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LOS ANGELES FORECLOSURES DECREASE 30 PERCENT IN OCTOBER By RealtyTrac Staff November 28, 2006 Los Angeles’ foreclosure activity decreased 30 percent in October, ending four straight months of increases and lowering the city’s foreclosure rate back below the national average. PHILADELPHIA AREA FORECLOSURES DECREASE NEARLY 23 PERCENT IN OCTOBER By RealtyTrac Staff November 28, 2006 Philadelphia’s foreclosure activity decreased nearly 23 percent in October, dropping the city’s foreclosure rate below the national average. NEW YORK CITY FORECLOSURES INCREASE 29 PERCENT IN OCTOBER By RealtyTrac Staff November 28, 2006 New York City foreclosure activity increased 29 percent in October, but the city’s foreclosure rate remained well below the national average. FORECLOSURES SURPASS 1 MILLION MARK IN OCTOBER By RealtyTrac Staff November 17, 2006 A total of 115,568 properties nationwide entered some stage of foreclosure during October, an increase of 42 percent from October 2005 and pushing the year-to-date total over 1 million. NEW REALTYTRAC™ MARKETING TOOLS HELP BROKERS AND AGENTS GENERATE QUALIFIED, EXCLUSIVE LEADS IN CHANGING MARKET By RealtyTrac Staff November 10, 2006 RealtyTrac™ (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, recently enhanced its RealtyTrac Agent Network with two new products aimed at helping real estate brokers and agents generate more — and much more qualified CALIFORNIA FORECLOSURES INCREASE 9 PERCENT IN OCTOBER By RealtyTrac Staff November 10, 2006 California led the nation in total foreclosure activity for the second straight month, reporting 16,098 properties entering some stage of the foreclosure process in October, up 9 percent from the 14,806 properties reported in September, and sailing 2 DETROIT, FT. LAUDERDALE, DENVER AND MIAMI TOP MSA LIST By RealtyTrac Staff November 9, 2006 RealtyTrac (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, released its Q3 2006 U.S. Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report today. NATIONAL FORECLOSURES INCREASE 17 PERCENT IN THIRD QUARTER By RealtyTrac Staff October 30, 2006 A total of 318,355 properties entered some stage of foreclosure nationwide during the third quarter of 2006, a 17 percent increase from the previous quarter and a 43 percent year-over-year increase. REALTYTRAC RANKED 52ND FASTEST GROWING COMPANY IN NORTH AMERICA By RealtyTrac Staff October 23, 2006 RealtyTrac today announced that it ranked No. 52 on Deloitte’s 2006 Technology Fast 500 — an annual ranking of the 500 fastest growing companies in North America. CHICAGO AREA FORECLOSURES INCREASE NEARLY 5 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER By RealtyTrac Staff October 20, 2006 Foreclosures filings in the Chicago area increased nearly 5 percent in September, keeping the foreclosure rate at more than twice the national average.