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Combat wounded veterans or unmarried Gold Star spouses of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom are encouraged to apply for a mortgage-free home. Maryland rank: 9 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Foreclosure Rate october 2012 4.44% Unemployment Rate 3.97% 6.7% year ago STAT INSIGHT 4.76% 3.54% 6.9% percent point change -6.8% 12.1% -2.9% Top County DorChesTer CounTy 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Foreclosure Rate october 2012 4.86% 7.76% year ago 6.14% Home price growth in New Orleans from November 2011 to November 2012. Source: Clear Capital rank: 7 2.91% Foreclosure Rate october 2012 Unemployment Rate 5.42% 7.4% year ago 2.46% 5.51% 7.3% percent point change 18.6% -1.7% 1.4% Top County WashingTon CounTy 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate october 2012 3.85% 12.56% year ago 3.73% 11.59% percent point change 3.4% 8.4% Top Core-Based statistical area LeWisTon-auBurn, Me 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate october 2012 3.56% 7.19% year ago 3.45% 6.47% percent point change 3.4% note: 11.1% The 90+ Day delinquecy rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans that are 90plus days delinquent. The foreclosure rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans currently in foreclosure. State rank is based on the October 2012 foreclosure rate. All figures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate reflects preliminary October 2012 figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of Lender Processing Services. 140 -20.9% 44.8% Top Core-Based statistical Area CAMBriDge, MD 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Foreclosure Rate october 2012 4.86% 7.76% year ago 6.14% 5.36% percent point change -20.9% 44.8% note: The 90+ Day delinquecy rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans that are 90plus days delinquent. The foreclosure rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans currently in foreclosure. State rank is based on the October 2012 foreclosure rate. All figures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate reflects preliminary October 2012 figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of Lender Processing Services. IN THE NEWS Maine 90+ Day Delinquency Rate 5.36% percent point change Long & Foster Office Recognized by Maryland for Sales Milestone The Bethesda/Gateway office of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc., in Bethesda, Maryland was recently presented with a proclamation from Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot in recognition of the sales office surpassing $1 billion in settled real estate sales for 2012. Long & Foster is an independent residential real estate company representing more than 12,000 agents in seven Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia. For the last 20 years, the Bethesda/Gateway location has been its top-performing office. The company says its Bethesda/Gateway office is consistently the No. 1 office in sales volume among all residential real estate brokerage firms in Montgomery County, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; and Northern Virginia. The Bethesda/Gateway office is also ranked among the top-producing real estate offices in the United States. Franchot, the third highest ranking elected official in Maryland, presented the proclamation on behalf of the state during a ceremony held at the Bethesda/Gateway office. "I am pleased to recognize the leadership of Long & Foster in the region's real estate recovery and for the economic activity and critical revenues the organization generates for our state," Franchot commented. Also attending the ceremony were Gary Scott, president of Long & Foster Real Estate; Paul Foster, SVP and regional manager of Long & Foster's Washington, D.C., Montgomery County, Maryland, and Southern Maryland regions; Leon Nasar, senior branch manager of the Bethesda/Gateway office; and Bonnie Casper, president of the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors and a top-performing Long & Foster agent. "A large part of the success of the Long & Foster family is our investment in ensuring that our agents are armed with the very best training, tools, and support in the industry to do what they do best—serve the needs of homebuyers and sellers in a constantly changing real estate market," Scott said. "This long-standing commitment to having the best-trained and most knowledgeable sales associates in the industry has enabled Long & Foster offices to reach incredible sales milestones such as that seen by our Bethesda/ Gateway team." Casper acknowledged Long & Foster's "investment in and commitment to its agents" for fostering such an achievement. "I am fortunate to be affiliated with Long & Foster Real Estate, a company that truly cares about its agents by providing the tools we need to simplify the homebuying process for our clients and to take our business to the next level," Casper said. Long & Foster's Bethesda/Gateway office has more than 200 affiliated sales associates who serve the metropolitan Washington, D.C., and surrounding Maryland communities. 2012 was the eighth year out of the past 10 years that the Bethesda/Gateway office has surpassed the $1 billion milestone in settled volume. STAT INSIGHT Foreclosure completions in Maryland for the year ending November 2012. Source: RealtyTrac