According to RealtyTrac Inc., a respected foreclosure brokerage and research firm, about 1.25% of all single-family housing units or 1 in 80 homes in Austin were foreclosed in 2009 effecting 8,002 homeowners. Las Vegas took first place with one in every eight homes filing for foreclosure (12% of all housing units). Austin ranked lowest of Texas’ major cities at 117 out of 203. Dallas-Fort Worth ranked 94th at 1.5%, San Antonio ranked 109 at 1.31%, and Houston ranked 111 at 1.3%. The country averaged at 2.21%, a 21.2% increase from 2008 and 119.7% increase from 2007. The following chart shows foreclosures for all of Texas.
The following graphs categorize foreclosures by estimated market value, square footage, and number of bedrooms respectively.
All of the previous data was provided by RealtyTrac.
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