<div id="subtitle">Hawaii foreclosures reach record high for December; climb 183 percent to 9,002 for all of 2009</div><div><p>The real estate research firm RealtyTrac says there were a record-high 1,534 foreclosure filings in Hawaii last month.</p><p>The previous high of 990 was reached in July.</p><p>The December count was about triple the 499 filings in December 2008.</p><p>According to RealtyTrac, Hawaii now has the 10th-highest rate of foreclosures among states as measured by the number of households per foreclosure filing. Previously Hawaii had not ranked worse than 15th.</p><p>The December rate in the islands was equal to one filing for every 330 households. Nationally, the rate was one filing per 366 households.</p><p>For all of 2009, RealtyTrac says Hawaii foreclosures rose 183 percent to 9,002, or one in every 56 island households.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=66916315&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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