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Feb 11, 2009

RealtyTrac Foreclosure Market Report: Foreclosure activity decreases 10 percent in JanuauryMortgagePress.comRealtyTrac, foreclosures, housing statistics, U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, REOs RealtyTrac, an online marketplace for foreclosure properties, has released its January 2009 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows that foreclosure filingsdefault notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessionswere reported on 274,399 U.S. properties during the month, a 10 percent decrease from the previous month but still up 18 percent from January 2008. The report also shows one in every 466 U.S. housing units received a foreclosure filing in January. "The extensive foreclosure efforts on the part of lenders and government agencies appear to have impacted the January numbersparticularly the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac moratorium on all foreclosure sales that was extended through the end of January along with Florida's voluntary 45-day freeze on all new foreclosure actions and scheduling of foreclosure sales that was announced at the beginning of December," said James J. Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac. "January REOs, which represent completed foreclosure sales to the foreclosing lender, were down 15 percent nationwide from the previous month. And in Florida overall foreclosure activity was down 20 percent from the previous month." Nevada, California, Arizona post top state foreclosure rates Nevada foreclosure activity in January decreased four percent from the previous month, but the state continued to register the nation's number one foreclosure rate, with one in every 76 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing during the month. Foreclosure filings were reported on 14,444 Nevada properties in January, up 137 percent from January 2008. California posted the nation's second highest state foreclosure rate in January, with one in every 173 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing during the month, and Arizona posted the nation's third highest state foreclosure rate, with one in every 182 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing during the month. Despite a 20 percent month-over-month drop in foreclosure activity, Florida posted the nation's fourth highest state foreclosure rate, with one in every 214 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing during the month. Other states with foreclosure rates ranking among the nation's 10 highest were Oregon, Illinois, Michigan, Georgia, Idaho and Ohio. California, Florida, Arizona post highest foreclosure totals Foreclosure filings were reported on 76,761 California properties, the most of any state despite a 14 percent decrease from the previous month. The state's foreclosure activity in January still increased 34 percent from January 2008. Florida's 40,770 properties receiving foreclosure filings in January was the second highest total of any state, and Arizona's 14,674 properties receiving foreclosure filings was the third highest total of any state. Illinois foreclosure activity in January increased 16 percent from the previous month, giving the state 14,447 properties with foreclosure filingsthe fourth highest state total. One in every 363 Illinois properties received a foreclosure filing in January, the nation's sixth highest foreclosure rate. Nevada, Michigan, Ohio, Georgia, Texas and Virginia also reported foreclosure totals that were among the nation's 10 highest. California, Florida, Nevada cities post top metro foreclosure rates California cities accounted for six of the top 10 metro foreclosure rates in January among metro areas with a population of 200,000 or more. Merced, Calif., posted the top metro foreclosure rate, with one in every 59 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing during the monthnearly eight times the national average. Other California metro areas with foreclosure rates among the top 10: Riverside-San Bernardino at number four with one in every 81 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing; Modesto at number five with one in every 84 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing; Stockton at nunber six with one in every 86 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing; Vallejo-Fairfield at number seven with one in every 100 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing; and Bakersfield at nunber eight with one in every 120 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing. Two Florida cities posted foreclosure rates among the top 10 metro foreclosure rates: Cape Coral-Fort Myers at number three with one in every 80 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing and Port St. Lucie at number nine with one in every 123 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing. With one in every 63 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing, the Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev., metro area posted the second highest metro foreclosure rate in January. The Reno-Sparks, Nev., metro area posted the 10th highest metro foreclosure rate, with one in every 128 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing. Reno-Sparks was the only metro area in the top 10 that did not experience a month-over-month decrease in foreclosure activity, but all of the top 10 saw year-over-year increases in activity. For more information, visit www.realtytrac.com.
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