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Q3 Foreclosure Sales Report: Restricted Supply Lowering Foreclosure Sales

By RealtyTrac Staff January 26, 2012 RealtyTrac®, the leading online marketplace for foreclosures, today released its Q3 2011 U.S. Foreclosure Sales Report™, which shows that sales of homes that were in some stage of foreclosure or bank owned accounted for 20 percent of all U.S. residential sales in the third quarter of 2011, down from 22 percent of all sales in the second quarter and down from 30 percent of all sales in the third quarter of 2010. Third parties purchased a total of 221,536 residential properties in some stage of foreclosure (NOD, LIS, NTS, NFS) or bank-owned (REO) during the third quarter, down 5 percent from the third quarter of 2010. Read Complete Article

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2011 Year-End Foreclosure Report: Foreclosures on the Retreat By RealtyTrac Staff January 9, 2012 Foreclosure filings were reported on 1,887,777 U.S. properties in 2011, a decrease of 34 percent in total properties from 2010. Foreclosure activity in 2011 was the lowest since 2007. Scheduled Foreclosure Auctions At 9-Month High as New Foreclosure Wave Builds By RealtyTrac Staff December 14, 2011 Foreclosure filings were reported on 224,394 U.S. properties in November, a 3 percent decrease from the previous month and a 14 percent decrease from November 2010. U.S. Foreclosure Activity Hits 7-Month High in October By RealtyTrac Staff November 9, 2011 Foreclosure filings were reported on 230,678 U.S. properties in October, a 7 percent increase from the previous month, but still down nearly 31 percent from October 2010. Foreclosure Activity on Slow Burn By RealtyTrac Staff October 11, 2011 Foreclosure filings were reported on 610,337 properties in the third quarter, an increase of less than 1 percent from the previous quarter and a decrease of 34 percent from Q3 2010. U.S. Foreclosure Activity Increases 7 Percent in August, Defaults Surge 33 Percent By RealtyTrac Staff September 13, 2011 Foreclosure filings were reported on 228,098 U.S. properties in August, a 7 percent increase from the previous month, but still down nearly 33 percent from August 2010. Short Sales Soar in Second Quarter By RealtyTrac Staff August 23, 2011 Sales of homes that were in some stage of foreclosure or bank owned accounted for 31 percent of all U.S. residential sales in the second quarter of 2011. Foreclosure Activity Falls to 44-Month Low in July By RealtyTrac Staff August 9, 2011 Foreclosure filings were reported on 212,764 U.S. properties in July, a 4 percent decrease from June and a 35 percent decrease from July 2010. July's total was a 44-month low for foreclosure activity. Play Video 84 Percent of U.S. Metros Post Lower Foreclosure Activity in First Half of 2011 By RealtyTrac Staff July 26, 2011 Foreclosure activity decreased on a year-over-year basis in 178 out of the nation’s 211 metropolitan areas with a population of 200,000 or more in the first half of 2011. Foreclosure Activity Off 29 Percent for First Half of 2011 By RealtyTrac Staff July 13, 2011 A total of 1,170,402 U.S. properties received foreclosure filings in the first half of 2011, a 25 percent decrease from the previous six months and a 29 percent decrease from the first half of 2010. Foreclosure Activity Continues Free-Fall in May By RealtyTrac Staff June 14, 2011 Foreclosure filings were reported on 214,927 U.S. properties in May, a 2 percent decrease from April and a 33 percent decrease from May 2010. One in every 605 housing units received a foreclosure filing. Play Video