It is evident that ForeclosureResearch is not the only one with concerns over certain foreclosure reporting companies The Housing Assistance Council, a Washington DC non-profit, has also expressed concerns over foreclosure data in certain areas of the country. Such concerns were recently released in an October 2009 HAC report, “What is the housing foreclosure situation in rural America?”
The report specifically describes concerns over RealtyTrac figures. Here is a snippet of the report:
RealtyTrac presents data for approximately 2,200 counties across the United States. This excludes roughly 900 counties, most of …

With the recent revelation coming from Realty Trac’s reporting process, Foreclosure Research has come across some interesting findings.
Referring back to the article, “How many foreclosures? ‘We know we’re underreporting West Virginia,’” Rick Sharga provided the following insight, “West Virginia is one of the states where we need to do a better job.”  He continued by stating, “We know we’re under reporting in West Virginia,” and that, “we concentrate on areas of 25,000 people or more.”
The article also touched upon the fact that Realty Trac stated West Virginia had a very …

Over the last year, a handful of articles have come out disputing certain foreclosure listing companies from releasing inaccurate foreclosure data into the media.  Unfortunately, due to the illusive nature of foreclosures in themselves, these articles do not come out as often as need be.  But when these reports are released, they come out with their gloves off. The latest of these reports comes out of West Virginia.
According to an article published by the Charleston Gazette, “five times more West Virginia homes and businesses were sold in foreclosure in 2007,” …