The rate of foreclosures in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale area rose in January to 3.79 percent of all outstanding mortgages in the area, up from 2.15 percent a year earlier.
First American CoreLogic, which compiles such data, reported Thursday that the local figure was higher than January's statewide foreclosure rate of 3.75 percent and the national rate of 3.19 percent.
The local mortgage delinquency rate, where the loans were past due at least 90 days, also rose, to 12 percent, up from 7.37 percent a year earlier. By contrast, the California rate was 11.64 percent in January of this year, with the national rate at 8.66 percent.
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