View Foreclosure Rates Visually

MB — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:49:25 +0000

Real Estate site HotPads has an interesting (and frightening) display option that allows you to view heat maps of foreclosures, by neighborhood, in cities throughout the United States.

Here is a screen shot of the Atlanta metropolitan area:

And here is Phoenix:

The red colors indicate a higher foreclosure rate per household, while blue indicates a lower number of foreclosures (you won’t see much blue in the examples above).

Checkout how you neighborhood compares: hotpads.com

Originally posted on pfhacks.com: View Foreclosure Rates Visually

Percentages of Millionaire Households by State

MB — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:49:09 +0000

The Phoenix Affluent Marketing Service recently released an analysis showing the number of millionaire households as a percentage of all households on a state by state basis. New Jersey had the highest percentage of millionaire household (7.12%). Maryland and Connecticut were second and third, respectively.

Phoenix defines a millionaire household as one with $1 million or more in investable or liquid assets.

Here is the 2007 portion of the list.

Rank	State	Total Households	$1MM+	Percentage Millionaire Households
1	New Jersey	3,210,592	228,442	7.12%
2	Maryland	2,143,128	151,756	7.08%
3	Connecticut	1,358,170	95,028	7.00%
4	Hawaii	438,893	29,365	6.69%
5	Massachusetts	2,493,707	156,208	6.26%
6	Virginia	2,979,225	186,576	6.26%
7	Delaware	333,263	20,274	6.08%
8	Alaska	240,842	14,594	6.06%
9	New Hampshire	517,725	30,918	5.97%
10	California	12,461,651	720,733	5.78%
11	Colorado	1,841,538	105,351	5.72%
12	Minnesota	2,026,451	115,587	5.70%
13	Illinois	4,760,856	269,098	5.65%
14	Michigan	3,936,519	214,069	5.44%
15	Washington	2,489,441	133,812	5.38%
16	Nevada	952,864	51,153	5.37%
17	Rhode Island	424,216	22,550	5.32%
18	Florida	7,308,878	387,886	5.31%
19	New York	7,235,413	381,786	5.28%
20	District of Columbia	261,792	13,776	5.26%
21	Arizona	2,297,734	120,116	5.23%
22	Vermont	253,582	13,163	5.19%
23	Pennsylvania	4,916,948	252,326	5.13%
24	Wisconsin	2,228,294	112,692	5.06%
25	Utah	801,821	39,670	4.95%
26	Georgia	3,439,800	170,160	4.95%
27	Wyoming	207,248	10,160	4.90%
28	Ohio	4,578,456	224,305	4.90%
29	Oregon	1,456,021	71,046	4.88%
30	Kansas	1,075,666	51,580	4.80%
31	Indiana	2,468,351	118,306	4.79%
32	Texas	8,333,041	393,640	4.72%
33	Iowa	1,191,013	56,235	4.72%
34	Nebraska	697,600	32,896	4.72%
35	Missouri	2,330,315	109,256	4.69%
36	Maine	557,043	25,960	4.66%
37	New Mexico	750,428	34,610	4.61%
38	South Carolina	1,704,376	78,285	4.59%
39	North Carolina	3,496,649	160,307	4.58%
40	Alabama	1,841,006	81,994	4.45%
41	Tennessee	2,415,110	107,355	4.45%
42	Idaho	540,847	23,652	4.37%
43	Montana	382,778	16,511	4.31%
44	Louisiana	1,632,824	69,296	4.24%
45	Kentucky	1,699,590	70,720	4.16%
46	Oklahoma	1,406,412	57,789	4.11%
47	South Dakota	306,176	12,563	4.10%
48	North Dakota	262,501	10,763	4.10%
49	West Virginia	759,937	30,374	4.00%
50	Arkansas	1,112,643	43,533	3.91%
51	Mississippi	1,108,629	42,703	3.85%

You can get the list for the last three years here.

Originally posted on pfhacks.com: Percentages of Millionaire Households by State

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