Fla., Orlando again tops in foreclosures - Denver Business Journal:

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The state posted 58,931 foreclosure filings — includingf default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessionz — in May, down 8.8 percent from April’s but still 50 percent higheer thanMay 2008, according to RealtyTrac’s monthly Foreclosurd Market Report. Only California had a higher total, with 92,249 properties with May 2009 foreclosurde filings. The Sunshine State was No. 3 in the nation in foreclosurre rates, with one in every 148 households receivinf a foreclosure filingin May. Nevadaa led the country with one in every 64 homees receivinga filing, while California was seconsd highest with one in ever 144. The Orlando-Kissimmee market took the No.
8 spot amongv the nation’s top 10 metro areas with the highesyforeclosure rates. The area recorded a rate of one foreclosur e filing for every101 homes. Florida had threde cities among the top 10metro areas, whilse California had six cities among that mix. Las Vega topped the list with a rate of one in evergy 54 households getting aforeclosure Nationwide, 321,480 foreclosure filings were reported in May, whic is 6 percent lower than April but about 18 percent higher than May 2008. One in everyh 398 U.S. homes received a foreclosure noticrelast month. Vermont again recorded the lowest number of with six reportedin May, or one for every 51,906 households. The RealtyTraxc U.S.
Foreclosure Market Report provides the totapl number of properties with at leasyt one foreclosure filing reported duringthe month. Data is collectexd from more than 2,200 counties that account for more than 90 percen t ofthe nation’s population.