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By Kevin Allen
Rappahannock N*»ws Staff Wntw
The number of foreclosures in Rappahannock County during the past 13 months is equal to the number the county experienced during the prior five years.
In 2007, there were 10 foreclosures in the county, according to public notices run in the Rappahannock News. Nine of those foreclosures came in the final five months of the year.
Two foreclosures have been listed so far in 2008.
For the years 2002 through 2006, Rappahannock had a total of 12 foreclosures for an average of 2.4 per year, according to records at the county Clerk of the Circuit Courts office.
Still, the situation in Rappahannock remains relatively stable. For example. Culpeper County had 178 foreclosures in 2007, compared to 33 in 2006, according to an article in the Culpeper Tunes.
“Compared to the counties around us, we are an oasis of calm,” Amissville-based real estate broker Julie Emery said.
But the number of foreclosures in Rappahannock in 2007 was high by historical stan
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