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Tacoma and South Puget Sound Real Estate Blog
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Posted by Devona Wells @ 02:10:24 pm

Washington remains middle of the pack in U.S. foreclosure filing rankings, according to February numbers released today by research firm RealtyTrac.

The state came in No. 28 last month with a 37 percent year-over-year increase in auction notices, default notices and bank repossessions, the company said. Put another way, Washington had one filing for every 1,194 households compared to one filing for every 165 households in Nevada and one for every 76,836 households in Vermont.

When it comes to cities feeling the worst foreclosure pain, nine of the top 10 were in Florida or California, according to RealtyTrac. The other was Las Vegas.