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Analysts stated that the housing market of New Jersey will improve in 2011 from last year, but only slightly. Most of them believe that 2011 will be a better year, although most residents will hardly notice the difference. The huge supplies of properties at foreclosed house auction will still be the main reason for the slow recovery of the residential property market, analysts have added.

The commercial property market of Washington has suffered along with the residential property industry with the advent of foreclosed properties. However, some areas in the state are showing improvements, where commercial foreclosure sales are rising and vacancy rates declining.

The number of auctions, which feature foreclosed properties like fixer upper homes for sale, increased in California in December 2010 compared with the previous month. The number of foreclosure auctions jumped in the state despite a decline in foreclosure-related filings and housing sales during the same period.

Cheap houses on sale will likely become more common in Massachusetts in 2011 as values of residential properties continue to depreciate in the state. According to a report from Standard & Poor's, those who purchased houses in the region during 2003 are likely in possession of properties that are currently valued at the same level as seven years ago.

The number of existing dwellings sold in Florida for the month of November recorded a decline compared with year-ago levels. This includes foreclosed properties like FNMA bank foreclosures. However, foreign property buyers and investors got involved in a number of purchase transactions involving condominiums which resulted in increased sales for this segment in the same month.

The housing crisis has started to encroach on rural areas in Arizona, with foreclosed properties, including those under list of Wells Fargo and other bank foreclosures, rising in numbers in several towns and smaller locales. According to housing market analysts, the rural foreclosure problem requires a different approach compared with metropolitan area foreclosures.

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Most of the towns and cities of Michigan are facing potential financial crisis as revenues from tax collections declined by 20% in 2010. The decline is reportedly the worst experienced by the state since 1994. The problem with tax collections has been attributed by economists to the continuous growth of distressed properties listings and the high level of unemployment.

Along with the relatively high number of Aurora foreclosures for sale, several other areas of Colorado are contributing to the foreclosure total of the state, with Garfield County being one of these areas expected to post high foreclosed property totals by the end of the year.

The rising rates of foreclosures by state continue to hound most areas of the U.S., even cities that are previously considered immune from the housing crisis. In Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the number of foreclosed properties has risen compared with 2009 when foreclosures totaled a mere 236.

Florida foreclosures continue to post record numbers during the first six months of the current year. Since the housing market crisis started, the state has recorded high foreclosed property numbers and is one of the regions in the U.S. hit hardest by the foreclosure problem.

Homeowners facing Maryland foreclosures can take heart from the result of a court case involving a homeowner from Ellicott City who sued a foreclosure mitigation company and won. Now, the homeowner is warning others who might get into more trouble by hiring just any firm to help solve their homeownership problems.

Tennessee foreclosures maintain their levels during the first six months of 2010 when compared with the last six months of 2009. However, when compared with the first half of 2009, the current year's first half showed a rise of 13%.

Local governments are trying to dispense federal funds quicker than before to communities affected by Virginia foreclosures as the deadline set by the U.S. Congress to allocate federal funds approaches.

Homeowners have complained that they are being required to pay taxes on properties based on their worth prior to the recession and the onslaught of South Carolina foreclosures. According to owners, coastal and high end properties are the ones hit hardest by the alleged property tax imbalance.