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110 New Mexico RANK: 13 90+ Day Foreclosure Unemployment Delinquency Rate Rate Rate JUNE 2014 1.86% 2.28% 6.6 YEAR AGO 1.84% 3.11% 7 YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE 1.1% -26.7% -0.4 Top County TORRANCE COUNTY 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate JUNE 2014 1.94% 5.39% YEAR AGO 2.74% 6.36% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -29.1% -15.2% Top Core-Based Statistical Area GRANTS, NM 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate JUNE 2014 1.88% 3.97% YEAR AGO 2.03% 5.13% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -7.3% -22.5% 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 June 2014 foreclosure rate. All fi gures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate refl ects preliminary June 2014 fi gures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Data & Analytics. Oregon RANK: 17 90+ Day Foreclosure Unemployment Delinquency Rate Rate Rate JUNE 2014 1.68% 2.05% 6.9 YEAR AGO 1.79% 3.11% 7.8 YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -6.3% -34.2% -0.9 Top County CROOK COUNTY 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate JUNE 2014 1.74% 4.20% YEAR AGO 1.99% 6.48% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -12.5% -35.2% Top Core-Based Statistical Area PRINEVILLE, OR 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate JUNE 2014 1.74% 4.20% YEAR AGO 1.99% 6.48% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -12.5% -35.2% 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 June 2014 foreclosure rate. All fi gures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate refl ects preliminary June 2014 fi gures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Data & Analytics. Utah RANK: 40 90+ Day Foreclosure Unemployment Delinquency Rate Rate Rate JUNE 2014 1.92% 0.81% 3.6 YEAR AGO 2.30% 1.39% 4.5 YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -16.3% -41.9% -0.9 Top County BEAVER COUNTY 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate JUNE 2014 2.59% 1.85% YEAR AGO 2.22% 2.35% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE 16.9% -21.2% Top Core-Based Statistical Area PRICE, UT 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate JUNE 2014 2.93% 1.46% YEAR AGO 1.88% 1.91% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE 55.4% -23.4% 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 June 2014 foreclosure rate. All fi gures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate refl ects preliminary June 2014 fi gures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Data & Analytics. Washington RANK: 23 90+ Day Foreclosure Unemployment Delinquency Rate Rate Rate JUNE 2014 2.01% 1.61% 5.6 YEAR AGO 2.77% 2.36% 7 YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -27.5% -31.8% -1.4 Top County WAHKIAKUM COUNTY 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate JUNE 2014 1.80% 3.75% YEAR AGO 3.59% 3.17% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -49.8% 18.3% Top Core-Based Statistical Area SHELTON, WA 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate JUNE 2014 2.75% 2.74% YEAR AGO 3.49% 3.08% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -21.1% -11.2% 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 June 2014 foreclosure rate. All fi gures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate refl ects preliminary June 2014 fi gures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Data & Analytics. IN THE NEWS Seattle Firm Completes Asset Transfer Seattle-based Regional Trustee Services Corporation (RTS) announced that it has completed an asset purchase agreement ef- fective immediately. Prior to the agreement, RTS was a privately owned company that provided non-judicial foreclosure services to investors, mortgage servicers, and outside law firms in eight western states. e terms of the purchase transferred the complete assets of RTS, including its client base and employees, over to the newly formed RTS Pacific, Inc. RTS Pacific is expected to continue the business line as its parent company Butler & Hosch expands westward. "e purchase of Regional Trustee Ser- vices' corporate assets is consistent with our strategy of expanding the Butler & Hosch firm and brand into Washington State," said Bob Hosch, owner of RTS Pacific, Inc. "is continues our strategy of building dif- ferentiation and expanding our non-judicial foreclosure services on the West Coast—all of which works with our goal of building a coast-to-coast, best-in-class default legal operation team with different platforms and innovative services to support our clients nationwide." Management of the new entity is expected to stay separate from Butler & Hosch, but the two are expected to collaborate on "back of the house" functions. Cusick has the highest price appreciation of any city in Washington, according to RealtyTrac. KNOW THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS: WEST »