Foreclosed Homes: How Many And Where They Are In Walnut Creek

Walnut Creek has 215 homes still in some stage of foreclosure, according to information released today by Realty Trac. Of those, 32 are currently for sale.

The median sale price for a foreclosure home in Walnut Creek was $392,500 in March, down 1 percent from the previous month. That compares with a median price of $529,000 for all homes sold in the city.

Foreclosed homes appear to be getting cleared from the market. Between August 1 and March 31, there were 1,106 foreclosed homes sold in Walnut Creek.

Sales of foreclosed homes were up 44 percent from the previous month and were also up 14 percent from March 2012.

Overall, the number of properties that received foreclosure filings were up 9 percent from the previous month but were down 62 percent from a year ago.

The Realty Trac website also contains a list of most of the foreclosed homes now sitting in Walnut Creek.

Here are the foreclosure figures for communities in Contra Costa County. The numbers are current through April 30. The recently sold figures are from August 2012 to March 31, 2013. Current foreclosures do not include homes recently sold.

Contra Costa County

The Realty Trac website also includes information on foreclosed homes in every county and city in the country.

Realty Trac reported foreclosures across the country were down 5 percent in April from the previous month. Foreclosures also decreased 23 percent from April 2012. Total foreclosure activity in April was at its lowest level since February 2007.