Foreclosure Activity Decreases 10 Percent in January 2009
February 12 2009 - RealtyTrac(R), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its January 2009 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report(TM), which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — were reported on 274,399 U.S. properties during the month, a 10 percent decrease from the previous month but still up 18 percent from January 2008. The report also shows one in every 466 U.S. housing units received a foreclosure filing in January.
“The extensive foreclosure efforts on the part of lenders and government agencies appear to have impacted the January numbers — particularly the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac moratorium on all foreclosure sales that was extended through the end of January along with Florida’s voluntary 45-day freeze on all new foreclosure actions and scheduling of foreclosure sales that was announced at the beginning of December,” said James J. Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac. “January REOs, which represent completed foreclosure sales to the foreclosing lender, were down 15 percent nationwide from the previous month. And in Florida overall foreclosure activity was down 20 percent from the previous month.”
Nevada, California, Arizona post top state foreclosure rates
Nevada foreclosure activity in January decreased 4 percent from the previous month, but the state continued to register the nation’s No. 1 foreclosure rate, with one in every 76 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing during the month. Foreclosure filings were reported on 14,444 Nevada properties in January, up 137 percent from January 2008.
California posted the nation’s second highest state foreclosure rate in January, with one in every 173 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing during the month, and Arizona posted the nation’s third highest state foreclosure rate, with one in every 182 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing during the month.
Despite a 20 percent month-over-month drop in foreclosure activity, Florida posted the nation’s fourth highest state foreclosure rate, with one in every 214 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing during the month.
Other states with foreclosure rates ranking among the nation’s 10 highest were Oregon, Illinois, Michigan, Georgia, Idaho and Ohio.
California, Florida, Arizona post highest foreclosure totals
Foreclosure filings were reported on 76,761 California properties, the most of any state despite a 14 percent decrease from the previous month. The state’s foreclosure activity in January still increased 34 percent from January 2008.
Florida’s 40,770 properties receiving foreclosure filings in January was the second highest total of any state, and Arizona’s 14,674 properties receiving foreclosure filings was the third highest total of any state
Illinois foreclosure activity in January increased 16 percent from the previous month, giving the state 14,447 properties with foreclosure filings — the fourth highest state total. One in every 363 Illinois properties received a foreclosure filing in January, the nation’s sixth highest foreclosure rate.
Nevada, Michigan, Ohio, Georgia, Texas and Virginia also reported foreclosure totals that were among the nation’s 10 highest.
California, Florida, Nevada cities post top metro foreclosure rates
California cities accounted for six of the top 10 metro foreclosure rates in January among metro areas with a population of 200,000 or more. Merced, Calif., posted the top metro foreclosure rate, with one in every 59 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing during the month — nearly eight times the national average.
Other California metro areas with foreclosure rates among the top 10: Riverside-San Bernardino at No. 4 with one in every 81 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing; Modesto at No. 5 with one in every 84 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing; Stockton at No. 6 with one in every 86 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing; Vallejo-Fairfield at No. 7 with one in every 100 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing; and Bakersfield at No. 8 with one in every 120 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing.
Two Florida cities posted foreclosure rates among the top 10 metro foreclosure rates: Cape Coral-Fort Myers at No. 3 with one in every 80 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing and Port St. Lucie at No. 9 with one in every 123 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing.
With one in every 63 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing, the Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev., metro area posted the second highest metro foreclosure rate in January. The Reno-Sparks, Nev., metro area posted the 10th highest metro foreclosure rate, with one in every 128 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing. Reno-Sparks was the only metro area in the top 10 that did not experience a month-over-month decrease in foreclosure activity, but all of the top 10 saw year-over-year increases in activity.
