Delaware County sheriff sale statistics

    The Delaware County Times today has an article on the state of sheriff sales in the county. While foreclosure rates are going down, there are still plenty of homes on the chopping block.

    Here, we’ll break down some of the numbers, which you can read more about in Paul Luce’s story.

    Rates could go down as much as 20 percent
    2,187 homes went to sheriff sale in 2010 in Delco
    1,177 of those have been given stays
    149 properties in today’s sale, plus 15 stayed

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