The number of foreclosure-related Lis Pendens filings in North Carolina reached record levels in 2010. The three biggest counties in the state also posted the highest filings totals for the year.
Foreclosure real estate investments and house buying activities picked up in some areas of North Carolina in December 2010. Sales of residential properties rose in certain markets compared with 2009.
The county of Guilford recorded the highest number of foreclosures, including foreclosed fixer upper houses, in the North Carolina Triad last year. The county's foreclosure rate in 2010 was one in 53.