Talking Points …

  • Foreclosure inventory declined 33.2 percent and completed foreclosures declined 22.5 percent from January 2014, according to CoreLogic’s January 2015 National Foreclosure Report.
  • There were 43,000 completed foreclosures nationwide in January 2015, down from 55,000 in January 2014, representing a 63 percent decrease from the peak of completed foreclosures in September 2010.
  • Completed foreclosures have declined every month for the past 37 consecutive months. On a month-over-month basis, completed foreclosures were down 14.7 percent from the 37,000 reported in December 2014.