In the United States set a new record number of houses seized for debt

U.S. banks were seized in August, 95.4 thousand housing units for borrowers with overdue payments on mortgage loans. This figure is 2% above the previous absolute record set in May this year, writes Prian.ru.

Compared with July, the number of excluded sites grew by 3% and about August 2009 - 25%. For comparison, the entire pre-crisis in 2005 has registered about 100,000 mortgage exemptions.

It is reported that in August this year were appointed auctions for the sale of 147,000 objects foreclosure. This figure exceeded the July to 9%, reports Reuters referring to the research firm RealtyTrac.

According to the vice-president Rick Sharga, a positive sign is to reduce the number of notices of foreclosure by 1% from July to August. This suggests that in future the number of actual seizures may be reduced.

In addition, the April abolition of state incentives for the purchase of first home buyers in the U.S. force to draw their attention to mortgage auctions, where prices are usually much lower than the market in general. Ultimately, this may increase sales of residential property in the country. However, in order to sell all of the excluded items that are on the banks' balance sheets will need at least two years, said Sharga.

The overall situation in the U.S. housing market remains extremely fragile. The unemployment rate is still high, raising concerns both domestically and abroad.