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FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY UP 14 PERCENT IN SECOND QUARTER
By RealtyTrac Staff   

Activity Increases 121 Percent From Q2 2007
95 of 100 Largest Metro Areas Post Annual Increases

IRVINE, Calif. – July 25, 2008 – RealtyTrac® (realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its Q2 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™, which shows foreclosure filings were reported on 739,714 U.S. properties during the second quarter, a nearly 14 percent increase from the previous quarter and a 121 percent increase from the second quarter of 2007. The report also shows that one in every 171 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing during the quarter.

RealtyTrac publishes the largest and most comprehensive national database of foreclosure and bank-owned properties, with over 1.5 million properties from over 2,200 counties across the country, and is the foreclosure data provider to MSN Real Estate, Yahoo! Real Estate and The Wall Street Journal’s Real Estate Journal.

“Although much of the fallout from foreclosures is being driven by rampant activity in a few states, such as Nevada, California, Florida, Ohio, Arizona and Michigan, most areas of the country are seeing at least some increase in foreclosure activity,” said James J. Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac. “Forty-eight of 50 states and 95 out of the nation’s 100 largest metro areas experienced year-over-year increases in foreclosure activity in the second quarter.  

“Bank repossessions, or REOs, accounted for 30 percent of total foreclosure activity in the second quarter, up from 24 percent of the total in the first quarter,” Saccacio continued. “This shift in the distribution of activity indicates that there is a progression toward purging the problem loans out of the system — at which point the housing market can regain some sense of normalcy. Of course if another surge in defaults occurs, which could well happen later this year, it would refill the foreclosure pipeline and prolong the recovery.”

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Nevada, California, Arizona post top state foreclosure rates
One in every 43 Nevada households received a foreclosure filing during the second quarter, the highest foreclosure rate among the states and nearly four times the national average. Foreclosure filings were reported on 24,657 Nevada properties during the quarter, up 26 percent from the previous quarter and up 147 percent from the first quarter of 2007.

Foreclosure filings were reported on 202,599 California properties during the second quarter, the highest total among the states and a rate of one in every 65 households — the nation’s second highest state foreclosure rate. Foreclosure activity in California increased 19 percent from the previous quarter and was nearly three times the level reported in the second quarter of 2007.

With one in every 70 households receiving a foreclosure filing, Arizona posted the nation’s third highest state foreclosure rate in the second quarter. Foreclosure filings were reported on 37,230 Arizona properties during the quarter, up nearly 36 percent from the previous quarter and close to four times the number reported in the second quarter of 2007.

Florida documented the nation’s fourth highest state foreclosure rate in the second quarter, with one in every 78 households receiving a foreclosure filing during the quarter — more than twice the national average. Foreclosure filings were reported on 109,433 Florida properties during the quarter, the second highest total of any state and an increase of nearly 25 percent from the previous quarter.

Despite a nearly 15 percent quarterly decrease in foreclosure activity in the second quarter, Colorado posted the nation’s fifth highest state foreclosure rate — one in every 129 Colorado households received a foreclosure filing during the quarter. Second quarter foreclosure activity in Colorado was still up more than 50 percent from the second quarter of 2007.

Foreclosure filings were reported on 37,689 Ohio properties in the second quarter, the third highest total among the states and a rate of one in every 134 households — the nation’s sixth highest state foreclosure rate. Second quarter foreclosure activity in Ohio was up nearly 21 percent from the previous quarter and nearly 27 percent from the second quarter of 2007.

With foreclosure filings reported on 32,868 properties during the second quarter, Michigan notched the fifth highest total among the states. One in every 137 Michigan households received a foreclosure filing during the quarter, the nation’s seventh highest state foreclosure rate.

Other states with foreclosure rates among the top 10 were Georgia, Massachusetts and Illinois.

Top 20 metro areas include Las Vegas, Phoenix, Miami, San Diego and Detroit
The Q2 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report also ranks the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas by foreclosure rate. California and Florida metro areas accounted for 16 of the top 20 metro foreclosure rates, with the California cities of Stockton and Riverside-San Bernardino taking the No. 1 and No. 2 spots.

