Inman ran a story today about foreclosures across the United States. California led the nation with 39,992 filings acording to data collected by Realtytrac. California is home to 12% of the U.S. Population with 37,700,000 people. Only 1 in 325 homes went into foreclosure. Considering the median priced home at $497,110, 1 in 325 homes is very reasonable. Home ownership is well beond the reach of most people living in the state, so foreclosures can, and will happen - and should happen in a healthy, well balanced economy. I think the media has blown things a bit out of control [...]