10 States with Highest Foreclosure Rates

10 States with Highest Foreclosure Rates

10 States with Highest Foreclosure Rates

Despite a 19 percent drop from
year-ago levels, Florida still occupies the top spot as the state with
the nation’s highest foreclosure rate, RealtyTrac reports in its U.S.
Foreclosure Market Report for March.


Foreclosure activity has fallen to its lowest level since 2007
nationwide, but RealtyTrac reports that the following states are still
seeing the highest rates of foreclosures in the country.



  1. Florida: 1 in every 129 housing units received a foreclosure filing in the first quarter of 2014

  2. Maryland: 1 in every 189 housing units

  3. Nevada: 1 in every 224 housing units

  4. Illinois: 1 in every 230 housing units

  5. New Jersey: 1 in every 273 housing units

  6. Connecticut: 1 in every 277 housing units

  7. Ohio: 1 in every 278 housing units

  8. Delaware: 1 in every 293 housing units

  9. South Carolina: 1 in every 294 housing units

  10. Indiana: 1 in every 207 housing units
Among the nation’s 20 largest metro areas, the highest foreclosure
rates were in Miami; Tampa, Fla.; Chicago; Riverside, Calif.; and
Baltimore, RealtyTrac reports.


Source: RealtyTrac

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