WatchThe majority of metropolitan areas surveyed by foreclosure data firm RealtyTrac experienced year-over-year spikes in foreclosure activity in 2012.
Of the 212 metropolitan statistical areas studied by the California-based research firm, 120 markets, or 57% of all surveyed MSAs, saw foreclosure activity pick up in 2012 when compared to year earlier levels.
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