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SANTA ANA, CA-Recent CoreLogic research shows that the currentresidential shadow inventory as of April 2012 fell to 1.5 millionunits, representing a supply of four months. This was a 14.8% dropfrom April 2011, when shadow inventory stood at 1.8 million units,or a six-months' supply, which is approximately the same level asthe country was experiencing in October 2008.

Currently, the flow of new seriously delinquent (90 days ormore) loans into the shadow inventory has been approximately offsetby the equal volume of distressed (short and real estate owned)sales. CoreLogic estimates the current stock of properties in theshadow inventory, also known as pending supply, by calculating thenumber of distressed properties that are seriously delinquent, inforeclosure and held as real estate owned by mortgage servicers butnot currently listed on multiple listing services.

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