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Florida cities account for seven of top 10 metro foreclosure rates
Reporting one in every 219 housing units with a foreclosure filing in February, the Miami metro area posted the nation's highest foreclosure rate among metropolitan statistical areas with a population of 200,000 or more.

Six other Florida metro areas documented foreclosure rates in the top 10: Orlando at No. 2 (one in 225 housing units with a foreclosure filing); Ocala at No. 3 (one in 243 housing units); Tampa at No. 4 (one in 253 housing units); Palm Bay at No. 5 (one in 260 housing units); Jacksonville at No. 8 (one in 302 housing units); and Naples at No. 9 (one in 318 housing units). Foreclosure activity increased from a year ago in all seven Florida cities with top 10 metro foreclosure rates.

Other cities with foreclosure rates in the top 10 were Las Vegas at No. 6 (one in 283 housing units); Rockford, Ill., at No. 7 (one in 291 housing units); and Chicago at No. 10 (one in 331 housing units).

Five cities posted annual increases in foreclosure activity among the nation's 20 largest metropolitan areas in terms of population: Baltimore (up 145 percent), Seattle (up 129 percent), New York (up 44 percent), Tampa (up 24 percent), and Miami (up 20 percent).

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