Foreclosure List Providers In South Carolina

The best way to find preforeclosure homes in South Carolina 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.

South Carolina reported 444 foreclosure filings in August, an 8 percent increase from the previous month, and an almost 1 percent decrease from August 2006, according to RealtyTrac.

South Carolina ranked 35th in the country in total foreclosures reported for the month. The state’s foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 4,342 households ranked it among the 10 lowest states.

Spartanburg County reported the highest foreclosure total for the month, with 60 foreclosure filings. Lexington County came in second, with 59 foreclosure filings, followed by Anderson County and Sumter County with 43 foreclosure filings each.

Sumter County reported the highest foreclosure rate in the state for August, with one foreclosure filing for every 1,023 households — 4.3 times the state average. Lexington County posted the second highest foreclosure rate, with one foreclosure filing for every 1,690 households — 2.6 times the state average. Orangeburg County posted the third highest foreclosure rate, with one foreclosure filing for every 1,776 households — 2.5 times the state average.