for 2009, the prices of the properties in that region increased by many times. Compared to the previous records of the banks of the states the prices were much higher. In 2009, the total value of the commercial real properties, single houses, multifamily foreclosed homes and that were on sale was $400 million. Compared to the total value of the properties of $90 million in the year before 2009, it has increased a lot. Within a single year, these cheap homes were transferred into highly priced real estate properties.
Based on the statics, it was confirmed that not all of these properties were in the same Triangle Region. However, they are in the listings of the banks that have headquarters in that specific region. The homes that came under the foreclosure postings of the entire state of North Carolina, and were included in the listings of the banks that has head quarters there, has seen a rise in the prices by 60 percent from the previous year of 2009. In 2009, they reached $5.4 billion. These statics were entirely based on data that was given to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. by the banks. It was also derived from recent studies of the Forum Capital. Among the total foreclosed properties of several Southeastern states, these properties represent 40 percent among them, according to the studies. Moreover, these properties comprised over 10 percent of the bad debt seized properties across the country.
The foreclosed properties by banks almost 80 percent of them were under the listings of the several larger financial institutions of that region such as Bank of America, Wachovia and BB&T. These properties were valued at almost $5.4 billion. These financial institutions, such as BB&T, Wachovia and Bank of America, owned 1.6 billion, $1.1 billion and $1.9 billion worth of foreclosed properties for sale, respectively.
It is speculated by many of the market analysts that most of the banks own these properties in the hope that the market will revive again, and that the price of these properties will also rise again, which they will be able to sell at much higher prices. Banking officials have stated, “the rule governing banks being allowed to have holding options largely depends on individual housing markets.”
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