Dear Wells Fargo, Thanks for All the Foreclosures!

Wells Fargo Bank remains #1 in foreclosures in San Francisco with more than double the foreclosure auctions (92 auctions) scheduled than #2 forecloser JP Morgan Chase (44 auctions) and #3 forecloser Bank of America (43 auctions) to sell off family’s homes this holiday season.

One indicator of trends in foreclosures is the situation with bank preforeclosures (properties in default with no foreclosure auction date yet set). Wells Fargo is #1 in San Francisco in preforeclosures (77 homes) with JP Morgan Chase at #2 (54 homes) and Bank of America #3 (24 homes).

For current bank-owned (REO) properties in San Francisco since July 25, 2012, JP Morgan Chase is #1 in San Francisco REOs (11 properties), Wells Fargo is #2 (9 properties), and Bank of America and US Bank are tied for #3 (7 properties each).

Top Ten Data

The top 10 lenders by number of foreclosure auctions scheduled in San Francisco as of November 17, 2012 (source Foreclosure Radar, aggregated by corporate empire):

Rank Lender Auctions Scheduled
1 WELLS FARGO BANK N A 92
2 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK N A 44
3 BANK OF AMERICA N A 43
4 THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST CO 31
5 US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 28
6 NATIONSTAR 16
7 DEUTSCHE BK NATL TRUST CO TR 11
8 CITIBANK N A 10
9 HSBC BANK USA N A 8
10 (tie) OCWEN LOAN SERVICING LLC 5
10 (tie) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION 5

The top 10 lenders by number of foreclosure auctions scheduled in San Francisco as of November 17, 2012 (source Foreclosure Radar, aggregated by corporate empire):

Rank Lender Auctions Scheduled
1 WELLS FARGO BANK N A 77
2 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK N A 54
3 BANK OF AMERICA N A 24
4 DEUTSCHE BK NATL TRUST CO TR 18
5 US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 16
6 THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST CO 15
7 CITIMORTGAGE 10
8 (tie) EAST-WEST BANK 10
8 (tie) ONEWEST BANK FSB 6
9 OCWEN LOAN SERVICING LLC 5

The top 10 lenders by number of bank-owned properties in San Francisco as from July 25, 2012, to November 17, 2012 (source Foreclosure Radar, aggregated by corporate empire):

Rank Lender Auctions Scheduled
1 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK N A 11
2 WELLS FARGO BANK N A 9
3 (tie) US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 7
3 (tie) BANK OF AMERICA N A 7
4 (tie) NATIONSTAR 4
4 (tie) CITIBANK N A 4
5 DEUTSCHE BK NATL TRUST CO TR 3
6 (tie) ING BANK, FSB 2
6 (tie) ONEWEST BANK FSB 2
6 (tie) THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST CO 2
6 (tie) VERICREST FINANCIAL, INC 2

September 6 at the Auctions

On September 6, 2012, auctions sold two family’s homes in San Francisco: Cal Agent Services auctioneer Steve Neil sold 2479 Diamond St. (lender Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC) to Jeff Berger and FEI Services auctioneer Darius sold 224 Argonaut Ave. back to the bank, that is to US Bank, despite yelling and loud music in protest.