Another month. More lousy housing numbers:
A total of 223,538 foreclosure filings were reported in September, up from 112,210 in the same month a year ago, according to Irvine-based RealtyTrac Inc.
The number of filings in September was down 8 percent from August’s 243,947, the firm said.
Sounds like it is getting better? That’s not what the realtors say:
"August was an extraordinarily high month for foreclosure activity, so some falloff was almost predictable," said Rick Sharga, RealtyTrac’s vice president for marketing. …
"We don’t see September as the beginning of the end in this cycle of foreclosures," Sharga said.
How bad?
Nevada reported one foreclosure filing for every 185 households, earning the state the highest foreclosure rate in the nation for the ninth month in a row. The state had 5,504 filings in September, down 11.1 percent from August and more than triple from September 2006.
Florida had one foreclosure filing for every 248 households. The state reported 33,354 foreclosure filings in September, down just less than 2 percent from August, but more than three times greater than September 2006’s total.
Chaos in high-growth swing-states.
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Foreclosure News: Foreclosure, colorado - October 22 — Foreclosure Blog · October 22, 2007 at 5:17 PM
[…] From http://www.eyeon08.com. A total of 223,538 foreclosure filings were reported in September, up from 112,210 in the same month a year ago, according to Irvine-based RealtyTrac Inc. The state had 5,504 filings in September, down 11.1 percent from August and more than triple from September 2006. The state reported 33,354 foreclosure filings in September, down just less than 2 percent from August, but more than three times greater than September 2006’s total. […]
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