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New Orleans was below the national rate of foreclosures, ranking No. 82 among 206 metro areas nationwide in the third quarter of 2010. The figures from RealtyTrac, an online foreclosed property marketplace based in Irvine, Calif., include default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossession.
The 2,810 filings produced a rate of one in every 159 housing units receiving a filing, up 32.79 percent over the second quarter of 2009 and up 0.62 percent over the third quarter of 2009.
The Las Vegas area...