Armageddon III: Foreclosures in Charlottesville

Despite the national housing crisis, Charlottesville has a slightly lower foreclosure rate than the national average.

The Daily Progress reports:

Less than 1/2 of 1 percent of Charlottesville area homeowners were either in foreclosure or more than 60 days behind payments on a subprime loan, according to October statistics compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond….“It’s fair to say that the Charlottesville area does not have a subprime mortgage crisis, at least not at this point,” said Phil d’Oronzio, principal of Pilot Mortgage.

Jim Duncan asks:

I’d love to see the sources of all of these conclusions. For example - how is the “Charlottesville region” defined - which localities are included?

Well, Jim my Nordic powers lead me to no data source, either. I did find this a table on page 34 of the regional 2007 third quarter snapshot that explains Virginia has slightly lower (4.41%) mortgage delinquencies when compared to a national average (5.81%).  Additionally, Virginia subprime mortgage delinquencies (15.77%) are slightly lower than the national average (16.68%).  I do wonder where the Daily Progress sourced their information, because I couldn’t find it.

Does anyone know?

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6 Responses to “Armageddon III: Foreclosures in Charlottesville”

  1. 25 Feb 2008 at 11:42 amSilmo Syrup said:

    Generally, Charlottesville is defined as the city and the four counties or is it five. Anyway, it’s more Greene than it is cville.

  2. 25 Feb 2008 at 11:43 amThor said:

    Silmo, I think Jim was talking about how the article didn’t say MSA or name what it meant by “region”

  3. 25 Feb 2008 at 12:18 pmJim Duncan said:

    Correct - sometimes Louisa is included, sometimes Nelson, sometimes it’s only Charlottesville/Albemarle.

  4. 25 Feb 2008 at 1:29 pmLu Sid said:

    This post is depressing. We need some positive energy here…everyone should head over to the future peace building site after reading all this Armageddon crap. This is wearing me out, I am going to meditate.

  5. 25 Feb 2008 at 1:33 pmbelmont yo said:

    Puppies, kittens, flowers.

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