(Market Watch) While the Obama Administration grades its housing recovery with a solid B+ foreclosures reached a 3 year high in 2013
States with the highest foreclosure rates in the country in 2013 according to RealtyTrac include:
- Florida with 3.01% of all housing units with a foreclosure filing;
- Nevada with 2.16%
- Illinois 1.89%
- Maryland 1.57%
- Ohio 1.53%
Total foreclosure activity in 2013 increased in 10 states compared to 2012 including:
- Maryland (Up 117%)
- New Jersey (Up 44%)
- New York (Up 34%)
- Connecticut (Up 20%)
- Washington and Pennsylvania (Up 13%)