Filings declined sharply nationwide in 2014, but Oregon’s rate rose as homes worked through process
By Alex Veiga
The Associated Press
JAN. 15, 2015
A healthier U.S. housing market and economy helped to winnow foreclosures nationally in 2014 to levels not seen since before the housing bust. …
By Mike Francis
Dec 10 2014
November foreclosures in Oregon were down from the prior month, but still up sharply over the previous year, according to information compiled by the real estate data firm RealtyTrac. The figures reflect a pent-up push by lenders to take possession of Oregon properties where borrowers had fallen behind in their payments. …
Teams at the Eugene event will compete to create a viable business
By Ilene Aleshire
The Register Guard
Nov 14 2014
The third annual Startup Weekend Eugene will begin today at the Fertilab Thinkubator, bringing together designers, developers and innovators in a warp speed effort to create new companies. …
Oct 30 2014
It’s an obscure data point, but Oregon had the nation’s highest percentage of vacant homes going through the foreclosure process, according to RealtyTrac, the real estate data firm. …
Aug 22 2014
Alli Pyrah, Staff Reporter, Portland Business Journal
I’ve been reporting this week on two sets of figures which, at first glance, seem to tell contradictory stories about home foreclosures in our region. …
Aug 20 2014
Alli Pyrah, Staff Reporter- Portland Business Journal
Yesterday, I reported on data from real estate buyer Gorilla Capital, which suggested that the Oregon housing market will be slower to recover due to a large number of foreclosure filings that have yet to be resolved. …
Aug 19 2014
Housing foreclosures in Ada County saw an upward blip in July, but year-to-year foreclosure filings in Treasure Valley have been sliced in half, leading distressed home buyer and seller Gorilla Capital reported. …
Aug 19, 2014
Alli Pyrah, Staff Reporter, Portland Business Journal
The Oregon housing market will be slower to recover due to a large number of foreclosure filings that have yet to be resolved. …
Posted: 4:55 PM July 17, 2014
Eugene-based Gorilla Capital said today foreclosure filings in the 24 Oregon counties it tracks declined in June after steady increases during the first five months of the year. …
Oregon’s mediation requirement created “zombie” homes
By Ilene Aleshire
The Register-Guard
Published: 12:00 a.m., April 16
Foreclosure filings climbed 78 percent, to 139, in Lane County in the first quarter of this year compared to the same time in 2013, according to figures from RealtyTrac, a California-based firm that tracks foreclosures nationwide. …