One in every 25 Stockton households received a foreclosure filing during the quarter — nearly seven times the national average — and one in every 32 Riverside-San Bernardino households received a foreclosure filing during the quarter — more than five times the national average. Other California metro areas in the top 20 were Bakersfield at No. 4, Sacramento at No. 5, Oakland at No. 8, Fresno at No. 9, San Diego at No. 11, Orange at No. 15, Ventura at No. 16 and Los Angeles at No. 19.

Las Vegas documented the third highest metro foreclosure rate, with one in every 35 households receiving a foreclosure filing during the quarter. Foreclosure filings were reported on 21,742 Las Vegas metro properties during the quarter, up more than 25 percent from the previous quarter and up nearly 144 percent from the second quarter of 2007.

The highest ranked Florida metro area was Fort Lauderdale, which ranked No. 6 with one in every 51 households receiving a foreclosure filing during the quarter. Other Florida metro areas in the top 20 were Miami at No. 10, Orlando at No. 13, Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice at No. 14, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater at No. 17 and Palm Beach at No. 18.

One in every 51 households in the Phoenix metro area received a foreclosure filing during the quarter, ranking No. 7; one in every 66 households in the Detroit metro area received a foreclosure filing during the quarter, ranking No. 12; and one in every 91 households in the Atlanta metro area received a foreclosure filing during the quarter, ranking No. 20.

Report methodology
The RealtyTrac Monthly U.S. Foreclosure Market Report provides a count of the total number of properties with at least one foreclosure filing reported during the quarter — broken out by type of filing at the state and national level. Data is also available at the individual county level. 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 quarter only the most recent filing is counted in the report. The report also checks if the same type of document was filed against a property in a previous quarter. If so, and if that previous filing occurred within the estimated foreclosure timeframe for the state the property is in, the report does not count the property in the current month.

 

U.S. Foreclosure Market Data by State – Q2 2008

    Properties with Foreclosure Filings    
Rate Rank State Name NOD LIS NTS NFS REO Total 1/every X HH (rate) %Change from Q1 08 %Change from Q2 07

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United States

161,162

157,094

139,955

59,112

222,391

739,714

171

13.82

121.36

43

Alabama

3

0

680

0

1,146

1,829

1,154

7.59

-0.76

32

Alaska

1

0

445

0

60

506

547

5.20

75.69

3

Arizona

18

0

25,431

0

11,781

37,230

70

35.86

272.26

25

Arkansas

168

0

2,488

0

818

3,474

367

-7.41

226.50

2

California

119,836

0

19,968

0

62,795

202,599

65

19.29

197.78

5

Colorado

22

0

10,331

0

5,881

16,234

129

-14.54

50.69

19

Connecticut

0

3,872

2

845

226

4,945

290

-35.21

7.95

36

Delaware

0

0

0

308

297

605

633

12.66

178.80*

 

District of Columbia

226

0

728

0

221

1,175

241

7.90

3,163.89*

4

Florida

0

74,968

28

18,379

16,058

109,433

78

24.51

181.83

8

Georgia

107

0

17,522

0

10,124

27,753

140

-2.63

85.12

41

Hawaii

61

0

385

0

50

496

1,008

33.69

82.35

20

Idaho

1,142

0

693

0

251

2,086

295

15.25

148.63

10

Illinois

0

18,302

30

1,912

6,646

26,890

193

15.83

57.99

11

Indiana

0

4,048

29

5,021

4,792

13,890

198

-0.33

59.40

39

Iowa

1

0

751

0

630

1,382

955

-11.75

33.14

34

Kansas

0

273

5

735

948

1,961

616

40.47

131.25

42

Kentucky

0

415

8

814

597

1,834

1,030

15.93

0.60

40

Louisiana

0

3

2

1,432

455

1,892

967

-2.37

73.10

38

Maine

369

0

389

0

67

825

838

40.55

2,257.14

16

Maryland

0

6,881

17

1,357

1,197

9,452

243

-17.04

130.20

9

Mass.

