Foreclosures are up. Are you they rising in your investment area?

For many who invest in foreclosure properties, it's always good to know whether foreclosures are rising, falling, or staying steady in your home state.

Also important to know is the number of foreclosures per household in your state. This article provides the most recent data for that information, and can give investors great insight as to whether or not they're investing in the right areas.

Who pays the tab on Foreclosures

While we hear all of this talk about foreclosures, how much does it really cost the lender? Are there instances where the lender can deflect some, or most of the risk?

Here's a great article which talks about the trickle-down effect in the mortgage industry.

Dallas Foreclosures reach levels not seen since the 1980s

Foreclosures are rampant in Dallas, and investors may want to take a closer look at the lone star state if you're after investment properties.

The Dallas Morning News has an article on the skyrocketing foreclosure rates in Dallas.

Foreclosure opportunities will continue to rise in Michigan

Investors who want to be able to help people, and work on foreclosure properties at the same time, will have plenty of opportunity to do so if they're working the Detroi Metro area. This article has some very scary numbers about the forecasted job loss in Detroit, Michigan, mainly from the auto industry (specifically Ford) cutting back jobs.

San Diego and Riverside counties see sharp rise in California foreclosures

Foreclosure activity has shown a dramatic increase in San Diego and Riverside counties, far outpacing most of California and the rest of the nation, according to a foreclosure tracking firm, RealtyTrac.

Both San Diego and Riverside counties showed much higher rates of increase of properties in a stage of foreclosure than both the state and the nation. From the third quarter of 2005 to the third quarter of 2006, the rate of increase was 104 percent in California and 25 percent for the entire country.

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Ohio's foreclosure rate continues to climb

Ohio remained in the top 10 states for foreclosures, providing investors there plenty of opportunities to find bargain properties.

Providing homeowners information about ALL of their options is often the best way to begin investing in foreclosures. Making sure that you're helping the homeowner facing foreclosure is much needed as this plague continues to grow across America.

Foreclosures still high in Georgia

Georgia Real Estate Investors can still work on plenty of opportunities in Georgia, the state with the fifth-highest foreclosure rate in the United States in September 2006, according to the latest RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report.

For ideas and tips on how investors can best target these foreclosure properties, be sure to visit www.REIMarketingTips.com

SaveMeFromForeclosure.com relaunches website

www.SaveMeFromForeclosure.com has relaunched their website. For more information, you can read the press release by clicking here.