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Nevada, Arizona, Florida post top state foreclosure rates in April

Posted by Linda Strasberg on Thursday, May 13, 2010, In : Las Vegas Real Estate Trends

RealtyTrac® today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ for April 2010, which shows that foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 333,837 properties in April, a 9 percent decrease from the previous month and a 2 percent decrease from April 2009. One in every 387 U.S. housing units received a foreclosure filing during the month.

“There were two important milestones in the April numbers that show foreclosure acti...

Las Vegas continues to post the nation's highest metro foreclosure rate

Posted by Linda Strasberg on Thursday, April 29, 2010, In : Las Vegas Real Estate Trends

They are rolling the dice in Las Vegas these days -- on the casino craps tables but also on foreclosure charts, betting how many more homes will go under.

A first-quarter analysis of the housing market released today by Irvine, CA-based RealtyTrac shows Las Vegas continues to post the nation's highest metro foreclosure rate with one in 28 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing (3.51 percent) -- 4.9 times the national average.

A total of 28,480 Las Vegas housing units received a fo...
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The foreclosure tide is still rising...

Posted by Linda Strasberg on Friday, April 16, 2010, In : Morning Coffee...The Finest Grounds/Las Vegas Real Estate Trends

The foreclosure tide is still rising. RealtyTrac reported Thursday that foreclosure filings were brought against nearly one million properties during the first three months of 2010. That’s a seven percent increase from the previous quarter, 16 percent higher than a year ago, and equates to one in every 138 homes in the United States.

Altogether, foreclosure filings – including default notices, scheduled auctions, and bank repossessions – were reported on 932,234 properties ...

US foreclosure filings in February remained 6% above the level in 2009...

Posted by Linda Strasberg on Thursday, March 11, 2010, In : Morning Coffee...The Finest Grounds/Las Vegas Real Estate Trends

Morning Coffee...The Finest Grounds

US foreclosure filings in February remained 6% above the level in 2009, despite dropping 2% from January, according to Realty Trac.

More than 308,000 homes – or one in every 418 – received a foreclosure filing in February, which includes default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions.

James Saccacio, CEO of RealtyTrac, said the 6% increase from last year was the smallest since January 2006, but it was the 50th consecutive month of yearly incre...
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Linda Strasberg