Foreclosure List Providers In Arkansas

The best way to find preforeclosure homes in Arkansas is to use a list provider.  Finding good reliable data is the first step if you want to market to homeowners in foreclosure, and it’s very often worth it to pay someone (or a company) to mine this data for you.  Once you’ve developed a system to have this information delivered to you, your marketing becomes a lot easier.

According to RealtyTrac.com, Benton County had a total of 1,103 foreclosures for the first nine months of the year, up 85 percent over the 595 reported for the same time period last year. In Washington County, there have been 851 so far, up 130 percent compared to the 369 in 2006.

Looking at the rates per household, Benton County had 186 foreclosures in September out of a total of 76,074 households, which means one out of every 409 household in that county is in foreclosure. Washington County, out of 77,035 households, had 129 foreclosures last month -- making one of out of every 597 households experiencing foreclosure.

Statewide, Arkansas is also riding above last year's rate, up 18 percent to 10,314 foreclosures so far this year compared to 8,680 this year. However, nationally, foreclosures are up 76 percent year-over-year.