Top 10 Metro Foreclosure Rates
Metro Area % of households 1 foreclosure
in foreclosure in Q1 for every #households
1. Indianapolis 1.45 69
2. Atlanta 1.42 70
3. Dallas 1.01 99
4. Memphis, Tenn. 0.99 101
5. Denver 0.95 105
6. Detroit 0.83 120
7. Jacksonville, Fla. 0.75 133
8. San Antonio 0.75 133
9. Canton, Ohio 0.72 140
10. Las Vegas 0.71 140
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Foreclosure Q1 2006 1/every
rate rank MSA Jan. Feb. March Total #households
-- US 2005 104,354 117,151 101,597 323,102 358
1 Indianapolis,
IN MSA 2,820 3,771 3,529 10,120 69
2 Atlanta,
GA MSA 6,066 7,940 6,349 20,355 70
3 Dallas-Fort Worth,
TX CMSA 8,749 6,635 5,365 20,749 99
4 Memphis,
TN-AR-MS MSA 1,721 2,207 1,645 5,573 101
5 Denver-Boulder-
Greeley, CO
CMSA 2,747 2,463 4,259 9,469 105
6 Detroit-Ann
Arbor-Flint,
MI CMSA 3,669 8,551 6,182 18,402 120
7 Jacksonville,
FL MSA 1,436 912 1,231 3,579 133
8 San Antonio,
TX MSA 1,789 794 1,536 4,119 133
9 Canton-Massillon,
OH MSA 475 504 239 1,218 140
10 Las Vegas,
NV-AZ MSA 1,865 1,711 1,396 4,972 140
11 Columbus,
OH MSA 1,567 2,111 924 4,602 148
12 Austin-San Marcos,
TX MSA 1,504 929 835 3,268 152
13 Colorado Springs,
CO MSA 156 908 454 1,518 155
14 Cleveland-Akron,
OH CMSA 2,544 3,763 1,660 7,967 156
15 Stockton-Lodi,
CA MSA 385 314 503 1,202 157
16 Dayton-
Springfield,
OH MSA 1,190 958 510 2,658 160
17 Salt Lake City-
Ogden, UT MSA 707 1,138 1,143 2,988 163
18 Fort Wayne,
IN MSA 398 539 307 1,244 166
19 Little Rock-North
Little Rock,
AR MSA 539 475 476 1,490 173
20 Albuquerque,
NM MSA 625 832 197 1,654 181
21 Orlando,
FL MSA 1,088 1,546 968 3,602 192
23 Youngstown-Warren,
OH MSA 419 685 189 1,293 196
23 Lakeland-Winter
Haven, FL MSA 370 412 375 1,157 196
24 Miami-Fort
Lauderdale,
FL CMSA 2,806 2,620 2,700 8,126 196
25 Houston-Galveston-
Brazoria, TX CMSA 1,447 3,867 3,042 8,356 202
26 Tulsa,
OK MSA 720 389 580 1,689 202
27 Oklahoma City,
OK MSA 840 885 710 2,435 205
28 West Palm Beach-
Boca Raton,
FL MSA 1,173 765 738 2,676 208
29 Augusta-Aiken,
GA-SC MSA 226 387 284 897 208
30 Toledo,
OH MSA 698 451 231 1,380 210
31 Charlotte-Gastonia-
Rock Hill,
NC-SC MSA 894 1,263 768 2,925 214
32 Lansing-East
Lansing, MI MSA 160 354 260 774 235
33 Tampa-
St. Petersburg-
Clearwater,
FL MSA 1,276 1,801 1,651 4,728 242
34 Philadelphia-
Wilmington-
Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD
CMSA 2,893 2,791 2,402 8,086 258
35 Pittsburgh,
PA MSA 1,193 1,293 1,496 3,982 271
36 Nashville,
TN MSA 640 878 580 2,098 273
37 Grand Rapids-
Muskegon-Holland,
MI MSA 334 704 580 1,618 276
38 Sacramento-Yolo,
CA CMSA 600 909 1,005 2,514 284
39 El Paso,
TX MSA 284 255 236 775 290
40 Raleigh-Durham-
Chapel Hill,
NC MSA 526 692 474 1,692 293
41 Chattanooga,
TN-GA MSA 192 310 190 692 297
43 St. Louis,
MO-IL MSA 962 1,629 1,249 3,840 298
43 Saginaw-Bay City-
Midland, MI MSA 137 302 117 556 298
44 Kalamazoo-Battle
Creek, MI MSA 165 214 256 635 302
45 Tucson,
AZ MSA 521 325 353 1,199 306
46 Phoenix-Mesa,
AZ MSA 1,250 1,559 1,497 4,306 309
47 Daytona Beach,
FL MSA 267 244 168 679 312
48 Chicago-Gary-
Kenosha,
IL-IN-WI CMSA 3,424 3,590 3,899 10,913 317
49 Modesto,
CA MSA 148 160 148 456 331
50 Pensacola,
FL MSA 162 175 161 498 349
51 Los Angeles-
Riverside-Orange
County, CA CMSA 5,001 4,695 5,678 15,374 353
52 San Diego,
CA MSA 953 881 971 2,805 371
