Suffolk County Foreclosures Jump 62% Compared to Q2 2008, While Nassau County Foreclosures Decline by 33%, Says Q2 Long Island Foreclosure Report by PropertyShark.com

Suffolk County Foreclosures Jump 62% Compared to Q2 2008, While Nassau County Foreclosures Decline by 33%, Says Q2 Long Island Foreclosure Report by PropertyShark.com
East Hampton, NY, July 21, 2009 --(PR.com)-- PropertyShark.com, the premier real estate data site, today released its quarterly report covering first-time residential foreclosures in Long Island (Suffolk County, Nassau County) for the second quarter of 2009.

Key Findings (Request report for details and charts):

New foreclosures in Long Island decreased 20% from Q1 2009 - Long Island foreclosures (757) were down 20% compared to Q1 2009 (944), and up 9% over Q2 2008 (696).

Nassau County new foreclosures decreased 58% from Q1 2009 - Compared to Q1 2009 (626), new foreclosures in Nassau County (265) went down 58%. Since Q2 2008 (393), new foreclosures declined by 33%.

New Foreclosures in Suffolk County reached two-year high in Q2 2009 - There were 492 new foreclosure auctions scheduled in Suffolk County during Q2 2009. This was up 62% compared to Q2 2008 (303), and up 55% from Q1 2009 (318).

High foreclosure rates in Bayshore, Central Islip and Brentwood - Bayshore had a rate of one in every 250 homes scheduled for auction, Central Islip had a rate of one in every 293 homes scheduled for auction, and one in every 340 homes in Brentwood was scheduled for auction.

The full Long Island Q2 09 Foreclosure Report can be downloaded at http://www.propertyshark.com/mason/BlogCenter/marketreports.html.

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