Foreclosure filings – described as default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions – in the first quarter of this year were down 45% 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% in Cleveland, 45% in Toledo, 38% in Dayton, 36% in Akron and 28% in Cincinnati.
