New Jersey still 2nd in foreclosure rate, although Newark sees improvement

... While foreclosure rates statewide rose from 6.04 percent in June 2012 to 6.19 percent a year later, rates in the Newark metropolitan area - the only local region cited in the report - dropped from 7.03 percent to 6.89 percent during the same period. ...

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