Foreclosures in Virginia continue to rise from a year ago, but the rate here is better than it is nationally.

One in every 567 Virginia households, or a total of 5,694, received a foreclosure filing in November, according to a RealtyTrac report released today. By comparison, one in every 488 U.S. households receiving a filing. Filings include notices ...

US home foreclosures, at the root of the global financial crisis, fell to the lowest levels in five months in November but it may be a lull before the storm, according to a group tracking foreclosures. Foreclosure filings -- default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions -- were reported on 259,085 properties in November, a seven percent drop from October ...

The number of U.S. homes going into foreclosure totaled nearly 202,000 in November, a 68 percent rise year over year, but down slightly from the previous month. In its monthly report, the real estate tracking firm RealtyTrac, Inc., said foreclosure activity likely peaked for the year in August. “This could ...