Foreclosures
"Nevada, Florida, Ohio post top state foreclosure rates
With one foreclosure filing for every 152 households — more than four times the national average — Nevada continued to register the nation’s top state foreclosure rate for the 11th straight month. A total of 6,694 foreclosure filings were reported in the state for the month, up 1 percent from the previous month and up 167 percent from November 2006.
Florida’s November foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 282 households ranked second highest among the states — up from the state’s ranking of third highest the previous month despite a 3 percent month-to-month decrease in foreclosure activity. A total of 29,238 foreclosure filings were reported in the state for the month, up 212 percent from November 2006.
Foreclosure activity in Ohio was down nearly 6 percent from the previous month, but the state’s foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 307 households still ranked third highest among the states — up from fourth highest the previous month. A total of 16,308 foreclosure filings were reported in the state for the month, an increase of nearly 99 percent from November 2006.
Other states with foreclosure rates ranking among the nation’s 10 highest were Colorado, California, Michigan, Georgia, Arizona, Indiana and Illinois.
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