North Carolina reported 2,039 properties with foreclosure filings in February, a 15 percent decrease from the previous month, and 50 percent below the level reported for February 2008.

Here are the numbers for last month Nationally, in North Carolina and in Orange County, NC,

Foreclosure Trends : January, 2009

                   National           North Carolina          Orange CTY   
NODs  46,681         334          1
NTSs  80,986         891        19
NFSs  27,520            0         0
LISs  52,435            0         0
REOs  66,777      1,161         0

Notice of Default (NOD), Auction / Notice of Trustee's Sale (NTS), Notice (Judgment) of Foreclosure Sale (NFS), Lis Penden (LIS), Real Estate Owned (REO)