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February 20, 2008

Larimer County ranks among lowest foreclosures in metro area

Denver Foreclosure & Real Estate News

The final number of foreclosures in Colorado for 2007 is in and while statewide foreclosures are up 40 percent for last year, Larimer County has reason to be hopeful the full impact of foreclosures will not be as severe here as throughout the rest of the state..

According to the latest report from the Colorado Divsion of Housing released to-day, Larimer is one of three counties with the lowest foreclosure rates for the met-ropolitan Front Range, ending 2007 with one foreclosure filing per 68 households. Statewide the number was one per 45 households.

The proliferation of new home construction along the Front Range is a leading cause of the larger numbers motive behind larger numbers compared to counties outside of the Front Range.

“Foreclosures are being partially driven by a very high inventory of newly-built homes,” said Kathi Williams, co-chair of the Colorado Foreclosure Task Force and director of the Colorado Division of Housing, in a statement. “In many cases, in the Denver area, someone who can’t make his payments simply can’t sell his house fast enough to avoid that final foreclosure sale. In high-demand markets like Durango or Vail, you don’t have that problem.”

Foreclosure filings
2003: 13,573
2004: 16,801
2005: 21,782
2006: 28,435
2007: 39,915



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