Foreclosure in your neighborhood: How bad is it?

HIGHLAND PARK

Median sales price in March 2008: $438,000 (Down 22.8% from March 2007)

In ZIP 90042:

Foreclosures in first quarter 2007: 14
Foreclosures in first quarter 2008: 42
Percentage increase: 200%

Households per foreclosure: 478
Ranking of households per foreclosure of the 498 ZIP Codes surveyed*: 272

*Rank of 1 is the ZIP Code with the most foreclosures; rank of 498 has the fewest. Source: DataQuick Information Systems