Greenbook: A Local Guide to Chesapeake Living - Issue 6 | Page 32

sure activity.
Nevada foreclosure activity in
the first half of 2015 increased 10
percent from a year ago, and the
state’s foreclosure rate — 0.79
percent of housing units (one in
every 126) with a foreclosure
filing — ranked fourth highest
among the states, while the Illinois
foreclosure rate — 0.74 percent
of housing units (one in every 135)
with a foreclosure filing — ranked
fifth highest despite a 9 percent
year-over-year decrease in foreclosure activity in the first six months
of 2015.
Other states with foreclosure
rates ranking among the top 10
highest in the first half of 2015
were Delaware (0.61 percent of
housing units with a foreclosure
filing), Ohio (0.58 percent), Indiana (0.54 percent), South Carolina
(0.54 percent), and Tennessee (0.53
percent).
Atlantic City posts top metro
foreclosure rate in first half of
2015
With 1.70 percent of housing units
(one in every 59) with a foreclosure filing in the first half of 2015,
Atlantic City, N.J., posted the
nation’s highest foreclosure rate
among metropolitan statistical
areas with a population of 200,000
or more.
Eight Florida cities posted firsthalf foreclosure rates among the
10 highest: Tampa at No. 2 (1.22
percent of housing units with a
foreclosure filing); Lakeland at
No. 3 (1.21 percent); Jacksonville
at No. 4 (1.20 percent); Ocala at
No. 5 (1.18 percent); Miami at No.
6 (1.15 percent); Orlando at No. 8
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