0

6,734

22

4,345

5,072

16,173

168

-1.18

285.71*

7

Michigan

5,114

0

12,526

0

15,228

32,868

137

11.25

73.18

27

Minnesota

80

0

2,777

0

2,816

5,673

403

34.08*

119.71*

46

Mississippi

0

0

366

0

313

679

1,828

48.25*

81.55*

18

Missouri

3,289

0

1,932

0

4,455

9,676

271

9.42

85.36

44

Montana

7

0

299

0

30

336

1,286

-20.19

13.90

33

Nebraska

0

68

6

973

227

1,274

608

71.70

86.80

1

Nevada

13,831

0

2,110

0

8,716

24,657

43

25.83

146.77

22

New Hampshire

0

0

952

0

786

1,738

339

-2.80

1,748.94*

12

New Jersey

0

11,725

8

3,694

1,862

17,289

201

31.94

140.33

37

New Mexico

0

877

0

73

200

1,150

739

-2.71

59.94

30

New York

0

11,101

7

2,292

2,625

16,025

493

11.46

61.66

26

North Carolina

6,521

0

444

0

3,546

10,511

383

2.22

57.97

49

North Dakota

0

0

0

1

50

51

6,035

2.00

-25.00

6

Ohio

0

11,716

78

10,131

15,764

37,689

134

20.60

26.93

29

Oklahoma

1,182

0

1,434

0

1,270

3,886

414

19.98

72.10

23

Oregon

2,504

0

1,645

0

460

4,609

344

9.69

118.44

31

Pennsylvania

0

3,199

7

4,653

2,548

10,407

524

76.36*

62.76*

17

Rhode Island

0

0

1,150

0

510

1,660

271

5.00

444.26*

35

South Carolina

0

305

11

397

2,466

3,179

621

63.95*

211.97*

47

South Dakota

0

0

1

80

12

93

3,794

45.31

1,450.00*

13

Tennessee

2,935

0

4,189

0

4,884

12,008

223

-3.08

105.19

21

Texas

308

0

14,781

0

14,020

29,109

317

-13.61

40.47

14

Utah

516

0

2,744

0

721

3,981

226

21.04

113.23

50

Vermont

0

0

7

0

30

37

8,366

1,133.33*

236.36*

15

Virginia

2,882

0

6,483

0

4,811

14,176

228

7.79

278.43

24

Washington

39

0

5,805

0

1,876

7,720

350

16.30

87.11

48

West Virginia

0

0

136

0

59

195

4,501

36.36

22.64

28

Wisconsin

0

2,607

17

1,670

1,921

6,215

408

9.57

157.88

45

Wyoming

0

0

86

0

73

159

1,504

-3.05

87.06*

 *Actual increase may not be as high due to data collection changes or improvements

 

Top 100 U.S. Metro Foreclosure Market Data – Q2 2008

 

Rate Rank State Metro Name Props with Filings 1/every X HH (rate) %Change from Q1 08 %Change from Q2 07

