Foreclosure activity in the St Louis metro area during the month May occurred at a rate of 1 foreclosure action for every 1,267 homes, an increase of 20.3 percent from the month before, but a decrease of 9.75% from a year ago, according to a report just released today by RealtyTrac.
As the table below illustrates, 5 of the seven Missouri counties, and 2 of the eight Illinois counties, saw a decline in foreclosure activity in May from the year before, and 1 Missouri county, and 3 Illinois counties, saw a decline from the month before. Of the fifteen counties reported, only 3 saw a decline in foreclosure activity in May both from the month before, as well as year before, those being the City of St Louis in Missouri and Jersey and Monroe counties in Illinois.
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