Bartow Foreclosure Filings See Year-Over-Year Decrease: Report

BARTOW COUNTY, GA — Foreclosure activity in Bartow County for February 2018 saw a 35 percent year-over-year decrease from February 2017, and saw a 13-percent decrease from January 2018, according to ATTOM data.

According to ATTOM, there were 13 foreclosure filings in Bartow County last month. Based on Census Bureau estimates, there are 39,935 housing units in Bartow, so one in every 3,072 properties in the county had a foreclosure filing.

How does Bartow County compare to its neighbors in year-over-year figures? Cherokee County saw a 54 percent drop while Cobb witnessed a 29 percent decrease. Other surrounding counties include Gordon a 17-percent dip, Floyd a 24-percent drop, Paulding a 27-percent dip, Polk an 18-percent decrease and Pickens with no change.

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Foreclosure activity had an overall year-over-year decrease in the U.S. for February 2018, reaching an all-time low for as far back as ATTOM has data available, which dates back to April 2005. For the Peach State, Georgia also had an overall year-over-year decrease in foreclosure filings, dropping from 31 percent from 2017. There were 1,618 foreclosure filings last month across Georgia, down from 2,185, or 25 percent, in January of this year.

Based on Census Bureau information, there were 4.2 million housing units in the state, and last month's 1,618 foreclosure filings indicate one in every 2,569 properties around Georgia were subjected to a filing.

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