53 Cincinnati-
Hamilton,
OH-KY-IN CMSA 807 853 564 2,224 375
54 Knoxville,
TN MSA 263 318 247 828 394
55 Sarasota-Bradenton,
FL MSA 302 287 213 802 400
56 Kansas City,
MO-KS MSA 526 748 668 1,942 405
57 Melbourne-
Titusville-Palm
Bay, FL MSA 205 134 194 533 417
58 Seattle-Tacoma-
Bremerton,
WA CMSA 754 1,258 1,064 3,076 419 59 New York-
No. New Jersey-
Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA
CMSA/NECMA 6,301 5,276 5,718 17,295 434
60 Bakersfield,
CA MSA 187 185 158 530 437
61 Charleston-North
Charleston,
SC MSA 234 242 53 529 440
62 Greenville-
Spartanburg-
Anderson, SC MSA 203 333 450 986 448
63 Louisville,
KY-IN MSA 367 357 202 926 457
64 Spokane,
WA MSA 138 115 107 360 486 65 Rochester,
NY MSA 389 407 69 865 522
66 Greensboro-Winston-
Salem-High Point,
NC MSA 314 470 309 1,093 527
67 Des Moines,
IA MSA 89 163 112 364 548
68 Milwaukee-Racine,
WI CMSA 107 842 301 1,250 554
69 Omaha,
NE-IA MSA 298 127 105 530 583
70 Fresno,
CA MSA 194 151 188 533 584
71 Columbia,
SC MSA 110 87 81 278 638
72 Portland-Salem,
OR-WA CMSA 494 439 432 1,365 659
73 San Francisco-
Oakland-San Jose,
CA CMSA 979 934 1,420 3,333 686
74 Johnson City-
Kingsport-Bristol,
TN-VA MSA 91 77 92 260 718
75 Hartford,
CT NECMA 41 391 278 710 727
76 Harrisburg-Lebanon-
Carlisle, PA MSA 82 168 27 277 783
77 Lancaster,
PA MSA 60 97 72 229 786
78 Scranton-Wilkes-
Barre-Hazleton,
PA MSA 155 18 156 329 853
79 Santa Barbara-
Santa Maria-Lompoc,
CA MSA 48 47 45 140 1,021
80 Buffalo-Niagara
Falls, NY MSA 179 187 87 453 1,129
81 Allentown-
Bethlehem-Easton,
PA MSA 99 73 52 224 1,188
82 McAllen-Edinburg-
Mission, TX MSA 60 67 32 159 1,212
83 Minneapolis-
St. Paul,
MN-WI MSA 149 338 524 1,011 1,232
84 Wichita,
KS MSA 89 44 45 178 1,340
85 Syracuse,
NY MSA 75 93 47 215 1,459
86 Springfield,
MA NECMA 17 76 66 159 1,739
87 Washington-
Baltimore,
DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA 724 405 300 1,429 2,087
88 Birmingham,
AL MSA 42 27 117 186 2,268
89 Norfolk-Virginia
Beach-Newport News,
VA-NC MSA 101 56 74 231 2,695
90 Richmond-Petersburg,
VA MSA 79 29 36 144 3,022
91 Boston-Worcester-
Lawrence-Lowell-
Brockton,
MA-NH NECMA 40 270 337 647 3,503
92 Honolulu,
HI MSA 19 29 30 78 4,051
94 Albany-Schenectady-
Troy, NY MSA 54 14 25 93 4,153
94 Baton Rouge,
LA MSA 26 24 16 66 4,154
95 Lexington,
KY MSA 14 13 11 38 4,613
96 Jackson,
MS MSA 17 10 13 40 4,914
97 New Orleans,
LA MSA 49 16 37 102 5,932
98 Mobile,
AL MSA 12 8 19 39 6,138
99 Madison,
WI MSA 15 1 4 20 9,020
100 Providence-Warwick-
Pawtucket,
RI NECMA 3 4 2 9 48,871
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Housing Shortage in Seattle Leads to Decline in Foreclosure Activity According to Default Research
Tuesday May 9, 9:55 am ET
MT. PLEASANT, Pa., May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Limited available housing in Seattle has led to a decrease in foreclosures all over the area, with Pierce County, down 50 percent in one month, leading the way, according to Default Research (www.defaultresearch.com), the rapidly growing real estate research company for foreclosure properties. While Pierce County had the lowest foreclosure rate in April, Snohomish County was second, down almost 35 percent, and King County was 13 percent lower
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