A look at foreclosure rates

By Staff Reports
Published: October 28, 2009

Foreclosure rates

RealtyTrac tracks the foreclosure ranking of 203 metro areas. It includes the number of borrowers receiving foreclosure filings in the third quarter, the rate per number of households and the percentage change from a year ago.
U.S. total: 937,840 borrowers, one in every 136 households, up 22.5 percent
Las Vegas, Paradise, Nev.: No. 1, 40,408 borrowers, one in every 20 households, up 53.62 percent
Washington, Arlington, Alexandria: No. 46; 19,318 borrowers, one in every 110 households, up 9.25 percent
Richmond: No. 101; 2,215 borrowers, one in every 230 households, up 89.97 percent
Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Newport News: No. 108; 2,850 borrowers, one in every 239 households, up 35.29 percent