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Friday, February 19, 2010

Medina County Ranks 22 out of 88 Counties in Percentage of Foreclosure Case Increase in 2009

According to a study issued on February 17, 2010, by the Ohio Supreme Court, Medina County ranked 22 out of Ohio's 88 counties in increases in foreclosures cases from 2008 to 2009. The study shows that in 2008 Medina County had 961 foreclosures cases. In 2009 Medina County had 1155 foreclosures cases. The 2009 figures represented an increase of 20.2%.

Over the last five years, Medina County's foreclosure cases have increased every year. The number of foreclosure cases filed during that period are as follows:

2005-607
2006-729
2007-859
2008-961
2009-1155

The above figures show that over the course of those five years, the number of foreclosure cases filed in the Medina County Common Pleas Court has gone up over 90%.

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