According to a recent article in the Joliet Herald News, Kendall, Kane and Will counties continue to top the foreclosure filing rate charts. Information released today by Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac shows Kendall County had the highest foreclosure filing rate in Illinois at one in every 13 households in 2010.

Kane County was second with a rate of one in every 19 households.

Will County was third with one in every 21 households.

Grundy County was 14th with a rate of one in 56.

The three counties finished in the same order in 2009. Foreclosure filings tracked by the company include default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions.

Additional information in the report shows:
Will County had a total of 11,027 foreclosure filings for the year, 21.71 percent more than in 2009, 66.77 percent more than 2008, 153.38 more than 2007 and 249.62 percent more than in 2006.
Romeoville, Bolingbrook and parts of Joliet had the highest foreclosure rates in Will County (see chart).

Kendall County had 2,612 filings, up 12.10 percent from 2009, 110.14 percent from 2008, 346.50 percent from 2007 and 726.58 percent from 2006.

Grundy County had a total of 332 filings, up 14 percent from 2009, 64.36 percent from 2008, .30 percent from 2008 and 74.74 percent from 2006.

Illinois ranked ninth in the nation for foreclosures with 151,304 filings for 2010.