Foreclosed Homes: How Many And Where They Are In San Anselmo and Fairfax

San Anselmo has 38 homes still in some stage of foreclosure and Fairfax has 25, according to information released Thursday by Realty Trac. Of those, six houses are currently for sale each in San Anselmo and Fairfax.

The median sale price for a foreclosure home in San Anselmo was $583,750 in March. That compares with a median price of $734,000 for all homes sold in the city. Sale price data was not available for Fairfax.

Foreclosed homes appear to be getting cleared from the market. Between August 1 and March 31, there were 205 homes sold in San Anselmo and 83 in Fairfax.

Overall the number of homeowners entering the foreclosure process is declining in the area, despite a huge spike in San Anselmo in April. The number of properties that received a foreclosure filing there jumped by 300 percent between March and April, but April's total was 67 percent lower than March of last year.

The Realty Trac website also contains a list of most of the foreclosed homes now sitting in San Anselmo. There also is a list for Fairfax.

Here are the foreclosure figures for communities in Marin County. The numbers are current through April 30. The recently sold figures are from August 2012 to March 31, 2013. Current foreclosures do not include homes recently sold.

Marin County

The Realty Trac website also includes information on foreclosed homes in every county and city in the country.

Realty Trac reported foreclosures across the country were down 5 percent in April from the previous month. Foreclosures also decreased 23 percent from April 2012. Total foreclosure activity in April was at its lowest level since February 2007.