SOUTH WOOD COUNTY
FORECLOSURE FILINGS (THROUGH DECEMBER 2010)
Foreclosure data is an important
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indicator of local family financial
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distress. The inability to pay off a debt obligation is strongly tied to one’s employment and income. South Wood
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County (SWC) foreclosure filings have been trending upward since the year
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industry and the recession of the early ϴϲ
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employment in the paper products
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2000. The deterioration of
to mid-part of the decade played
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upward. In 2008, the number of ϰϮ ϭϰϳ ϭϯϱ
housing foreclosures shot up to 128 from the previous year’s total of 84.ϵϬ ϴϲ
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Source: http://www.wcaa.wcourts.gov
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This is directly related to the Great Recession and the fallout
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2009 VS 2010 FORECLOSURE RATE
that ensued. In 2010, the number of foreclosures declined to
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% OF WOOD COUNTY FILINGS ϴϬ͘Ϭй from South Wood County
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foreclosures has risen by over three-fold. Also, note that the
does compare favorably to the state rate in which one out of 64 homes were in foreclosure and to the U.S. rate of one out of 45 homes. How does south Wood County compare to Wood
of the decade, about 70% of the foreclosure filings were from SWC. Over the course of the decade, this percentage trended
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lower, reaching a plateau of 55% in 2010. The graph ^ŽƵƚŚ tŽŽĚ ŽƵŶƚLJ tŝƐĐŽŶƐŝŶ h^clearly
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Source: http://www.wcaa.wcourts.gov
However, when comparing 2010 to 2000, the number of
The graph of Wood County filings shows that at the beginning
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County in terms of foreclosure activity?
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improvement took place in 2010.
one out of every 130 housing units was in foreclosure. This
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135. In 2009, the number of foreclosures was 147. So a slight
2010 foreclosure rate graph shows that for south Wood County,
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shows that over the past decade, year in and year out, the majority of foreclosures have originated from the southern part of Wood County. VITAL SIGNS