In its 2014 year-end foreclosure market report, RealtyTrac Inc. reported New York State had 47,612 total foreclosure filings in 2014, an increase of 3.72 percent from 2013. With one in every 170 homes receiving a foreclosure filing in 2014, New York State ranked 27 out of all 50 states. During the 2014 fourth quarter, New York State had 13,683 total foreclosures, a 9.37-percent increase from the 2014 third quarter. New York State had 4,662 total foreclosures in December 2014, a decrease of 3.36 percent from November.

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