Source: Mortgage Bankers Association National Delinquency Survey

1
Subprime Foreclosures Started in Georgia by
Quarter Includes Lenders in Mortgage Bankers
Associations National Delinquency Data
Source Mortgage Bankers Association National
Delinquency Survey
2
Subprime Foreclosure Rate per Household Annualized
Rate per 100 Households, Georgia and U.S.
Source Mortgage Bankers Association National
Delinquency Survey, U.S. Census
3
The Costs of Foreclosures to Georgia Property
Owners and Local Government

• Declining values of foreclosed properties1
• Declining values of adjacent properties2
• Vacant properties ? crime3
• Public safety and maintenance costs4
• From the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee,
  October 20075
• Conservative cost estimates for Georgia

(From Apgar and Duda 4, below)

• Estimated subprime foreclosures from
• mid-2007 ? 2009 36,753
• Lost property values gt 2 billion
• Lost property taxes gt 14.5 million

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