{"id":3649,"date":"2008-12-11T07:47:05","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T15:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=3649"},"modified":"2009-02-19T12:51:46","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T20:51:46","slug":"foreclosure-increases-slowed-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/11\/foreclosure-increases-slowed-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreclosure Increases Slowed in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s your November update on Foreclosure activity in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties.  First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">November 2008<\/span><br \/>\nKing: 540 NTS, up 57% YOY<br \/>\nSnohomish: 220 NTS, up 28% YOY<br \/>\nPierce: 465 NTS, up 28% YOY<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The graphs below are derived from monthly Notice of Trustee Sale counts gathered at <a title=\"King County Recorder's Office\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metrokc.gov\/recelec\/records\/\">King<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/198.238.192.100\/localization\/menu.asp\" title=\"Snohomish County Auditor\">Snohomish<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/hartweb.co.pierce.wa.us\/localization\/menu.asp\" title=\"Pierce County Auditor\">Pierce<\/a> County records.  For a longer-term picture of King County foreclosures back to 1979, <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/23\/september-foreclosure-data-w-long-term-chart\/\" title=\"September Foreclosure Data (w\/ Long-Term Chart)\">refer to this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the full legal definition of what a Notice of Trustee Sale is and how it fits into the foreclosure process, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.leg.wa.gov\/RCW\/default.aspx?Cite=61.24.040\">RCW 61.24.040<\/a>.  The short version is that it is the notice sent to delinquent borrowers that their home will be repossessed in 90 days.<\/p>\n<p>First let&#8217;s look at the percentage of households that received a Notice of Trustee Sale (based on household data for each county from the <a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/servlet\/ACSSAFFFacts?_submenuId=factsheet_0&#038;_sse=on\" title=\"American Community Survey\">American Community Survey<\/a>, assuming linear household growth between surveys):<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 600px; margin: 5px auto; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/not-households-pct_2008-11.png\" title=\"Households in Foreclosure\" rel=\"lightbox[3649]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/not-households-pct_2008-11-600x435.png\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5px;\" title=\"Households in Foreclosure - Click to enlarge\" alt=\"Households in Foreclosure\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For comparison, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realtytrac.com\/ContentManagement\/pressrelease.aspx?ChannelID=9&#038;ItemID=5543&#038;accnt=64847\" title=\"RealtyTrac Press Release\">the latest press release from RealtyTrac<\/a> (whose definition of foreclosure includes Notice of Default, Auction, Notice of Trustee Sale, and Real Estate Owned) gives foreclosure rates for every state in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Following are charts of King, Pierce, and Snohomish County foreclosures from January 2000 through November 2008, with uniform y-axis scales to provide easier comparison.  Unfortunately I&#8217;m on the road today, so I don&#8217;t have the time for the usual commentary to go along with the charts.  Click below to continue&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 600px; margin: 5px auto; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/not-king_2008-11.png\" title=\"Notices of Trustee Sale - King\" rel=\"lightbox[3649]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/not-king_2008-10-600x435.png\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5px;\" title=\"Notices of Trustee Sale - King - Click to enlarge\" alt=\"Notices of Trustee Sale - King\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 600px; margin: 5px auto; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/not-snohomish_2008-11.png\" title=\"Notices of Trustee Sale - Snohomish\" rel=\"lightbox[3649]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/not-snohomish_2008-10-600x435.png\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5px;\" title=\"Notices of Trustee Sale - Snohomish - Click to enlarge\" alt=\"Notices of Trustee Sale - Snohomish\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 600px; margin: 5px auto; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/not-pierce_2008-11.png\" title=\"Notices of Trustee Sale - Pierce\" rel=\"lightbox[3649]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/not-pierce_2008-10-600x435.png\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5px;\" title=\"Notices of Trustee Sale - Pierce - Click to enlarge\" alt=\"Notices of Trustee Sale - Pierce\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s your November update on Foreclosure activity in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: November 2008 King: 540 NTS, up 57% YOY Snohomish: 220 NTS, up 28% YOY Pierce: 465 NTS, up 28% YOY The graphs below are derived from monthly Notice of Trustee Sale counts gathered at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[7,58,419,259,169],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stats","tag-foreclosures","tag-king_county","tag-notice-of-trustee-sale","tag-pierce","tag-snohomish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Foreclosure Increases Slowed in November \u2022 Seattle Bubble<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/11\/foreclosure-increases-slowed-in-november\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Foreclosure Increases Slowed in November \u2022 Seattle Bubble\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Here&#8217;s your November update on Foreclosure activity in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. 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