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RealtyTrac's foreclosure data wrong, state officials says

A top state housing official today published a report criticizing the way that Irvine, Calf.-based RealtyTrac counts foreclosures in Colorado.  RealtyTrac’s conclusion that foreclosure activity in Colorado rose in the second quarter from the same period in 2009, is simply incorrect, said Ryan McMaken, spokesman for the Colorado Division of Housing.

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Denver-Aurora No. 49 for foreclosure rate

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Colorado No. 10 for foreclosures

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Colorado ranks No. 12 for foreclosures in May

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Colorado No. 10 for forclosures

“That sizable year-over-year percent increase for the first quarter should be taken with a grain of salt since the first quarter totals last year were so impacted by the existence of the moratoria that only started to be phased out in March,” Ryan [...]

Denver 11th for foreclosures

“The fact that Colorado is falling much more quickly in delinquency rankings than in Realtytrac rankings would lead me to conclude that Colorado is very slowly dealing with its accumulated inventory of foreclosing properties, but that the rate at which new properties are defaulting in Colorado is slowing at a much faster rae,” Ryan [...]

Colorado No. 12 in foreclosures

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Denver No. 46 in foreclosures

The Denver-Aurora area saw a 12 percent decrease in total foreclosures – everything from notices of election and demands to REOs – according to [...]