California, Florida, Nevada, Arizona Account for Top 26 Metro Rates
Las Vegas, Merced and Cape Coral-Fort Myers Post Three Highest Rates
IRVINE, Calif. – April 22, 2009 – RealtyTrac® (realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report for Q1 2009, which shows cities in California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona accounted for the 26 highest foreclosure rates in the first quarter among metro areas with a population of 200,000 or more.
Las Vegas posted the highest metro rate, with 4.48 percent of its housing units receiving a foreclosure filing during the quarter (one in every 22) — more than seven times the national average. Merced, Calif., documented the second highest metro foreclosure rate, with 4.21 percent of its housing units receiving a foreclosure filing (one in every 24), and Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla., recorded the third highest metro foreclosure rate, with 3.85 percent of its housing units receiving a foreclosure filing (one in every 26).
“The metro areas with the highest levels of foreclosure activity in the first quarter of 2009 paint a picture of concentrated problems in a relatively small number of hard hit areas,” said James J. Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac. “Sales activity appears to be increasing in some of these markets as home prices have fallen to levels that are attractive to first-time homebuyers and investors. While we expect many of these metro areas to continue to experience high levels of foreclosure activity throughout 2009, we also expect to see other markets rise up the ranks as unemployment rates surge throughout the country.”
Other metro areas in the top 10 were the California cities of Stockton, Riverside-San Bernardino, Modesto, Bakersfield, and Vallejo-Fairfield, along with Phoenix and Port St. Lucie, Fla. Thirteen of the top 26 metro foreclosure rates were in California, nine were in Florida, and Nevada and Arizona each added two to the Top 26 list.
Report methodology
The RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report provides a count of the total number of properties with at least one foreclosure filing reported during the quarter. Data is also available at the individual county level and MSA level for both Q1 2009 and March 2009.
Data is collected from more than 2,200 counties nationwide, and those counties account for more than 90 percent of the U.S. population. RealtyTrac’s report incorporates documents filed in all three phases of foreclosure: Default — Notice of Default (NOD) and Lis Pendens (LIS); Auction — Notice of Trustee Sale and Notice of Foreclosure Sale (NTS and NFS); and Real Estate Owned, or REO properties (that have been foreclosed on and repurchased by a bank). If more than one foreclosure document is filed against a property during the month or quarter, only the most recent filing is counted in the report.
U.S. Metro Foreclosure Market Data – Q1 2009
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Properties with Foreclosure Filings |
| Rate Rank |
Metro Name |
Total
| 1/every X HU (rate) |
%HU with FC Filings |
%Change from Q4 08 |
%Change from Q1 08 |
|
-- |
U.S. Total |
803,489 |
159 |
0.63 |
9.16 |
23.63 |
|
1 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Total |
35,321 |
22 |
4.48 |
18.81 |
103.93 |
|
2 |
Merced, CA Total |
3,497 |
24 |
4.21 |
17.39 |
46.75 |
|
3 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Total |
13,875 |
26 |
3.85 |
-5.52 |
36.11 |
|
4 |
Stockton, CA Total |
8,430 |
27 |
3.72 |
29.97 |
11.51 |
|
5 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Total |
50,885 |
28 |
3.54 |
40.94 |
36.64 |
|
6 |
Modesto, CA Total |
5,931 |
29 |
3.42 |
29.16 |
10.57 |
|
7 |
Bakersfield, CA Total |
7,260 |
37 |
2.70 |
26.61 |
41.99 |
|
8 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA Total |
4,023 |
37 |
2.69 |
25.56 |
33.57 |
|
9 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Total |
41,382 |
40 |
2.48 |
6.03 |
78.87 |
|
10 |
Port St. Lucie, FL Total |
4,439 |
46 |
2.15 |
-2.61 |
64.53 |
|
11 |
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA Total |
18,175 |
47 |
2.14 |
37.74 |
25.18 |
|
12 |
Reno-Sparks, NV Total |
3,837 |
47 |
2.14 |
30.64 |
132.69 |
|
13 |
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL Total |
17,669 |
50 |
2.00 |
-4.15 |
67.92 |
|
14 |
Naples-Marco Island, FL Total |
3,771 |
51 |
1.96 |
10.49 |
127.31 |
|
15 |
Salinas, CA Total |
2,622 |
53 |
1.88 |
10.77 |
38.36 |
|
16 |
Fresno, CA Total |
5,572 |
55 |
1.83 |
36.97 |
46.17 |
|
17 |
Visalia-Porterville, CA Total |
2,308 |
59 |
1.70 |
28.51 |
82.31 |
|
18 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Total |
17,887 |
63 |
1.58 |
35.05 |
16.79 |
|
19 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Total |
3,921 |
69 |
1.44 |
47.52 |
66.14 |
|
20 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Total |
59,652 |
74 |
1.35 |
41.62 |
42.82 |
|
21 |
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL Total |
4,991 |
78 |
1.28 |
-6.80 |
16.10 |
|
22 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Total |
30,477 |
79 |
1.26 |
-26.64 |
11.36 |
|
23 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Total |
16,464 |
80 |
1.25 |
-11.18 |
39.40 |
|
24 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Total |
3,049 |
81 |
1.24 |
-2.02 |
53.60 |
|
25 |
Prescott, AZ Total |
1,273 |
82 |
1.22 |
35.71 |
84.23 |
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About RealtyTrac Inc.
RealtyTrac (http://www.realtytrac.com/) is the leading online marketplace of foreclosure properties, with more than 1.5 million default, auction and bank-owned listings from over 2,200 U.S. counties, along with detailed property, loan and home sales data. Hosting more than 3 million unique monthly visitors, RealtyTrac provides innovative technology solutions and practical education resources to facilitate buying, selling and investing in real estate. RealtyTrac’s foreclosure data has also been used by the Federal Reserve, FBI, U.S. Senate Joint Economic Committee and Banking Committee, U.S. Treasury Department, and numerous state housing and banking departments to help evaluate foreclosure trends and address policy issues related to foreclosures.
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