Naples-Marco Island saw a jump in its foreclosure activity in January.
There were 243 foreclosure-related filings, up nearly 70 percent from 143 in December, according to RealtyTrac in Irvine, Calif.
Year-over-year, however, the filings were down 5.45 percent last month. There were 257 in January of last year.
The RealtyTrac report tracks three types of filings: default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions.
In Cape Coral-Fort Myers, there were 1,098 foreclosure related filings last month, about the same as in December, when there were 1,093 of them. Meanwhile, filings were up about 16 percent year-over-year in January. There were 945.
Naples-Marco Island ranked 69th in the nation for its foreclosure activity in January. Cape Coral-Fort Myers came in 11th.
Nationally, Florida ranked No. 1 in foreclosure activity in January. It marked the first time since January 2007 that California wasn't ranked at the top, RealtyTrac officials said.
In the state, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach ranked No. 2 in the nation in foreclosure activity in January.
One in every 300 Florida homes received some type of foreclosure filing in January — which was more than twice the national average.
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Comments » 1
lapalabra writes:
Too funny.
Foreclosings still all over the map and build-a-thons going on all over the county. Realtors again in a feeding frenzy. The greed index climbing rapidly. A very fragile economy teetering on recession still, inflation creeping up, and a prez who wants to spend and spend. Your money may be best spent on stocking your pantry than a new house.
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