Real estate foreclosure activity rises in Q2

Speculation, creative mortgage products contribute to foreclosures

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Foreclosure activity in several Western markets rose in the second quarter compared to second-quarter 2005 after a dip in the first quarter year-over-year foreclosure activity, according to Foreclosures.com, a foreclosure research company.

California has seen gains in foreclosure activity, and recently hot housing markets in Las Vegas and Phoenix were cooling off rapidly and defaults there were on the rise, too, according to Alexis McGee, Foreclosures.com president.

"Both Las Vegas and Phoenix were impacted by speculato

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