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U.S. Total

739,714

171

13.82

121.36

1

CA

STOCKTON

9,066

25

19.92

170.63

2

CA

RIVERSIDE/SAN BERNARDINO

43,600

32

17.08

193.42

3

NV

LAS VEGAS/PARADISE

21,742

35

25.53

143.66

4

CA

BAKERSFIELD

6,431

41

25.78

294.78

5

CA

SACRAMENTO

15,505

49

11.01

125.46

6

FL

FORT LAUDERDALE

15,558

51

42.39

215.26

7

AZ

PHOENIX/MESA

31,613

51

36.65

306.81

8

CA

OAKLAND

15,904

60

25.56

237.31

9

CA

FRESNO

4,806

62

26.08

178.13

10

FL

MIAMI

15,260

62

30.39

112.86

11

CA

SAN DIEGO

17,343

65

13.24

206.52

12

MI

DETROIT/LIVONIA/DEARBORN

12,826

66

3.42

52.91

13

FL

ORLANDO

11,809

72

12.23

247.94

14

FL

SARASOTA/BRADENTON/VENICE

4,690

82

9.10

163.34

15

CA

ORANGE

12,439

82

29.69

276.71

16

CA

VENTURA

3,177

85

34.62

228.88

17

FL

TAMPA/ST PETERSBURGH/CLEARWATER

14,960

87

26.66

158.51

18

FL

PALM BEACH

7,141

88

50.69

188.29

19

CA

LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH

36,955

91

14.85

168.24

20

GA

ATLANTA/SANDY SPRINGS/MARIETTA

22,484

91

-0.31

77.05

21

OH

TOLEDO

3,253

92

73.31

121.44

22

OH

AKRON

3,283

93

58.68

24.40

23

CO

DENVER/AURORA

10,829

95

-18.99

44.71

24

CA

SAN JOSE/SUNNYVALE/SANTA CLARA

6,437

97

35.66

343.32

25

TN-MS-AR

MEMPHIS

5,141

105

3.75

95.33

26

OH

CLEVELAND/LORAIN/ELYRIA/MENTOR

8,735

108

-2.61

-3.69

27

DC-MD-VA-WV

WASHINGTON/ARLINGTON/ALEXANDRIA

15,569

109

3.05

250.97*

28

MI

WARREN/FARMINGTON HILLS/TROY

9,312

113

17.22

100.26

29

OH

DAYTON

3,304

115

21.47

18.68

30

IN

INDIANAPOLIS

6,058

122

-4.30

30.87

31

OH

COLUMBUS

6,285

122

17.74

39.11

32

MA

ESSEX

2,418

122

1.77

365.90*

33

FL

JACKSONVILLE

4,540

125

-0.37

73.35

34

IN

GARY

1,980

144

10.61

61.11

35

IL

CHICAGO

21,488

144

22.08

58.30

36

MA

WORCESTER

2,156

146

-14.24

188.62*

37

AZ

TUCSON

2,820

148

51.29

138.18

38

NJ

NEWARK

5,458

154

26.25

170.47

39

IL

LAKE/KENOSHA

1,573

159

5.93

61.66

40

MA

BOSTON/QUINCY

4,719

159

-1.34

333.33*

41

OH-KY-IN

CINCINNATI

5,601

161

15.60

16.49

42

NJ

CAMDEN

1,588

177

40.04

137.37

43

WA

TACOMA

1,732

179

14.40

112.78

44

WI

MILWAUKEE/WAUKESHA/WST ALLIS

3,545

184

16.23

208.80

45

MO-KS

KANSAS CITY

4,643

187

38.10

94.84

46

MO-IL

ST LOUIS

6,357

192

-4.05

76.73

47

MA

SPRINGFIELD

1,449

195

-24.57

198.15*

48

MA

CAMBRIDGE/NEWTON/FRAMINGHAM

2,994

197

9.59

337.08*

49

TX

DALLAS

7,638

202

-8.38

10.11

50

TX

FORT WORTH/ARLINGTON

3,785

203

-17.70

27.44

51

TX

HOUSTON/BAYTOWN/SUGARLAND

9,827

214

-21.18

83.96

52

UT

SALT LAKE CITY

1,768

217

17.16

89.29

53

OK

TULSA

1,772

222

41.65

69.57

54

MD

BETHESDA/FREDERICK/GAITHERSBURG

1,939

229

-9.69

167.45*

55

NC-SC

CHARLOTTE/GASTONIA

2,923

232

-5.65

25.45

56

TN

NASHVILLE/DAVIDSON

2,626

238

0.69

126.18

57

CT

NEWHAVEN/MILFORD

1,452

240

-36.81

-3.33

58

NY

POUGHKEEPSIE/NEWBURGH/MIDDLETOWN

1,015

241

210.40*

423.20*

59

MN-WI

MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL/BLOOMINGTON

5,120

256

28.64

106.04

60

CA

SAN FRANCISCO

2,778

263

28.43

203.94

61

NC

RALEIGH/CARY

1,515

270

8.45

64.50

62

AR

