Prescott area is 25th in foreclosures nationwide for Q1 2009
Print This Post RealtyTrac®, RealtyTrac.com, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, says that in the first quarter the Prescott Arizona MSA ranked 25th in the nation in terms of foreclosure filings with only Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale having a higher ranking in AZ. Cities in California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona accounted for the 26 highest foreclosure rates in the first quarter among metro areas with a population of 200,000 or more.
Prescott just achieved the MSA ranking last year and it’s nice to be on the national studies. However, we’d just as soon not see these numbers of foreclosures in Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, and the Dewey-Humboldt area. With an 84% change over Q1 of 2008, the Prescott MSA ranks 8th in the nation in terms of year over year growth.
“The metro areas with the highest levels of foreclosure activity in the first quarter of 2009 paint a picture of concentrated problems in a relatively small number of hard hit areas,” said James J. Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac. “Sales activity appears to be increasing in some of these markets as home prices have fallen to levels that are attractive to first-time homebuyers and investors. While we expect many of these metro areas to continue to experience high levels of foreclosure activity throughout 2009, we also expect to see other markets rise up the ranks as unemployment rates surge throughout the country.”
U.S. Metro Foreclosure Market Data – Q1 2009
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Rank
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Metro Name | Properties with FC Filings | 1/every x HU (rate) | %HU with FC filings | % change from Q4 2008 | # change from Q1 2008 |
| – | U.S. Total | 803,489 | 159 | 0.63 | 9.16 | 23.63 |
| 1 | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Total | 35,321 | 22 | 4.48 | 18.81 | 103.93 |
| 2 | Merced, CA Total | 3,497 | 24 | 4.21 | 17.39 | 46.75 |
| 3 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Total | 13,875 | 26 | 3.85 | -5.52 | 36.11 |
| 4 | Stockton, CA Total | 8,430 | 27 | 3.72 | 29.97 | 11.51 |
| 5 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Total | 50,885 | 28 | 3.54 | 40.94 | 36.64 |
| 6 | Modesto, CA Total | 5,931 | 29 | 3.42 | 29.16 | 10.57 |
| 7 | Bakersfield, CA Total | 7,260 | 37 | 2.7 | 26.61 | 41.99 |
| 8 | Vallejo-Fairfield, CA Total | 4,023 | 37 | 2.69 | 25.56 | 33.57 |
| 9 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Total | 41,382 | 40 | 2.48 | 6.03 | 78.87 |
| 10 | Port St. Lucie, FL Total | 4,439 | 46 | 2.15 | -2.61 | 64.53 |
| 11 | Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA Total | 18,175 | 47 | 2.14 | 37.74 | 25.18 |
| 12 | Reno-Sparks, NV Total | 3,837 | 47 | 2.14 | 30.64 | 132.69 |
| 13 | Orlando-Kissimmee, FL Total | 17,669 | 50 | 2 | -4.15 | 67.92 |
| 14 | Naples-Marco Island, FL Total | 3,771 | 51 | 1.96 | 10.49 | 127.31 |
| 15 | Salinas, CA Total | 2,622 | 53 | 1.88 | 10.77 | 38.36 |
| 16 | Fresno, CA Total | 5,572 | 55 | 1.83 | 36.97 | 46.17 |
| 17 | Visalia-Porterville, CA Total | 2,308 | 59 | 1.7 | 28.51 | 82.31 |
| 18 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Total | 17,887 | 63 | 1.58 | 35.05 | 16.79 |
| 19 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Total | 3,921 | 69 | 1.44 | 47.52 | 66.14 |
| 20 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Total | 59,652 | 74 | 1.35 | 41.62 | 42.82 |
| 21 | Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL Total | 4,991 | 78 | 1.28 | -6.8 | 16.1 |
| 22 | Miami Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Total | 30,477 | 79 | 1.26 | -26.64 | 11.36 |
| 23 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Total | 16,464 | 80 | 1.25 | -11.18 | 39.4 |
| 24 | Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Total | 3,049 | 81 | 1.24 | -2.02 | 53.6 |
| 25 | Prescott, AZ Total | 1,273 | 82 | 1.22 | 35.71 | 84.23 |
| 26 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Total | 3,143 | 84 | 1.19 | -4.47 | 36.41 |
| 27 | Boise City-Nampa, ID Total | 2,785 | 85 | 1.18 | 14.85 | 150.68* |
| 28 | Lakeland, FL Total | 3,264 | 85 | 1.18 | -18.07 | 33.33 |
| 29 | Greeley, CO Total | 1,078 | 86 | 1.16 | 2.57 | -23.76 |
| 30 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Total | 2,241 | 88 | 1.14 | 5.31 | 60.3 |
| 31 | Ocala, FL Total | 1,806 | 88 | 1.13 | 8.34 | 63.59 |
| 32 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Total | 2,051 | 89 | 1.12 | 0.64 | 71.63 |
| 33 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Total | 18,285 | 92 | 1.08 | 21.08 | 23.31 |
| 34 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Total | 6,732 | 94 | 1.06 | 32.62 | 41.88 |
