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The Atlantic City metropolitan area, which is essentially Atlantic County from the resort to Hammonton, leads the nation in foreclosures.

According to ATTOM, a property data provider, among the 223 metropolitan statistical areas with a population of at least 200,000, Atlantic City had the highest foreclosure rate in April.

In that month, one in every 1,356 housing units was in a foreclosure filing, compared with one in every 4,234 housing units nationwide.

Ongoing economic challenges and backlogged foreclosures working through the pipeline after the lifting of a federal moratorium on foreclosures during the COVID-19 pandemic account for some of the increase this year, according to Rob Barber, CEO of ATTOM.

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