See where your hometown ranks in foreclosure filings ‘08, Seattle #86

Dick Todhunter — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:17:04 +0000

Seattle- Tacoma- Bellevue saw a 43% increase in foreclosure filings over 2008 and that makes it 180% more filings than in 2007.

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Realtytrac has come out with it’s list of top foreclosure cities in the United States. This list is scary. It seems that foreclosure rates are rising as more people lose their jobs.

2009 U.S. Metro Foreclosure Market Data

		Properties with Foreclosure Filings
Rate Rank	Metro Name	Total	%Housing Units	1/every X HU	%Change from 2008	%Change from 2007
–	U.S. Total	2,824,674	2.21	45	21.21	119.67
1	Las Vegas-Paradise, NV	94,862	12.04	8	41.12	212.19
2	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	42,734	11.87	8	4.13	234.12
3	Merced, CA	8,389	10.10	10	1.18	124.85
4	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	126,376	8.80	11	12.55	143.90
5	Stockton, CA	19,540	8.62	12	-7.51	84.22
6	Modesto, CA	14,812	8.53	12	-0.48	101.09
7	Orlando-Kissimmee, FL	72,141	8.17	12	54.01	357.86
8	Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	133,809	8.03	12	36.98	343.12
9	Port St. Lucie, FL	15,630	7.58	13	21.52	217.55
10	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL	172,894	7.16	14	43.50	198.28
11	Vallejo-Fairfield, CA	10,702	7.14	14	10.08	105.93
12	Bakersfield, CA	19,174	7.13	14	18.30	154.74
13	Naples-Marco Island, FL	12,251	6.38	16	31.15	339.58
14	Reno-Sparks, NV	11,037	6.15	16	62.24	311.06
15	Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA	47,810	5.64	18	13.96	92.36
16	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	13,125	5.32	19	49.25	215.05
17	Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL	20,507	5.26	19	18.84	201.53
18	Lakeland, FL	14,405	5.19	19	40.52	177.98
19	Fresno, CA	14,974	4.92	20	19.12	141.28
20	Salinas, CA	6,729	4.83	21	4.81	166.28
21	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	12,685	4.78	21	23.47	147.80
22	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	62,719	4.77	21	16.95	161.71
23	Visalia-Porterville, CA	6,350	4.69	21	42.92	189.03
24	Boise City-Nampa, ID	11,009	4.66	21	103.34*	398.82*
25	Ocala, FL	7,295	4.58	22	39.67	275.84
26	Jacksonville, FL	26,537	4.53	22	55.87	178.11
27	Prescott, AZ	4,561	4.36	23	70.95	400.11
28	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA	49,125	4.34	23	9.33	142.96
29	Greeley, CO	3,934	4.25	24	6.53	43.16
30	Provo-Orem, UT	5,818	4.11	24	100.76	579.67
31	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	11,155	4.09	24	32.45	157.32
32	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	175,810	3.99	25	37.06	203.37
33	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO	6,912	3.77	27	31.66	336.64
34	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA	78,835	3.73	27	17.65	57.10
35	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI	69,171	3.64	27	0.36	10.18
36	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	6,859	3.47	29	30.30	171.54
37	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	54,083	3.20	31	17.66	137.08
38	Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI	119,662	3.19	31	33.39	108.87
39	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	19,920	3.15	32	27.42	217.86
40	Flint, MI	5,963	3.02	33	1.71	10.77
41	Tucson, AZ	12,798	3.01	33	41.52	201.27
42	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA	4,432	2.93	34	33.70	150.82
43	Salt Lake City, UT	11,413	2.91	34	72.19	208.96
44	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	5,616	2.85	35	34.00	130.83
45	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	15,334	2.80	36	-11.08††	35.92††
46	Denver-Aurora, CO	28,962	2.78	36	-12.02	9.04
47	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	2,781	2.70	37	30.26	205.60
48	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	56,347	2.64	38	1.70	158.51
49	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	2,976	2.57	39	63.07	235.89
50	Colorado Springs, CO	6,485	2.54	39	11.12	68.62
51	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	4,981	2.54	39	19.22	38.86
52	Ogden-Clearfield, UT	4,484	2.53	39	76.67	124.76
53	Rockford, IL	3,623	2.52	40	16.23	60.38
54	Chico, CA	2,380	2.51	40	50.35	167.72
55	Indianapolis-Carmel, IN	18,408	2.47	41	-9.39	26.16
56	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI	7,829	2.46	41	12.24	60.43
57	Toledo, OH	7,359	2.46	41	-7.52	27.85
58	Atlantic City, NJ	3,063	2.42	41	34.05	136.89
59	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH	22,430	2.38	42	-19.00	-19.31
60	Columbus, OH	17,672	2.29	44	-9.32	28.18
