Santa Fe Foreclosure Rates Increase

But remain below the national average

The national real estate tracking service CoreLogic put out a press release today with its latest numbers on home foreclosure rates in Santa Fe County.

From April 2009 to April 2010, the foreclosure rate increased by .61 percentage points to 1.77 percent.

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The worst-hit areas appear to be surrounding Cerrillos and Madrid to the southwest and approaching Española to the north, per the

above.

The chart below has more figures comparing

Santa Fe

to

New Mexico

to the US average:

And here's what some of that jargon means:

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