LITTLE ROCK/NORTH LITTLE ROCK

1,074

270

-16.42

167.16

63

RI

PROVIDENCE/NEW BEDFORD

1,660

271

5.00

444.26*

64

CT

BRIDGEPORT/STAMFORD/NORWALK

1,283

272

-31.68

43.19

65

NJ

EDISON

3,367

276

25.26

54.10

66

OK

OKLAHOMA CITY

1,826

282

5.86

75.58

67

OR-WA

PORTLAND/VANCOUVER/BEAVERTON

2,961

295

10.57

132.05

68

TX

SAN ANTONIO

2,452

301

-5.66

39.08

69

NY

SUFFOLK/NASSAU

3,298

304

-1.61

82.41

70

NC

GREENSBORO/HIGHPOINT

1,007

304

-4.73

75.44

71

NE-IA

OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS

1,075

322

113.29

97.97

72

PA

PHILADELPHIA

4,977

324

62.43

46.60

73

MD

BALTIMORE/TOWSON

3,389

325

-19.65

105.64*

74

CT

HARTFORD

1,470

333

-35.67

-0.14

75

TN

KNOXVILLE

856

354

-17.77

108.78

76

NY

ALBANY/SCHENECTADY/TROY

1,062

356

74.67

276.60

77

SC

COLUMBIA

813

373

47.82*

354.19*

78

TX

AUSTIN/ROUND ROCK

1,611

381

-3.19

12.42

79

PA

PITTSBURGH

2,880

383

73.29

87.74

80

NY

ROCHESTER

1,124

392

13.77

10.63

81

LA

NEW ORLEANS

1,127

398

-1.31

83.85

82

NM

ALBUQUERQUE

857

405

-6.13

64.81

83

WA

SEATTLE/BELLEVUE/EVERETT

2,616

411

25.89

69.10

84

NY-NJ

NEW YORK/WAYNE/WHITE PLAINS

10,189

432

16.61

66.19

85

VA

RICHMOND

1,104

456

-6.60

804.92*

86

KS

WICHITA

548

466

56.13

122.76

87

DE-MD-NJ

WILMINGTON

576

483

-9.29

244.91

88

SC

GREENVILLE

536

492

40.68

587.18*

89

KY-IN

LOUISVILLE

1,032

523

3.72

-21.22

90

VA-NC

NORFOLK/VIRGINIA BEACH/NEWPORT NEWS

1,081

551

-1.28

170.25*

91

TX

EL PASO

408

611

65.85

2.77

92

TX

MCALLEN/EDINBURG/PHARR

392

612

-25.62

276.92

93

SC

CHARLESTON

437

627

21.39

67.43*

94

PA

SCRANTON/WILKES/BARRE/HAZLETON

360

715

115.57

56.52

95

NY

BUFFALO/CHEEKTOWAGA/TONAWANDA**

680

765

0.44

77.55

96

LA

BATON ROUGE

400

780

13.96

132.56

97

AL

BIRMINGHAM/HOOVER

574

798

48.70

-43.39

98

NY

SYRACUSE

331

860

5.75

154.62

99

PA

ALLENTOWN/BETHLEHEM/EASTON

317

972

1168.00

10.84

100

HI

HONOLULU

250

1,331

61.29

63.40

*Actual increase may not be as high due to data collection changes or improvements
**Actual Total and Rate may be higher because of limited data coverage

About RealtyTrac Inc.
Ranked as the third largest real estate site by MediaMetrix and No. 53 on Inc. magazine’s 2006 Inc. 500 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies, RealtyTrac Inc. (realtytrac.com), is the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, providing all the resources that home seekers, investors and real estate agents need to locate, evaluate and buy properties below market value.

Founded in 1996, RealtyTrac publishes the largest and most comprehensive national database of pre-foreclosure, foreclosure, For Sale By Owner, resale and new homes, with more than 1 million properties across the country, property reports, productivity tools and extensive professional resources. RealtyTrac hosts nearly 3 million unique visitors monthly and has been chosen to supply foreclosure data to MSN Real Estate, Yahoo! Real Estate and The Wall Street Journal’s Real Estate Journal. For current news and information regarding foreclosure-related issues and trends, visit our blog at www.ForeclosurePulse.com.

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