Foreclosure, mortgage delinquency improvement continues

Here's another positive data point from the Middle Tennessee housing market — and by extension the region's banks, some of which are still busily scrubbing the loan portfolios. Our foreclosure rate fell for the seventh straight month in November, and the three-month delinquency rate dipped to 4.54 percent, a full point below year-end 2011's level. Check here for past months' numbers.