More than a million homes in foreclosure in latest report - Jun. 5, 2008

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- More than one million homes are now in foreclosure according to a trade group report that detailed the worsening housing crisis.

The Mortgage Bankers Association's first quarter report showed a record 2.5% of all home loans being serviced by its members are now in foreclosure, which works out to about 1.1 million homes. That's up from the 2% of loans, or about about 938,000 homes in foreclosure at the end of 2007.

The report also showed that about 448,000 homes, or about 1% of loans being serviced began the foreclosure process during the first quarter. That's up from about 382,000 homes, or 0.83%, that entered foreclosure in the last three months of 2007.

The latest report marked the sixth straight quarter of a record percentage of loans going into foreclosure, a crisis that has led to widespread declines in home prices and huge losses for banks and other financial firms that had made or bought the loans. 

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[Via Home Mortgage Rates and Real Estate News]