Illinois foreclosure inventory fell 39.4 percent in January compared to the same time last year, according to CoreLogic’s January 2015 National Foreclosure Report. The decline put Illinois among the five states that saw the largest year-over-year drops in inventory. Overall, national foreclosure inventory fell 33 .2 percent annually in January and marked 39 consecutive months of declines. Read more from CoreLogic, a data and analytics company.

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