May Foreclosure Numbers

Below are the ten states that had the highest number of foreclosures for the month of May.  Our Foreclosure Report for the month of April can be found here.

State	# of Foreclosures	% +/- Apr '08	% +/- May '07	% of Total
United States	261,225	7.36	48.32	100.00
California	71,930	11.20	81.37	27.54
Florida	37,364	5.96	72.15	14.30
Arizona	12,959	11.52	118.98	4.96
Michigan	12,792	24.57	35.21	4.90
Ohio	12,295	5.27	-6.95	4.71
Georgia	10,241	11.45	23.47	3.92
Texas	10,063	-11.77	4.25	3.85
Illinois	9,670	15.35	41.71	3.70
Nevada	9,009	23.82	72.09	3.45
New Jersy	7,430	44.47	89.15	2.84

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For those who have been activity reading the articles on this blog, May's foreclosure numbers should be no surprise.  We will follow up shortly with an analysis of the last 3 months of reported foreclosure activity.

See the complete foreclosure report here