Foreclosures Up 11% in Atlanta Metro During 2010
Atlanta Business Chronicle - by By Lisa R. Schoolcraft, Staff Writer
Atlanta Business Chronicle - by By Lisa R. Schoolcraft, Staff Writer
Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 6:00am EST - Last Modified: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 2:07pm EST
The number of home foreclosures in metro Atlanta spiked 11.2 percent in 2010, continuing a wave of distress that has kept the housing market from recovering from the Great Recession.
Lenders in the 11-county metro area took possession of 34,937 houses through foreclosure last year, according to RealValuator.com, an Atlanta company that tracks real estate transactions. That was up from 31,428 houses in 2009.
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