{"id":1452,"date":"2018-10-03T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/03\/highest-foreclosure-rates\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:23:06","slug":"highest-foreclosure-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/03\/highest-foreclosure-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Highest Foreclosure Rates Among Major Metro Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Bank Repossessions Up 14 Percent From Previous Month, Down 1 Percent From Year Ago<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Foreclosure Rates Start Up 9 Percent From Previous Month, Down 6 Percent From Year Ago<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There were 70,166 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings in August 2018, up 9 percent from July but still down 7 percent from a year ago, according to the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.attomdata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ATTOM Data Solutions<\/a> Foreclosure Activity Report. Nationally one in every 1,910 U.S. properties had a <a href=\"corelogic-february-reports\/\">foreclosure<\/a> filing in August 2018, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>States with the highest foreclosure rates in August were New Jersey (one in every 690 housing units); Maryland (one in every 918 housing units); Nevada (one in every 984 housing units); Delaware (one in every 1,012 housing units); and Florida (one in every 1,229 housing units).<\/p>\n<h4>Baltimore, Philadelphia, Las Vegas post highest foreclosure rates among major metro areas<\/h4>\n<p>Among 291 metropolitan statistical areas with at least 200,000 people, those with the highest foreclosure rates in August were Atlantic City, New Jersey (one in every 354 housing units); Fayetteville, North Carolina (one in every 444 housing units); Trenton, New Jersey (one in every 546 housing units); Columbia, South Carolina (one in every 807 housing units); and Bakersfield, California (one in every 864 housing units).<\/p>\n<p>Among 53 metro areas with at least 1 million people, those with the highest foreclosure rates in August were Baltimore, Maryland (one in every 871 housing units); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (one in every 887 housing units); Las Vegas, Nevada (one in every 891 housing units); Jacksonville, Florida (one in every 982 housing units); and Cleveland, Ohio (one in every 1,012 housing units).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50441\" src=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/Foreclosure.jpg\" alt=\"Foreclosure Rates\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<h4>Foreclosure starts down nationwide, up in 44 percent of local markets<\/h4>\n<p>Lenders started the foreclosure process on 32,775 U.S. properties in August 2018, up 9 percent from the previous month but still down 6 percent from a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Counter to the national trend, 21 states posted year-over-year increases in foreclosure starts, including Florida (up 4 percent); North Carolina (up 41 percent); Maryland (up 39 percent); South Carolina (up 8 percent); and Michigan (up 75 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Counter to the national trend, 97 of 219 metro areas analyzed in the report (44 percent) posted year-over-year increases in foreclosure starts, including Miami, Florida (up 2 percent); Houston, Texas (up 8 percent); Washington, D.C. (up 14 percent); Baltimore, Maryland (up 12 percent); and Charlotte, North Carolina (up 46 percent).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/foreclosure_starts_completions_aug_2018.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/foreclosure_starts_completions_aug_2018.png\" alt=\"Foreclosure Rates\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Bank repossessions down nationwide, up in 47 percent of local markets<\/h4>\n<p>Lenders repossessed 21,640 U.S. properties in August 2018 (REO), up 14 percent from the previous month but still down 1 percent from a year ago, following two consecutive months of year-over-year increases.<\/p>\n<p>Counter to the national trend, 22 states and the District of Columbia posted year-over-year increases in REOs in August, including New Jersey (up 15 percent); Texas (up 86 percent); New York (up 14 percent); Georgia (up 79 percent); and Missouri (up 23 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Counter to the national trend, 102 out of 219 metro areas analyzed in the report posted a year-over-year increase in REOs in August, including New York, New York (up 5 percent); Houston, Texas (up 90 percent); Atlanta, Georgia (up 89 percent); St. Louis, Missouri (up 81 percent); and Washington, D.C. 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