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Foreclosures by the numbers

There were 10,726 foreclosure filings in the first six months of the year, a 10.5 percent drop from the 11,992 in the first half of 2008.

Here is a breakdown, by county.

County       2008         2009            Percentage Change

Adams      3,352          2,963           (11.6)

Arapahoe 3,713         2,964          (20.17)

Boulder     580               643            10.86

Broomfield 152          176             15.7

Denver        3,780     3,153          (16.5)

Douglas    1,235        1,278        (3.2)

Jefferson    2,055    1,989      [...]

Foreclosures fall 10.5 percent

Denver-area foreclosures in the Denver area first half of 2009 fell by 10.5 from the first six months of 2008.

There were 10,727 foreclosure filings in the seven-county area, compared with 11,992 from January through June of 2008, according to county public trustee offices surveyed by InsideRealEstateNews.com.

Denver had the most new filings with 3,153 in the [...]