Top 10 Highest Risk Mortgage Markets

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Out of the 100 largest markets in the country, those with the highest risk of mortgage defaults are in 3 states, California, Florida, and Arizona. But the segmentation of the market does not end there.

California holds 8 out of the top 10 spots on this ignoble list of mortgage mayhem. So when the pundits scream about the housing market falling into the abyss, do not fear it so badly. Like insurance rates going up after hurricanes, the housing slowdown is now continuing on as the lenders untangle themselves from the mess they created in California.

The rest of the country is paying for the excesses of a few. Does that surprise you?

Top 10 Highest Risk Mortgage Markets (in the top 100 markets)

  1. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA 
  3. Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA
  4. Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL
  5. Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA
  6. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
  7. Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA
  8. Stockton, CA
  9. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
  10. Bakersfield, CA (via Corelogic)

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  3. [...] foreclosure wave and we simply have too many homes sitting in our inventory. Take a look at this top 10 list of riskiest mortgage markets and notice how we own 8 of the 10 spots. What we need are buyers, and hopefully the reassurance that [...]

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