Sentence examples for repossessed more than from inspiring English sources

It also said that banks repossessed more than 50,000 homes last month, more than twice the amount of one year earlier.

Bailiffs repossessed more than 11,000 rented properties between July and September, the highest quarterly figure since records began in 2000, and 2,805 mortgage borrowers lost their homes during the quarter.

Even when, as a new report from Shelter points out, 60% of people are struggling to meet their housing costs and bailiffs repossessed more than 11,000 rented properties between July and September.

Lenders have repossessed more than three times as many homes during this time.

Earlier this month Ulster Bank's chief executive, Jim Brown, told the Irish news media his bank was likely to repossess more than 1,000 homes per year once the loophole was closed.

Larson also observes that banks repossessed more homes in August than in any month in U.S. history, while companies across the spectrum are either reporting anemic sales and earnings or cutting future targets.

The ailing housing market remains hampered by the backlog of distressed properties, which is growing larger as banks repossess more homes than they sell.

Last year more than 1,000 properties were repossessed.

Nearly 74,000 properties were repossessed by lenders nationwide in May, while more than 58,000 received default notices, the company said.

If a house worth significantly more than a mortgage is repossessed and sold by the lender, the owner gets the difference but has a taxable profit, which will cause a capital gain.

HUD repossessed 8 of the 27 sold this year, 4 more than in 2000.