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While foreclosure inventory showed a year-over-year decline for January 2012, REO inventory held by servicers grew faster in January than the pace at which REO properties sold, according to CoreLogic's National Foreclosure Report for January 2012. The distressed clearing ratio, which calculates the rate at which REO properties are sold, was 0.69 for January 2012, down from 0.80 in December 2011. A higher ratio indicates a faster pace of REO sales relative to the pace of completed foreclosures. On a year-over-year basis, the number of foreclosures actually dropped, going from 80,000 in January 2011 to 69,000 in January 2012, according to CoreLogic's National Foreclosure Report.

While home prices declined on a year-over-year basis in January 2012, a month-over-month gain was seen when excluding distressed sales, according to CoreLogic's January Home Price Index (HPI). Prices declined 3.1 percent in January 2012 compared to a year ago in January 2011. But, when excluding distressed sales, year-over-year prices declined by 0.9 percent, and a month-over-month gain of 0.7 percent was seen for January. Distressed sales include short sales and REO transactions.

CoreLogic announced a default servicing platform for the mortgage industry that simplifies the way servicers manage loans through all stages of the default lifecycle. The new web-based platform, DefaultView, allows for information to be exchanged across multiple departments.

CoreLogic appointed Kevin Wall as SVP for its default services business, which helps companies manage its default portfolio by providing services such as data and analytics. Wall, who joined CoreLogic in August 2009, will direct operations, product development, and services for the default services business.

A foreclosure report released by CoreLogic Wednesday revealed that the number of homes in foreclosure is decreasing nationwide. Completed foreclosures for 2011 totaled 830,000, compared to 1.1 million in 2010. The December 2011 completed foreclosures figure was also down to 55,000, compared to 67,000 in December 2010. CoreLogic's report also notes that in December of last year, servicers increased the rate at which they were able to process distressed assets, also known as the distressed clearing ratio.

Year-end data from CoreLogic shows home prices fell by 4.7 percent over 2011. It marks the fifth consecutive year the company has recorded an annual decline in residential property values. CoreLogic performed a separate calculation, which illustrates just how big an impact distressed sales are having on home prices. The company excluded all short sale and REO transactions from 2011 and found that when the distress factor is taken out, prices declined by just 0.9 percent.

CoreLogic released its November home price report Monday, showing prices nationally fell 1.4 percent month-over-month and 4.3 percent year-over-year. November marks the fourth consecutive month CoreLogic's index has returned negative results, with the downward pressure coming from distressed REO and short sale transactions. When you exclude these distressed deals from the dataset, the year-over-year decline is just 0.6 percent. In fact, CoreLogic says the non-distressed market is expected to be down ""very modestly"" at year-end.

The number of distressed properties not currently listed on multiple listing services stood at 1.6 million as of October 2011, according to CoreLogic. This shadow inventory is approximately half of the industry's visible inventory, the company says, meaning for every two homes available for sale, there is one home in the ""shadows."" CoreLogic's latest shadow inventory assessment represents a supply of five months and is down from October 2010, when it stood at 1.9 million units, or 7-months' supply.

Home price indexes from CoreLogic and Lender Processing Services (LPS) both recorded continuing declines through October. CoreLogic's study shows national home prices dropped 1.3 percent month-over-month, marking the third straight decline. LPS' report indicates the same downward trajectory, with preliminary data pointing to a 1.1 percent decline for October, on the heels of a 1.2 percent drop in September. Looking forward, CoreLogic's forecasts indicate flat growth through 2013 for residential home prices.

The depreciation of home values over the past half-decade has left millions of mortgage borrowers owing more than their home is worth -- 10.7 million, according to CoreLogic. The company's latest negative equity study found 22.1 percent of all residential properties with a mortgage were underwater as of the end of September. That's down from 22.5 percent - or 10.9 million - at the end of the second quarter, but CoreLogic says the number remains high and makes borrowers more vulnerable to economic shocks such as job loss or illness.