Nevada leads the nation in the highest rate of houses in foreclosure

Realtytrac.com today issued a report that included data on the percentage of housing units in foreclosure. Overall, the United States has 1.84% of home mortgages in foreclosure---That is up 81% from 2007.

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The Top-10 worst states for foreclosure rates are:

1. Nevada--7.3%
2. Florida--4.5%
3. Arizona--4.5%
4. California--4.0%
5. Colorado--2.4%
6. Michigan--2.4%
7. Ohio--2.3%
8. Georgia--2.2%
9. Illinois--1.9%
10. New Jersey--1.8%
    

New Jersey's Alt-A Mortgage and Sub-Prime loan performance

The New York Fed published data in October that shows how the Alt-A and Sub-prime Mortgages have been performing in New Jersey.

The percentage of loans that are current are much higher for Fixed Rate Loans than for the Adjustable Rate Loans. 84% of Alt-A fixed rate loans in New Jersey were current in October 2008, while just 41% of Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) in New Jersey's sub-prime mortgage universe were current with their payments.


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California and Florida Account For Half of the Alt-A mortgage market

According to the New York Fed, as of November 2008 there was $705 Billion of Alt-A Loans outstanding with 42% of those loans coming from California and 9% of the mortgages coming from Florida---Two States which are experiencing some of the steepest drops in home prices.

Additionally, New York accounted for 5% of Alt-A loans, while New Jersey, Virginia and Washington accounted for 3% each... The remaining 44 states accounted for the remaining 35% Alt-A mortgages.