Bank of America Corp., the nation’s largest servicer of mortgages, said that it had increased the number of permanent mortgage modifications to 12,700 last month from 3,200 in December. BofA said an additional 13,700 permanent modifications were in their final stage. BofA holds about 1 million mortgages that are at least 60 days delinquent
Nationwide, about 4 million homeowners are 90 days or more delinquent on their mortgages or in foreclosure proceedings, according to Moody’s Economy.com
Celia Chen, a housing economist at Economy.com. said: “trial modifications and other delays have kept many of those mortgages out of foreclosure, but by the end of this year, 2.4 million borrowers are expected to lose their homes.”
If Chen’s forecast is correct, these foreclosures would be up from 2.1 million foreclosures and short sales last year and five times the annual numbers earlier in the decade.
Chen said: “It’s unclear when those distressed properties would hit the market, but their large numbers are likely to push home prices back down this year, to a bottom in the fourth quarter.”
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