(Red indicates highest foreclosure rates in March 2008)Foreclosure Activity Up 57 Percent From March 2007
IRVINE, CA– April 15, 2008 – RealtyTrac® (http://www.realtytrac.com/gateway_co.asp?accnt=137300), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its March 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — were reported on 234,685 properties nationwide during the month, a 5 percent increase from the previous month and a 57 percent increase from March 2007.
(Downtown Cleveland skyline photo at left)
The report also shows one in every 538 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing during the month. For a state-by-state statistical analysis, please contact Tammy Chan, 415 402 0230 or e-mail at tammy@atomicpr.com.
RealtyTrac publishes the largest and most comprehensive national database of foreclosure and bank-owned properties, with over 1 million properties from nearly 2,500 counties across the country, and is the foreclosure data provider to MSN Real Estate, Yahoo! Real Estate and The Wall Street Journal’s Real Estate Journal.
“The March numbers show that overall foreclosure activity so far this yea
r continues to run nearly 60 percent above the levels we saw last year,” said James J. Saccacio, (top right photo) chief executive officer of RealtyTrac.
“On a year-over-year basis, default notices were up nearly 57 percent and bank repossessions were up nearly 129 percent, but auction notices were up only 32 percent, indicating that more defaulting homeowners are simply walking away and deeding their properties back to the foreclosing lender. This deed-in-lieu-of-foreclosure process allows the lender to take possession of a property without putting it up for public foreclosure auction.”
IRVINE, CA– April 15, 2008 – RealtyTrac® (http://www.realtytrac.com/gateway_co.asp?accnt=137300), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its March 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — were reported on 234,685 properties nationwide during the month, a 5 percent increase from the previous month and a 57 percent increase from March 2007.
(Downtown Cleveland skyline photo at left)
The report also shows one in every 538 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing during the month. For a state-by-state statistical analysis, please contact Tammy Chan, 415 402 0230 or e-mail at tammy@atomicpr.com.
RealtyTrac publishes the largest and most comprehensive national database of foreclosure and bank-owned properties, with over 1 million properties from nearly 2,500 counties across the country, and is the foreclosure data provider to MSN Real Estate, Yahoo! Real Estate and The Wall Street Journal’s Real Estate Journal.
“The March numbers show that overall foreclosure activity so far this yea
r continues to run nearly 60 percent above the levels we saw last year,” said James J. Saccacio, (top right photo) chief executive officer of RealtyTrac. “On a year-over-year basis, default notices were up nearly 57 percent and bank repossessions were up nearly 129 percent, but auction notices were up only 32 percent, indicating that more defaulting homeowners are simply walking away and deeding their properties back to the foreclosing lender. This deed-in-lieu-of-foreclosure process allows the lender to take possession of a property without putting it up for public foreclosure auction.”
Nevada, California, Florida post top state foreclosure rates
One in every 139 Nevada households received a foreclosure filing during March, 3.9 times the nation
al average and the highest state foreclosure rate for the 15th consecutive month. Foreclosure filings were reported on a total of 7,659 properties during the month, up 24 percent from the previous month and up nearly 62 percent from March 2007. (Savannah skyline photo at left)
Foreclosure rates in California and Florida ranked second and third highest respectively among the states for the fourth straight month. One in every 204 California households received a foreclosure filing in March — 2.6 times the national averag
e — and one in every 282 Florida households received a foreclosure filing during the month — 1.9 times the national average. (Miami night skyline photo at left)
Despite a nearly 5 percent monthly dip in foreclosure activity, Arizona posted the nation’s fourth highest state foreclosure rate for the third straight month, with one in every 283 households receiving a foreclosure filing in March. Foreclosure filings were reported on 9,199 properties during the month, up nearly 106 percent from March 2007.
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s month and 1 percent from March 2007, but the state’s foreclosure rate continued to rank fifth highest among the states. Foreclosure filings were reported on 6,180 Colorado properties during the month — one in every 339 total households. (Arizone skyline photo at right, taken by Larry N. Bolch, just east of Laughlin, Nevada)
Other states with foreclosure rates ranking among the top 10 were Georgia, Ohio, Michigan, Massachusetts and Maryland.
