From Deseret News archives:
Utah foreclosures up 136%
State has 10th-highest filing rate in nation for third quarter
The state had the 10th-highest rate of foreclosure filings in the nation for the third quarter of 2008, with 4,867 people receiving at least one foreclosure-related notice from July through September, said foreclosure listing service RealtyTrac Inc. The number of filings was a 22 percent increase from the number in the second quarter of this year.
Among large metro areas, the Salt Lake City area had the 43rd-highest rate of foreclosure filings for the third quarter of 2008, with 2,062 properties receiving a foreclosure notice a 64 percent increase from the same quarter a year ago.
Nationwide, nearly 766,000 homes received at least one foreclosure-related notice from July through September, up 71 percent from a year earlier, the RealtyTrac report said.
In September alone, 1,746 Utahns received a foreclosure notice, a nearly 114 percent increase from the number in September 2007. Nationally, the number of foreclosure filings increased nearly 21 percent in September, compared with the same month a year ago.
In Salt Lake City, the number of foreclosure filings in September rose 58 percent compared with September 2007, and 26 percent from August to September 2008, to a total of 458 for the month.
By the end of the year, RealtyTrac expects more than a million bank-owned properties to have piled up on the market, representing around a third of all properties for sale in the U.S.
That's bad news for anyone who lives nearby and wants to sell his or her home. While foreclosure sales are booming in many areas, those properties are commanding deep discounts and pulling down neighboring property values. "It has a pretty significant impact in terms of pricing," said Rick Sharga of RealtyTrac.
RealtyTrac monitors default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions. More than 250,000 properties were repossessed by lenders nationwide in the third quarter, 81,000 of which were taken back last month.
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