The number of foreclosures last year was a 10-year low, data from the Pima County Recorder's Office shows, with a 2016 total of 1,820 foreclosures – the lowest since 2007, when the housing market crashed and distressed sales began to climb, peaking at 6,793 in 2010, when a slow descent began. The local trend was part of a national one that saw foreclosures at 10-year lows across the country in most major metropolitan areas, data from Attom Data Solutions show.
