RealtyStore.com and Foreclosure.com listings analyzed through a random sampling of 100 properties nationwide.
Observations:
20% of RealtyStore.com listings sampled appeared on foreclosure.com as “inactive,” while the listing on RealtyStore were either “new” or “active.” Many times this signifies stale or outdated information.
Example 1:
113 Viaduct Pescara, American Canyon, CA 94503 is listed as “active” on RealtyStore.com. See image below:

The same property on Foreclosure.com is listed as “inactive” and with the address: 113 Via Pescara- which also happens to be the correct address. See image below:

When cross referenced with …

Here is a brief synopsis on the latest foreclosure news to hit the press.
Washington Post: In an attempted to curb Maryland foreclosure rates, state legislation passed a program giving the homeowners a legal right to mediate with their lenders. Under the mediation program the lender is required to send a loan modification application to the defaulter.
Reuters: According to a recent poll, “U.S. consumers are less interested in buying a foreclosed home than they were a year ago.” Reporter Lynn Adler suggests this could lead to an increased backlog of foreclosed …

Ok, not really, but the headlines covering 2009 foreclosures may as well have purported such a figure. CNNMoney.com offered an article titled, “Record 3 million households hit with foreclosure in 2009.” The article written by Les Christie and published on January 14, 2010 seemingly reports three million foreclosures last year or at least that’s what the headline reads.
Let’s hope visitors to the site at least read through the first paragraph which states, “Almost 3 million homeowners received at least one foreclosure filing during 2009.”
Even more so, let’s …

As 2009 comes to a close let us revisit some of the top stories of the year. Undoubtedly the year was awash in news of a depressed economy and a depressed real estate market. However, with the cyclic nature of both these areas, we can only wait and see what developments arise in the coming year, and in the coming decade.
January 2009
Foreclosure Research reports mixed figures on foreclosure filings and REOs for 2008.
According to RealtyTrac there were a total of 3.16 million filings for the year. ForeclosureS.com reported …

While browsing foreclosure data on Zillow.com, a property came up with the following comment in the Q&A section: “Why is the same house listed for sale for $2,500.00 on RealtyTrac.”
The property on Zillow was a Foreclosure.com property listed at $39,900. See picture below.

With further investigation, the property, located at 145 Stoneybrook Road in Pacolet South Carolina 29373 was in fact listed on both Foreclosure.com and RealtyTrac.com priced at $39,900 and $2,500 respectively.
See RealtyTrac below

See Foreclosure.com below

In order to find out which service was correct, Foreclosure Research contacted …

It is evident that ForeclosureResearch is not the only one with concerns over certain foreclosure reporting companies The Housing Assistance Council, a Washington DC non-profit, has also expressed concerns over foreclosure data in certain areas of the country. Such concerns were recently released in an October 2009 HAC report, “What is the housing foreclosure situation in rural America?”
The report specifically describes concerns over RealtyTrac figures. Here is a snippet of the report:
RealtyTrac presents data for approximately 2,200 counties across the United States. This excludes roughly 900 counties, most of …

It has been a little over a year since the state of Colorado took foreclosure reporting into its own hands. Last month the state released its first yearly foreclosure report based on the numbers of its own collection methods. Colorado was the first state to break away from a reliance on the many times inaccurate reporting of RealtyTrac.
The only snag seemed to be reports comparing August and September 2009 rates with the prior year. According to the foreclosure data report, “the large difference in foreclosure filing totals between …

It looks like the foreclosure giant RealtyTrac has laid off a considerable number of employees within the last month. According to Inman News “RealtyTrac has trimmed its workforce by nearly 30 employees and is moving away from some media partnerships.” The layoffs comprise roughly a quarter of its current workforce.
According to Hitwise, an online metrics company, the company has exhibited a steady decrease in traffic over the last few months. The company also moved down in the rankings to 18 from 10 for overall online real estate popularity.
In the …

According to a revealing article in the Hartford Courant, RealtyTrac “radically” revised its total Connecticut foreclosure filings for the month of June. The article published on August 15, 2009, written by Kenneth R. Gosselin, states that the company first reported an 80 percent decrease in foreclosure filings when actually there was an increase of 31.5 percent.
The original numbers were revised due to further investigation by Courant reporters following the surprisingly low level of filings originally reported by the foreclosure data company.
RealtyTrac first reported only 56 foreclosure filings while the revision …

The first half of 2009 foreclosure reports continues to trickle in. Coming as no surprise to readers of Foreclosure Research, the reports have their variances in outcomes- some of these variances greater than others.
The latest report is comprised of figures from ForeclosureS.com who is no stranger to the media spotlight. The report was published in the Orlando Business Journal on July 9, 2009 titled, “Fla. Ranks No. 2 in foreclosures.”
According to the article, ForeclosureS.com reported 256,133 filings between January 2009 and June 2009. As for bank repossessions, ForeclosureS.com …