Contact: John Hartgen
703-739-0800
OCTOBER
CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY FILINGS CLIMB TO HIGHEST MONTHLY LEVEL SINCE NEW LAW
TOOK EFFECT
November 5, 2007,
Alexandria,
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bankruptcy filings increased to 75,975, the highest monthly total since
the new bankruptcy law took effect two years ago, according to the
American Bankruptcy Institute (
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Research Center (NBKRC) also showed that the October consumer filings
represented a 10.23 percent increase from the 68,926 filings in
September. Chapter 13 filings constituted 39.47 percent of all consumer
cases in October. The percentage of chapter 13 filings may
increase further if proposed home mortgage modification legislation
passes Congress. Experts at a House hearing last week testified that
500,000 foreclosures could be averted by using bankruptcy to write down
mortgages in the falling housing market.
'Chapter 13's could spike to
record levels if Congress enacts pending legislation to allow homeowners
to rewrite their mortgages by filing for bankruptcy,'
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Gerdano.
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