{"id":5150,"date":"2009-04-16T06:48:45","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T13:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=5150"},"modified":"2009-04-16T07:40:19","modified_gmt":"2009-04-16T14:40:19","slug":"foreclosures-yet-again-shot-to-new-record-highs-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/16\/foreclosures-yet-again-shot-to-new-record-highs-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreclosures Yet Again Shot to New Record Highs in March"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time for our March update on Foreclosure activity in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary:<\/p>\n

March 2009<\/span>
\nKing: 1,089 NTS, up 129% YOY
\nSnohomish: 499 NTS, up 125% YOY
\nPierce: 705 NTS, up 51% YOY<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s a simple look at how March’s foreclosures compare to the same month last year in each of the three counties:<\/p>\n

\"Notices<\/a><\/p>\n

Note that we are tracking notices of trustee’s sale, which does not indicate the completion<\/em> of actual foreclosures, but is rather a measure of the number of homes that have reached a certain point in the foreclosure process<\/em>. See the bottom of this post for more details.<\/p>\n

Next let’s look at the percentage of households that received a Notice of Trustee Sale (based on household data for each county from the American Community Survey<\/a>, assuming linear household growth between surveys):<\/p>\n

\"Households<\/a><\/p>\n

King County came in at 1 NTS per 719 households, Snohomish County had 1 NTS per 525 households, and Pierce had 1 NTS for every 420 households. March set new all-time highs for all three counties.<\/p>\n

According to foreclosure tracking company RealtyTrac<\/a>, Washington’s statewide foreclosure rate of one foreclosure for every 1,483 households was 18th worst among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and only slightly better than the national average of 1,003. Theoretically this page<\/a> will be updated later today with RealtyTrac’s county-by-county data for Washington.<\/p>\n

Following are charts of King, Pierce, and Snohomish County foreclosures from January 2000 through March 2009, with uniform y-axis scales to provide easier comparison. Click below to continue…<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Notices<\/a><\/p>\n

Homes in foreclosures shot back up to new highs in King County in March, coinciding with a new record in YOY median price drops.<\/p>\n

\"Notices<\/a><\/p>\n

Same story in Snohomish County, except that the median price change actually ticked up slightly again while the foreclosure notices increased.<\/p>\n

\"Notices<\/a><\/p>\n

Pierce County again saw the smallest year-over-year increase in foreclosures, but still reached a new high in March.<\/p>\n

Lastly, here’s an update of the longer-term chart for King County foreclosures, going back through 1979, to provide some perspective to the latest data:<\/p>\n

\"Notices<\/a><\/p>\n

Wowzers.<\/p>\n

Coverage elsewhere:
\nSeattle P-I: Seattle-area foreclosure rate closing in on nation’s<\/a>
\nKING 5 News: More Seattle homeowners falling into foreclosure<\/a><\/p>\n

Note:<\/b> The graphs above are derived from monthly Notice of Trustee Sale counts gathered at King<\/a>, Snohomish<\/a>, and Pierce<\/a> County records. For a longer-term picture of King County foreclosures back to 1979, refer to this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the full legal definition of what a Notice of Trustee Sale is and how it fits into the foreclosure process, check out 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Time for our March update on Foreclosure activity in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: March 2009 King: 1,089 NTS, up 129% YOY Snohomish: 499 NTS, up 125% YOY Pierce: 705 NTS, up 51% YOY Here’s a simple look at how March’s foreclosures compare to the same month…<\/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-5150","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":"\nForeclosures Yet Again Shot to New Record Highs in March \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\/2009\/04\/16\/foreclosures-yet-again-shot-to-new-record-highs-in-march\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Foreclosures Yet Again Shot to New Record Highs in March \u2022 Seattle Bubble\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Time for our March update on Foreclosure activity in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. 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