61	Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA	20,017	2.26	44	87.35	287.40
62	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	29,115	2.20	45	57.80	169.66
63	Canton-Massillon, OH	3,899	2.20	46	-13.05	-4.53
64	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	6,198	2.20	46	77.04*	645.85*
65	Holland-Grand Haven, MI	2,136	2.13	47	43.84	119.53
66	Salem, OR	3,110	2.13	47	93.17	198.75
67	Dayton, OH	7,914	2.08	48	-14.27	1.28
68	Gainesville, FL	2,387	2.08	48	81.38	188.29
69	Macon, GA	2,056	2.00	50	11.32	52.41
70	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	2,543	2.00	50	19.67	49.24
71	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	12,578	1.92	52	23.54	92.50
72	Savannah, GA	2,698	1.87	53	37.86	161.43
73	Akron, OH	5,710	1.85	54	-30.86	-19.18
74	Ann Arbor, MI	2,661	1.81	55	-4.49	58.77
75	Trenton-Ewing, NJ	2,539	1.81	55	4.66	81.36
76	Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN	16,358	1.80	56	-2.23	24.77
77	Green Bay, WI	2,391	1.78	56	126.64*	519.43*
78	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI	1,555	1.75	57	-18.80	17.27
79	Kansas City, MO-KS	15,067	1.75	57	10.86†	49.59†
80	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	4,568	1.74	57	-8.69	28.93
81	Worcester, MA	5,491	1.74	58	-13.45	78.63
82	Tallahassee, FL	2,737	1.72	58	50.80	134.13
83	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	2,483	1.72	58	5.48	100.08
84	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC	4,585	1.71	59	47.90	1,656.70*
85	Birmingham-Hoover, AL	8,174	1.64	61	267.21*	245.92*
86	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	22,772	1.62	62	43.15	180.20
87	New Haven-Milford, CT	5,633	1.61	62	-10.79	48.59
88	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	4,748	1.61	62	9.50	77.50
89	Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	2,707	1.61	62	279.66*	2,137.19*
90	St. Louis, MO-IL	19,465	1.58	63	-10.07†	26.08†
91	Chattanooga, TN-GA	3,497	1.53	65	7.07††	152.31††
92	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT	5,361	1.53	65	-8.73	119.71
93	Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC	10,732	1.51	66	9.49	13.40
94	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	35,520	1.50	67	2.86	-4.58
95	Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	2,151	1.50	67	29.27	131.04
96	Tulsa, OK	5,843	1.47	68	22.32	65.29
97	Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN	9,253	1.45	69	-1.92††	75.48††
98	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	9,794	1.44	70	49.85†	363.73†
99	Columbia, SC	4,461	1.44	70	64.98	362.76
100	Eugene-Springfield, OR	2,143	1.43	70	78.88	179.40
101	South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	1,997	1.43	70	-7.25	7.31
102	Mobile, AL	2,536	1.42	70	44.83*	16.92*
103	Richmond, VA	7,177	1.41	71	39.12	682.66
104	Albuquerque, NM	4,970	1.41	71	84.90*	124.38*
105	York-Hanover, PA	2,448	1.41	71	50.09	603.45
106	Manchester-Nashua, NH	2,270	1.40	71	1.79	301.06
107	Fort Wayne, IN	2,486	1.40	72	-24.37	-6.51
108	Baltimore-Towson, MD	15,064	1.36	73	27.92	88.72
109	San Antonio, TX	9,934	1.31	76	23.66	29.91
110	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH	23,828	1.31	76	-19.43	126.27
111	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX	28,338	1.30	77	-11.39	13.71
112	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA	5,741	1.30	77	31.28	147.88
113	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	31,020	1.30	77	14.75	101.14
114	Olympia, WA	1,300	1.29	77	16.49	111.73
115	Boulder, CO	1,596	1.29	77	27.88	42.63
116	Reading, PA	2,065	1.29	78	31.36	199.28
117	Austin-Round Rock, TX	8,002	1.25	80	39.48	54.60
118	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	1,394	1.23	81	56.28	155.78
119	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	2,778	1.23	81	12.52	42.17
120	Anchorage, AK	1,710	1.22	82	15.54	71.00
121	Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA	8,236	1.22	82	-17.24	144.32
122	Springfield, MA	3,439	1.21	82	-20.60	74.57
123	Greensboro-High Point, NC	3,782	1.21	83	-3.89	22.39
124	Bremerton-Silverdale, WA	1,221	1.21	83	19.35	89.01
125	Springfield, MO	2,218	1.21	83	14.15†	98.21†
126	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX	1,748	1.20	83	33.23	146.20
127	Montgomery, AL	1,866	1.19	84	112.77*	318.39*
128	Honolulu, HI	3,985	1.19	84	141.96	672.29
129	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	6,302	1.15	87	47.07	97.12
130	Winston-Salem, NC	2,375	1.15	87	-2.98	23.50
131	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA	84,054	1.14	88	7.19	68.09
132	Knoxville, TN	3,517	1.14	88	-0.71††	94.52††
133	Norwich-New London, CT	1,326	1.14	88	-12.24	55.63
134	Madison, WI	2,790	1.13	88	118.14*	209.31*