California, Florida, Ohio report highest foreclosure totals
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5th consecutive month. California foreclosure activity increased nearly 21 percent from the previous month and almost 106 percent from March 2007. (Los Angeles skyline photo at left)
Florida posted the nation’s second highest total, with foreclosure filings reported on 30,254 properties in March. The state’s foreclosure activity decreased nearly 7 percent from the previous month but was still up almost 112 percent from March 2007.
Ohio and Georgia both registered month-to-month and year-over-year increases in foreclosure activity, and foreclosure filings were reported on more than 11,000 properties in both states. Ohio’s total of 11,273 was the nation’s third highest, and one in every 448 Ohio households received a foreclosure filing during the month — ranking its foreclosure rate No. 7 among the states.
al average and the highest state foreclosure rate for the 15th consecutive month. Foreclosure filings were reported on a total of 7,659 properties during the month, up 24 percent from the previous month and up nearly 62 percent from March 2007. (Savannah skyline photo at left)Foreclosure rates in California and Florida ranked second and third highest respectively among the states for the fourth straight month. One in every 204 California households received a foreclosure filing in March — 2.6 times the national averag
e — and one in every 282 Florida households received a foreclosure filing during the month — 1.9 times the national average. (Miami night skyline photo at left)Despite a nearly 5 percent monthly dip in foreclosure activity, Arizona posted the nation’s fourth highest state foreclosure rate for the third straight month, with one in every 283 households receiving a foreclosure filing in March. Foreclosure filings were reported on 9,199 properties during the month, up nearly 106 percent from March 2007.
Colorado foreclosure activity decreased 8 percent from the previou
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s month and 1 percent from March 2007, but the state’s foreclosure rate continued to rank fifth highest among the states. Foreclosure filings were reported on 6,180 Colorado properties during the month — one in every 339 total households. (Arizone skyline photo at right, taken by Larry N. Bolch, just east of Laughlin, Nevada)Other states with foreclosure rates ranking among the top 10 were Georgia, Ohio, Michigan, Massachusetts and Maryland.
California, Florida, Ohio report highest foreclosure totals
Foreclosure filings were reported on 64,711 California properties in March, the most of any state for the 1
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5th consecutive month. California foreclosure activity increased nearly 21 percent from the previous month and almost 106 percent from March 2007. (Los Angeles skyline photo at left)Florida posted the nation’s second highest total, with foreclosure filings reported on 30,254 properties in March. The state’s foreclosure activity decreased nearly 7 percent from the previous month but was still up almost 112 percent from March 2007.
Ohio and Georgia both registered month-to-month and year-over-year increases in foreclosure activity, and foreclosure filings were reported on more than 11,000 properties in both states. Ohio’s total of 11,273 was the nation’s third highest, and one in every 448 Ohio households received a foreclosure filing during the month — ranking its foreclosure rate No. 7 among the states.
Georgia’s total of 11,047 was the nation’s fourth 
highest, and one in every 351 Georgia households received a foreclosure filing during the month — ranking its foreclosure rate No. 6 among the states. (Las Vegas, NV night skyline photo at left)
Foreclosure filings were reported on a total of 10,700 Texas properties in March, a nearly 13 percent decrease from the previous month and a 16 percent decrease from March 2007, and the state’s total dropped to fifth highest among the states.
Other states in the top 10 for total properties with filings were Michigan, Arizona, Illinois, Nevada and Colorado.(Denver skyline photo at right)
highest, and one in every 351 Georgia households received a foreclosure filing during the month — ranking its foreclosure rate No. 6 among the states. (Las Vegas, NV night skyline photo at left)Foreclosure filings were reported on a total of 10,700 Texas properties in March, a nearly 13 percent decrease from the previous month and a 16 percent decrease from March 2007, and the state’s total dropped to fifth highest among the states.
Other states in the top 10 for total properties with filings were Michigan, Arizona, Illinois, Nevada and Colorado.(Denver skyline photo at right)
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