MIAMI — U.S. households faced with losing their homes to foreclosure jumped 32 percent in April compared with the same month last year, with Nevada, Florida and California showing the highest rates, according to data released Wednesday.
More than 342,000 households received at least one foreclosure-related notice in April, RealtyTrac said. That means one in every 374 U.S. housing units received a filing last month, the highest monthly rate since the Irvine, Calif.-based foreclosure listing firm began its report in January 2005.
In Colorado, however, the pace seems to be slowing. According to the report, one in every 387 households in the state — a total of 5,495 — received foreclosure-related notices last month. That was down 1.52 percent from March and down 9.29 percent from April last year.
On a state-by-state basis, Nevada had one in every 68 households receive a foreclosure filing, down 18 percent from March but still the nation’s highest rate. In Florida, one in every 135 households received a filing in April. For California, the rate was one in every 138 households. Rounding out the top 10 were Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Georgia, Illinois, Colorado and Ohio.
Denver Post staff writer Margaret Jackson contributed to this report.
