62% of US Metros Post Annual Drop in Foreclosure Activity in Q3 2012

Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report also shows Q3 foreclosures decreased from Q2 levels in 63% of metro areas

Nov 14, 2012

Online foreclosed-property marketplace RealtyTrac says third-quarter 2012 foreclosure activity decreased from a year ago in 131 out of the nation’s 212 metropolitan areas (62 percent) with a population of 200,000 or more. The Q3 2012 Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report also shows third-quarter foreclosure activity decreased from second-quarter levels in 134 of the metro areas tracked in the report (63 percent).

(more on Q3 2012 foreclosure activity . . . )

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