Number of Foreclosures Continues to Decline Across Dakota County
The total number of Sheriff Sales in the first 11 months of 2012 was 1,422, compared to 1,821 for the same period last year.
Follow Eagan Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter | Blog for us After peaking in 2010, the total number of foreclosures in Dakota County is slowly falling, according to the most recent data released by the Dakota County Community Development Agency. The total number of Sheriff Sales countywide in the first 11 months of 2012 was 1,422, compared to 1,821 for the same period last year. In November 2012, 117 Sheriff Sales occurred, a marked decrease from the 191 sales in November 2011. A Sheriff Sale is the final step of the foreclosure process, when the assets seized in a foreclosure are publicly auctioned. In 2007, Dakota County officials began noticing a significant upswing in the number of notices of …
