I will begin this short article with three startling real estate statistics for 2009.1. In Phoenix, Arizona during the first quarter of 2009, more than 1 in every 159 homes received a foreclosure notice.2. 75% of the real estate market in Phoenix are foreclosure.3. There were around 49,119 foreclosure filings in Arizona for the first three months o

Nationally, more than 1.5 million U.S. homes received at least one foreclosure-related notice in the past six months, according to a foreclosure listing service RealtyTrac Inc.