US DATA: Q3 RealtyTrac Foreclosure & Short Sales Report shows a total of 193,059
U.S. properties in some stage of foreclosure or bank-owned (REO) were sold
during the third quarter, an increase of 21 percent from the previous quarter,
but still down 3 percent from the third quarter of 2011. The report also shows
that foreclosure-related sales accounted for 19 percent of all U.S. residential
sales during the third quarter, down from 20 percent in the previous quarter but
the same level as in the third quarter of 2011.