| 35 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Total | 21,880 | 97 | 1.04 | 4.52 | -2.99 |
| 36 | Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Total | 18,907 | 100 | 1 | -6.83 | -7.07 |
| 37 | Provo-Orem, UT Total | 1,404 | 101 | 0.99 | 25.58 | 136.76 |
| 38 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA Total | 1,484 | 102 | 0.98 | 36.4 | 58.89 |
| 39 | Jacksonville, FL Total | 5,682 | 103 | 0.97 | -8.9 | 24.69 |
| 40 | Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Total | 35,291 | 106 | 0.94 | 32.63 | 69.03 |
| 41 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Total | 923 | 111 | 0.9 | 28.02 | 66.01 |
| 42 | Flint, MI Total | 1,683 | 117 | 0.85 | -4.43 | -2.94 |
| 43 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR Total | 4,638 | 118 | 0.85 | 14.15 | -6.40†† |
| 44 | Canton-Massillon, OH Total | 1,499 | 118 | 0.84 | 20.98 | 89.03 |
| 45 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Total | 969 | 119 | 0.84 | 27.33 | 124.31 |
| 46 | Toledo, OH Total | 2,412 | 124 | 0.81 | -12.07 | 28.5 |
| 47 | Chico, CA Total | 762 | 124 | 0.8 | 9.17 | 81.86 |
| 48 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI Total | 1,555 | 126 | 0.79 | 17.8 | 19.07 |
| 49 | Columbus, OH Total | 6,075 | 127 | 0.79 | 7.71 | 13.81 |
| 50 | Rockford, IL Total | 1,117 | 129 | 0.78 | 27.51 | 30.8 |
*Actual increase may not be as high due to data collection changes or improvements
† Collection of some records previously classified as NOD in this state was discontinued
starting in January 2009
†† Collection of some records previously classified as NOD in this state was discontinued
starting in September 2008
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Thanks for your comment, Robert. I think if you read the entirety of my blog you will see that I try to post the current news and views about the market. You are welcome to post your analysis of what the market will do. My readers welcome input from all sides.
Thank you! This is just what I was looking for. Keep up the great work!
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If I may add that with the number of outstanding loans that are scheduled to reset in the next couple of years, decreasing home values and stricter lending guidelines, the rate of foreclosures are on track to peak in 2010. Short sales have become a growing niche for Real Estate Agents to sell homes before they become bank owned.
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1/3 on the market are foreclosed or short sales – wow. It’s nice that you research this information. The agents who represent home sellers prob don’t share that info with buyers. Take care.
Dear Patrick,
Great article! I agree with you. I also would like to add couple more alternatives to those homeowners who want to stay in their homes.
There are two products those aren’t widely knowing and common in the market place. Trsutee Foreclosure Delays and Loan Re-Write.
Did you know that Homeowners are illegally being foreclosed on especially in Trustee States?
In Judicial Foreclosure states, a judge reviews the legality of the foreclosure proceedings to ensure the homeowner is being protected against greedy lenders and yet still the lenders are not properly following the foreclosure laws correctly (see this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/nyregion/31judge.html?_r=2).
In Trustee States, lenders employ a “third party” trustee company to replace the legal function of a judge and orchestrate the foreclosure process. If banks are not legally foreclosing when they know a judge reviews the case what do you think they are doing when they only have to go through a trustee that they pay? And what is more interesting, the trustee company is liable for the foreclosure proceedings but who is going after the trustee companies to review the legality of these foreclosure packages? You guess it! Yes, No one is..!
Did you know that a loan Re-Write program has the ability to reduce homeowner’s current loan balance down to the current market value at prime + 3%?
Here is an example: You owe $500K on your home but it is only worth $350k. Investors will bulk purchase the note from your current lender and re-write it back to you at $350k, saving you (the homeowner) over $150k!
I hope this helps!
To find out more about our services you may want to visit http://ASNDinc.com/
Yamen Elasadi
yamen@ASNDinc.com
Arizona Unemployment Trends – September 2009
Arizona Unemployment Trends Visualized as a Heat Map:
Arizona Unemployment in September 2009 (BLS data)
http://www.localetrends.com/st/az_arizona_unemployment.php?MAP_TYPE=curr_ue
versus Arizona Unemployment Levels 1 year ago
http://www.localetrends.com/st/az_arizona_unemployment.php?MAP_TYPE=m12_ue
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