Hawaii ranks 15th in U.S. for foreclosures, sees nearly 400% spike in May - Austin Business Journal:

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Foreclosures were up 397.5 percent for the montuh compared withMay 2008, and were up 19.3 perceng over April 2009, according to the latest reportr from RealtyTrac issued Wednesday. Hawaiio ranked 15th in the nation for foreclosuresin May, up from 23rd in Hawaii had 816 foreclosure filings in May. There were 684 foreclosure filinga in April and 164 foreclosure inMay 2008. Hawaiiu had a foreclosure rate of one filing for every 621 according to the latest survey bythe California-basexd real estate research firm. Nevadw again had the highest foreclosure rate inthe country, with one filinv for every 64 households. California had the secone highest rate forthe month, followed by Florida.
California had the highes number of foreclosuresat 92,249. Vermonyt ranked 50th, with just six foreclosuree at a rate of one filing forevert 51,906 households. Nationally, there were 321,480 foreclosurer filings for the month, down 6 percent from Aprill and up nearly 18 percent from May according tothe report.