Foreclosure filings are down 24% from a year ago, but some pockets of the country still are seeing elevated levels, according to a new report from ATTOM Data Solutions, a real estate data firm. Overall, one in every 2,554 U.S. properties received a foreclosure filing in August.

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The states with the worst foreclosure rates were:

• Delaware (one in every 1,106 housing units)
• New Jersey (one in every 1,192)
• Maryland (one in every 1,218)
• Illinois (one in every 1,562)
• Florida (one in every 1,633)

On a metro level, in cities with populations of at least 200,000, the areas with the worst foreclosure rates were:

• Trenton, N.J. (one in every 543 housing units)
• Atlantic City, N.J. (one in every 794)
• Fayetteville, N.C. (one in every 920)
• Cleveland (one in every 969)
• Columbia, S.C. (one in every 1,013)