Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Foreclosure rates in the Bay Area continue to rise

Foreclosure activity in the Bay Area rose in the third quarter to its highest level in more than seven years as home sales slowed and prices began to slide.

The number of notices of default, the first formal step in the foreclosure process, jumped 89.2 percent in the nine Bay Area counties in the third quarter compared with the same period a year ago, according to the real estate research firm DataQuick.

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