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Colorado posted the nation's highest state foreclosure rate in December 2006.
It rose to the top with one new foreclosure filing for every 376 households, despite a nearly 4% dip in foreclosure activity from November, according to RealtyTrac.
The state registered the highest monthly rate for the ninth time in 2006, reclaiming the top spot back from Nevada.
Nevada's foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 392 households dropped to second highest in the nation thanks to a nearly 12% decrease in foreclosure activity.
For the fifth month in a row, Greeley, Colo., posted the highest foreclosure rate among the nation's 200-plus largest metropolitan areas.
The Greeley metro area documented 391 properties entering some stage of foreclosure, a decrease of nearly 9% from the previous month and a foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 169 households, more than six times the national average.
Georgia also reported a decrease in foreclosure activity, but the state's foreclosure rate with one new foreclosure filing for every 480 households, ranked third highest in the nation for the third month in a row.
Source: HighBeam Research, Colorado Was Nation's Top Foreclosure Rate State.