Foreclosure filings – described as default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions – in the first quarter of this year were down 45 percent in the Columbus area compared with the average over the seven quarters that led up to the recession, which began in December 2007. Foreclosure filings were down 59 percent in Cleveland, 45 percent in Toledo, 38 percent in Dayton, 36 percent in Akron and 28 percent in Cincinnati.
