Article: Foreclosures fall 20 percent in Dayton area ; Local third-quarter figures contrast with a 5 percent increase nationally.

Foreclosure filings in greater Dayton fell 20.8 percent in the third quarter, even as the nation's foreclosure activity continued to surge, according to a California firm that tracks real estate data.

Foreclosure activity in the four-county Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area also declined in September, but at a narrower percentage, according to RealtyTrac's report, issued Thursday, Oct. 15.

The Irvine, Calif.-based firm's figures include default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions.

In the third quarter, filings were made against 1,931 properties in Montgomery, Greene, Miami and Preble counties, versus 2,440 properties during the same period last year, RealtyTrac said.

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