According to RealtyTrac Inc., foreclosure filings in October- default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions- were reported on 133,919 U.S. properties, a 2 percent increase from the previous month but a 28 percent decrease from a year ago. The report states that one in every 978 U.S. homes had a foreclosure filing during the month of October.
Among the nation’s 20 largest metro areas, the highest foreclosure rates were in Miami, Tampa, Chicago, Baltimore and Riverside-San Bernardino. The biggest annual increases in foreclosure activity were in Baltimore (up 296 percent for 13th consecutive month with an annual increase), Washington, D.C. (up 48 percent for fifth consecutive month with an annual increase), New York (up 20 percent for 16th consecutive month with an annual increase), Philadelphia (up 15 percent for eighth consecutive month with an annual increase), and Miami (up 7 percent for first annual increase after two consecutive months of annual decreases).
According to Daren Blomquist, vice president of RealtyTrac, this is attributed to the “backlog of delayed judicial foreclosures making their way through the pipeline, with many of these properties scheduled for public auction.”
States with the biggest annual increases in scheduled judicial foreclosure auctions included Maryland (up 177 percent), Delaware (up 142 percent), New York (up 98 percent), New Jersey (up 97 percent), Pennsylvania (up 58 percent), Connecticut (up 35 percent), and Florida (up 32 percent).
Miami posted the highest foreclosure rate: one in every 264 housing units with a foreclosure filing. Miami foreclosure activity in October increased 7 percent from a year ago boosted by a 51 percent jump in scheduled foreclosure auctions.
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