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76 Connecticut RANK: 6 90+ Day Foreclosure Unemployment Delinquency Rate Rate Rate NOVEMBER 2014 2.60% 2.53% 6.5 YEAR AGO 2.63% 4.11% 7.5 YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -1.5% -38.5% -1 Top County WINDHAM COUNTY 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate NOVEMBER 2014 4.34% 4.32% YEAR AGO 3.80% 6.72% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE 14.0% -35.7% Top Core-Based Statistical Area NORWICH-NEW LONDON, CT 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate NOVEMBER 2014 2.89% 3.03% YEAR AGO 2.84% 4.98% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE 1.6% -39.1% 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 November 2014 foreclosure rate. All fi gures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate refl ects preliminary November 2014 fi gures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Data & Analytics. Connecticut Planet Realty, LLC Sales@CTREOTEAM.com 203-982-4985 cell www.CTREOTEAM.com Security • Preservation • Disposition Steve Rivkin Delaware RANK: 13 90+ Day Foreclosure Unemployment Delinquency Rate Rate Rate NOVEMBER 2014 3.08% 2.05% 6 YEAR AGO 3.28% 2.75% 6.3 YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -6.2% -25.5% -0.3 Top County KENT COUNTY 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate NOVEMBER 2014 4.52% 3.10% YEAR AGO 4.68% 3.80% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -3.5% -18.3% Top Core-Based Statistical Area DOVER, DE 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate NOVEMBER 2014 4.52% 3.10% YEAR AGO 4.68% 3.80% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -3.5% -18.3% 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 November 2014 foreclosure rate. All fi gures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate refl ects preliminary November 2014 fi gures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Data & Analytics. District of Columbia RANK: 15 90+ Day Foreclosure Unemployment Delinquency Rate Rate Rate NOVEMBER 2014 1.91% 1.98% 7.4 YEAR AGO 2.57% 2.37% 7.8 YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -25.6% -16.2% -0.4 Top County DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate NOVEMBER 2014 1.91% 1.98% YEAR AGO 2.57% 2.37% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -25.6% -16.2% Top Core-Based Statistical Area WASHINGTON-ARLINGTON-ALEXANDRIA, DC-VA-MD-WV 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate NOVEMBER 2014 1.89% 1.18% YEAR AGO 2.57% 2.37% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -26.2% -50.2% 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 November 2014 foreclosure rate. All fi gures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate refl ects preliminary November 2014 fi gures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Data & Analytics. IN THE NEWS Treasury Recovers Another $22 Million in TARP Investments e U.S. Department of Treasury an- nounced that it recovered $22 million for taxpayers through the sale of First BanCorp common stock recently, and that it planned to sell additional stock in the San Juan, Puerto Rico-based bank. Treasury is selling its common stock in First BanCorp as part of an ongoing effort to wind down the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to bail out banks devastated by the financial crisis of six years ago. First BanCorp received about $400 million from Treasury in 2009 as part of the TARP bailout. According to a press release from Trea- sury, the agency sold nearly $4.4 million shares of common stock as part of a pre-de- fined written trading plan recently, resulting in a gain of $22 million for American taxpay- ers. Treasury holds about 7.2 percent of First BanCorp common stock, which calculates to nearly 15.3 million shares. Treasury said it plans to sell more shares of common stock in First BanCorp through a second written trading plan. Signed into law by the Bush administra- tion, TARP was created in 2008 at the height of the nation's financial crisis in order to implement programs to stabilize the financial system. Treasury originally outlined a strat- egy for winding down its remaining TARP bank investments in May 2012 "in a way that protects taxpayer interests and preserves the strength of our nation's community banks," according to Treasury. e strategy to recover Treasury's investments includes using a combination of repayments, restructurings, and sales. To date, sales of Treasury's AIG shares have resulted in taxpayers recovering $440.4 billion in TARP investments, about $14 bil- lion more than the $426.3 billion disbursed. Only 34 out of 707 banks that received TARP investments through the Capital Purchase Program remain in the program. In late November, Treasury eliminated three banks from that list by auctioning off a combined 68,000 shares of common stock in the three institutions for a gain of $35.6 million in ag- gregate gross proceeds. Connecticut's seriously delinquent mortgage rate was 5.5 percent for November 2014, 1.5 percentage points higher than the national average of 4.0 percent, according to CoreLogic. KNOW THIS