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Alabama Arizona rank: 36 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Foreclosure Rate February 2013 3.9% rank: 38 Unemployment Rate 1.5% 7.2% 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Foreclosure Rate February 2013 2.1% 1.5% year ago 4.0% 1.8% 7.2% 3.2% 3.2% 0.0% -33.6% -51.5% Top County PinAl CounTy Foreclosure Rate 90+ Day Delinquency Rate February 2013 3.4% 3.4% 2.9% year ago 2.5% 6.1% year-over-year change 31.3% 5.5% year-over-year change 35.6% -45.2% Top Core-Based Statistical Area -46.9% Top Core-Based Statistical Area nogAleS, AZ MoBile, Al 90+ Day Delinquency Rate 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Foreclosure Rate 3.4% 3.0% 2.6% year ago 5.8% year ago 2.5% 4.1% year-over-year change 31.3% -28.6% note: The 90+ day delinquecy rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans that are seriously delinquent. The foreclosure rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans currently in foreclosure. State rank is based on the February 2013 foreclosure rate. All figures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate reflects preliminary February 2013 figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Applied Analytics. rank: 50 Foreclosure Rate February 2013 Unemployment Rate 0.8% 6.5% year ago 1.3% 0.9% 7.1% year-over-year change -7.4% -35.0% note: The 90+ day delinquecy rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans that are seriously delinquent. The foreclosure rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans currently in foreclosure. State rank is based on the February 2013 foreclosure rate. All figures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate reflects preliminary February 2013 figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Applied Analytics. IN THE NEWS Alaska 1.2% 4.0% year-over-year change 35.6% 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Foreclosure Rate February 2013 February 2013 7.6% Foreclosure Rate February 2013 year ago 5.8% -6.0% Top County MACon CounTy 7.6% 8.4% year-over-year change -13.8% 90+ Day Delinquency Rate 7.9% year ago year-over-year change -2.8% Unemployment Rate -12.5% -8.5% Top County MATAnuskA-susiTnA Borough 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate February 2013 1.3% 1.2% year ago 1.6% 1.3% year-over-year change -18.1% -7.8% Top Core-Based statistical Area FAirBAnks, Ak 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Foreclosure Rate February 2013 2.3% 1.2% Arizona Bank Fails Arizona's Gold Canyon Bank became the fifth FDIC-insured bank to fail in 2013. The Arizona Department of Financial Institutions closed the bank on April 5, appointing the FDIC as receiver. To protect depositors, Gold Canyon Bank's estimated $44.2 million in deposits were assumed by First Scottsdale Bank, N.A., which also agreed to purchase essentially all of the failed bank's $45.2 million in assets. The FDIC estimates the Arizona bank's closing will cost its Deposit Insurance Fund about $11.2 million. Gold Canyon Bank is the first FDIC-insured institution to collapse in Arizona since December 2011. 1.2% year-over-year change 23.4% -1.0% note: The 90+ day delinquecy rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans that are seriously delinquent. The foreclosure rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans currently in foreclosure. State rank is based on the February 2013 foreclosure rate. All figures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate reflects preliminary February 2013 figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Applied Analytics. 80 Start your day with the most current and critical news on the mortgage default servicing industry from DSNews.com. Sign up for our e-mail newsletter and get the top stories delivered direct to your inbox every day. KNOW THIS year ago 1.9% Start your day with a professional pick-me-up. During the month of February, 25,729 foreclosures were completed in Phoenix, more than in any other major U.S. metro except Atlanta, CoreLogic reports. Register to receive your Daily Dose at DSNews.com

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