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Just when it had become quite apparent that the North Carolina foreclosures would proceed to rank right up there with the top five states in the nation, abruptly, the number of foreclosed homes in the state has come to a lull. The good news is that this number is also slowly on the decline. The reducing number of North Carolina foreclosures is now indicative of North Carolina pulling out of the high-risk-for-foreclosure league of states.

Studies conducted by the Florida based ForeclosureConnections proves that the number of foreclosed houses in North Carolina have decreased this year. In mid last year (2007), this number had done staggeringly high, causing speculators to wonder about the fate of North Carolina’s real estate. But, with the onset of 2008, the number has begun dwindling. ForeclosureConnections has researched that this year in March, there were totally 3,298 foreclosure filings at different stages of progress in North Carolina. This was 18.6% lower than the February. When it was compared with the number of foreclosure homes in March 2%, the number was just two percent higher. This clearly indicates that not only is the number of North Carolina foreclosure homes decreasing, but it is also estimated to go much lower in December 2008 than it was in December 2007.This is of course a breezy difference from what the trends in the nation are showing. Along with New York, North Carolina is a state to have gone against the trend of showing a low number of foreclosed houses. While there was an approximate 60% increase in bank foreclosed homes this year from last year on a national level, North Carolina has actually shown a decline. This is a very good sign; it indicates the good judgment of the North Carolinian homebuyer when taking a mortgage for their home.

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