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17 American Cities Where Foreclosures Are A Serious Problem

Mamta BadkarMar 17, 2013, 18:35 IST

Reuters/Steve MarcusNational foreclosures increased by two percent month-over-month in February, according to RealtyTrac. They were down 25 percent from a year ago.

But RealtyTrac vice president Daren Blomquist warns that "dangerous foreclosure flare-ups are still popping up" in certain states.

We drew on the report to highlight the 17 metros with the highest foreclosure rate.

Note: The metros are ranked by foreclosure rate i.e. 1in every X homes received a foreclosure filing. We picked the 17 metros with the highest foreclosure rate from all the metros measured by RealtyTrac.

Lakeland, Florida was mentioned twice. This has been corrected to include Toledo, Ohio.