US DATA: RealtyTrac’s Mid-Year 2012 Metropolitan Foreclosure Market
Report says “foreclosure activity in the first half of 2012 increased
from the previous six months in 125 of the nation’s 212 metropolitan
areas with a population of 200,000 or more. Despite the increases from
the second half of 2011, 129 of the metro areas still posted
year-over-year decreases in foreclosure activity. California accounted
for seven of the 10 highest metro foreclosure rates and 10 of the top 20
metro foreclosure rates during the first half of the year. Florida
accounted for four of the top 20 metro foreclosure rates, and Illinois
accounted for two of the top 20. Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and Colorado
each had one city in the top 20.”