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It's a big season for foreclosures. And we've collected some stats and information that you'll find very helpful. Read more about this in our press release or on our blog.
National numbers
A total of 303,879 foreclosure filings were reported nationwide in August
Foreclosure activity increased 27 percent from August 2007
The foreclosure rate was one foreclosure filing for every 416 households
State highlights
Nevada continued to document the nation’s highest state foreclosure rate. One in every 91 Nevada households received a foreclosure filing in August, 3.6 times the national average, and the state’s foreclosure activity was up 89 percent from August 2007
California posted the second highest state foreclosure rate in April, with one in every 130 households receiving a foreclosure filing during the month.
The highest metro foreclosure rate was in Stockton, Calif. — one foreclosure filing for every 131 households
Six of the 10 cities with the nation’s highest metro foreclosure rates were located in California
Florida posted the second highest total in August, with foreclosure filings reported on 44,000 properties during the month — a 4 percent decrease from the previous month but still up nearly 30 percent from August 2007
California, Florida and Arizona together accounted for more than half of the nation’s foreclosure activity.

RealtyTrac® (realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its August 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — were reported on 303,879 U.S. properties during the month, a 12 percent increase from the previous month and a 27 percent increase from August 2007. The report also shows one in every 416 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing during the month.
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.
“In August the total number of U.S. properties that received foreclosure filings as well as the national foreclosure rate were both the highest we’ve seen in any month since we began issuing our report in January 2005; however, the annual increase of 27 percent was actually substantially lower than in previous months this year, when it was hovering around 50 to 65 percent,” said James J. Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac. “The lower annual percentage increase this month is due to a big spike in activity last August — particularly in default activity. Over the past few months we’ve seen annual increases in default activity and auction activity moderating, and that trend continued in August, with default activity up just 10 percent from a year ago and auction activity up 7 percent from a year ago.

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