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 month — broken out by type of filing at the state and national level. Data is also available at the individual county level. 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. The report also checks if the same type of document was filed against a property in a previous month or 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 - Jan 2009
Properties with Foreclosure Filings
Rate
Rank State Name NOD LIS NTS NFS REO Total
-- U.S. 46,681 52,435 80,986 27,520 66,777 274,399
39 Alabama 0 0 377 0 543 920
32 Alaska 0 0 112 0 55 167
3 Arizona 1 0 10,128 0 4,545 14,674
22 Arkansas 170 0 1,060 0 286 1,516
2 California 37,693 0 22,731 0 16,337 76,761
11 Colorado 1 0 3,080 0 1,242 4,323
23 Connecticut 0 1,050 0 211 390 1,651
36 Delaware 0 1 0 102 71 174
District of
Columbia 57 0 104 0 46 207
4 Florida 0 24,743 0 10,433 5,594 40,770
8 Georgia 1 0 7,112 0 2,794 9,907
30 Hawaii 53 0 253 0 31 337
9 Idaho 752 0 704 0 56 1,512
6 Illinois 0 7,484 0 4,322 2,641 14,447
14 Indiana 0 1,680 1 1,840 1,035 4,556
35 Iowa 0 0 448 0 229 677
34 Kansas 0 89 0 256 320 665
40 Kentucky 0 16 0 442 213 671
42 Louisiana 0 0 0 386 99 485
37 Maine 101 0 173 0 34 308
16 Maryland 0 2,878 0 412 407 3,697
20 Massachusetts 0 1,616 0 547 1,199 3,362
7 Michigan 0 0 8,127 0 3,291 11,418
28 Minnesota 1 0 725 0 1,160 1,886
43 Mississippi 0 0 243 0 32 275
27 Missouri 57 0 1,125 0 1,287 2,469
46 Montana 0 0 7 0 42 49
49 Nebraska 0 0 0 8 23 31
1 Nevada 6,064 0 4,532 0 3,848 14,444
19 New Hampshire 0 0 485 0 265 750
17 New Jersey 0 3,364 0 1,001 640 5,005
44 New Mexico 0 67 0 24 73 164
38 New York 0 1,988 0 930 578 3,496
33 North Carolina 334 0 891 0 1,161 2,386
45 North Dakota 0 0 0 27 25 52
10 Ohio 0 4,115 0 3,990 3,094 11,199
31 Oklahoma 275 0 186 0 512 973
5 Oregon 40 0 3,763 0 708 4,511
29 Pennsylvania 0 1,214 0 1,360 1,108 3,682
13 Rhode Island 0 0 386 0 359 745
21 South Carolina 0 1,052 0 520 891 2,463
47 South Dakota 0 0 0 38 1 39
18 Tennessee 1 0 2,057 0 1,604 3,662
26 Texas 6 0 5,720 0 4,028 9,754
12 Utah 705 0 538 0 548 1,791
50 Vermont 0 0 0 0 6 6
15 Virginia 369 0 3,579 0 1,418 5,366
24 Washington 0 0 2,237 0 903 3,140
48 West Virginia 0 0 59 0 15 74
25 Wisconsin 0 1,078 0 671 950 2,699
41 Wyoming 0 0 43 0 40 83
Properties with Foreclosure Filings
Rate
Rank State Name 1/every X %Change %Change
HU (rate) from from
Dec 08 Jan 08
-- U.S. 466 -9.56 17.77
39 Alabama 2,323 24.83 58.35
32 Alaska 1,690 -41.81 46.49
3 Arizona 182 -8.07 61.98
22 Arkansas 849 -16.43 29.35
2 California 173 -14.18 34.30
11 Colorado 492 -18.73 -36.73
23 Connecticut 871 -19.85 -55.34
36 Delaware 2,233 -58.77 0.58
District of
Columbia 1,373 -31.46 -58.93
4 Florida 214 -19.76 35.10
8 Georgia 400 -1.24 -7.11
30 Hawaii 1,504 -32.46 173.98
9 Idaho 417 -5.38 105.71
6 Illinois 363 16.32 85.05
14 Indiana 610 -4.51 -17.94
35 Iowa 1,964 -23.68 31.71
34 Kansas 1,834 4.23 92.75
40 Kentucky 2,841 -23.92 17.31
42 Louisiana 3,833 -26.18 -32.64
37 Maine 2,262 13.65 48.79*
16 Maryland 627 -16.72 0.43
20 Massachusetts 810 -14.21 -57.80
7 Michigan 397 -15.75 6.25
28 Minnesota 1,222 -21.65 21.68
43 Mississippi 4,563 108.33* 69.75*
27 Missouri 1,072 -24.61** -26.50**
46 Montana 8,888 28.95 -45.56
49 Nebraska 25,187 -32.61 -87.84
1 Nevada 76 -3.96 137.29
19 New Hampshire 792 -14.29 -9.64
17 New Jersey 699 29.50 -2.11
44 New Mexico 5,257 -55.19 -57.18
38 New York 2,271 23.71 -28.08
33 North Carolina 1,729 -7.30 -29.26
45 North Dakota 5,972 18.18 126.09
10 Ohio 452 -0.54 -12.41
31 Oklahoma 1,668 -23.39 -21.02
5 Oregon 357 45.14 218.80*
29 Pennsylvania 1,488 -10.61 118.78
13 Rhode Island 605 -12.46 -4.73
21 South Carolina 821 35.85 462.33*
47 South Dakota 9,160 -13.33 77.27
18 Tennessee 744 -5.72 -13.61
26 Texas 967 2.73 -33.64
12 Utah 517 -4.63 85.02
50 Vermont 51,906 -62.50 500.00*
15 Virginia 610 -25.94** 4.15**
24 Washington 874 13.40 42.73
48 West Virginia 11,928 27.59 39.62
25 Wisconsin 949 16.99 28.40
41 Wyoming 2,920 3.75 93.02
*Actual increase may not be as high due to data collection changes or improvements
** Collection of some records previously classified as NOD in this state
was discontinued starting in January 2009
RealtyTrac Inc.
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