135	Barnstable Town, MA	1,749	1.12	89	-16.67	130.43
136	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	2,643	1.12	89	28.99	74.46
137	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	5,502	1.12	89	-12.74	48.78
138	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	3,628	1.09	92	52.50*	255.69*
139	Columbus, GA-AL	1,394	1.09	92	19.35	84.15
140	Appleton, WI	973	1.08	93	82.55*	62.71*
141	Jackson, MS	2,347	1.07	94	198.98*	240.64*
142	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	1,742	1.06	95	37.06	97.95
143	Fort Smith, AR-OK	1,296	1.05	95	24.02	120.78
144	Raleigh-Cary, NC	4,300	1.01	99	-3.24	11.28
145	Roanoke, VA	1,359	0.97	103	351.50*	1,537.35*
146	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY	2,394	0.97	103	-15.29	263.28
147	Clarksville, TN-KY	1,048	0.96	104	-0.66††	70.41††
148	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	2,379	0.96	104	20.03	674.92
149	Amarillo, TX	907	0.92	108	6.83	29.02
150	Waco, TX	817	0.89	112	2.25	54.15
151	Huntsville, AL	1,469	0.88	114	78.06*	1,832.89*
152	Oklahoma City, OK	4,582	0.88	114	-7.94	13.25
153	Laredo, TX	608	0.88	114	48.29	221.69
154	Wichita, KS	2,196	0.85	118	29.33	231.72
155	Topeka, KS	860	0.83	120	63.81	246.77
156	Pittsburgh, PA	9,220	0.83	120	-7.92	129.13
157	Baton Rouge, LA	2,650	0.83	121	139.39*	223.17*
158	Corpus Christi, TX	1,383	0.79	127	8.05	54.01
159	Springfield, IL	745	0.77	129	-17.86	-3.87
160	El Paso, TX	1,905	0.75	133	35.30	51.79
161	Sioux Falls, SD	671	0.73	136	101.50*	11,083.33*
162	Lancaster, PA	1,410	0.73	137	21.34	308.70*
163	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	1,227	0.71	140	101.81	361.28
164	Yakima, WA	583	0.70	142	24.57	4.86
165	Peoria, IL	1,128	0.69	144	-25.00	4.06
166	Rochester, NY	2,602	0.59	170	-31.97	-23.65
167	Cedar Rapids, IA	631	0.57	176	-4.97	24.21
168	Champaign-Urbana, IL	542	0.56	180	26.05	45.31
169	Erie, PA	646	0.55	183	15.56	80.45
170	Lafayette, LA	604	0.55	183	112.68*	268.29*
171	Durham, NC	1,160	0.54	184	-44.39	-27.55
172	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	1,253	0.54	184	52.06*	99.21*
173	Duluth, MN-WI	733	0.54	187	-10.17	42.61
174	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	2,780	0.53	187	-27.64	25.51
175	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME	1,334	0.52	191	-1.98	532.23
176	Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	1,827	0.52	192	-30.08	-39.44
177	Spartanburg, SC	618	0.51	195	-41.31	69.78
178	Binghamton, NY	566	0.51	195	20.17	319.26
179	Evansville, IN-KY	811	0.51	197	-32.98	4.11
180	Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	539	0.50	199	783.61*	3,070.59*
181	Spokane, WA	979	0.50	199	-14.57	-2.97
182	Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA	1,276	0.49	202	-21.23	85.74
183	Lexington-Fayette, KY	889	0.44	228	-10.02	91.59
184	Wilmington, NC	800	0.41	245	-32.09	19.94
185	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	649	0.40	248	-19.48	-33.64
186	Longview, TX	335	0.40	253	90.34	1,016.67
187	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA	537	0.37	271	9.82††	208.62††
188	Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	484	0.37	273	56.13	146.94
189	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	527	0.34	298	-43.88	-40.99
190	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	1,220	0.32	311	-49.50	26.29
191	Lubbock, TX	378	0.32	312	-7.35	800.00
192	Lynchburg, VA	325	0.30	332	269.32*	884.85*
193	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	225	0.28	363	378.72*	650.00*
194	Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA	230	0.27	372	-61.67	-64.72
195	Asheville, NC	455	0.23	439	-39.66	-33.19
196	Tuscaloosa, AL	212	0.22	448	130.43*	631.03*
197	College Station-Bryan, TX	167	0.19	519	7.05	-10.22
198	Fayetteville, NC	289	0.19	522	-76.47	-79.87
199	Syracuse, NY	526	0.18	543	-48.83	44.11
200	Charleston, WV	226	0.16	643	43.04	58.04
201	Lincoln, NE	140	0.11	880	-80.11	-80.23
202	Utica-Rome, NY	70	0.05	1,943	-51.39	0.00
203	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	45	0.05	1,972	9.76	246.15

*Actual increase may not be as high due to data collection changes or improvements
**Collection of records classified as NOD began in August 2009 because of change in state law
† Collection of some records previously classified as NOD in this MSA was discontinued starting in January 2009
†† Collection of some records previously classified as NOD in this MSA was discontinued starting in September 2008

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Dick Todhunter — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:17:59 +0000

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