The Pacific Business News reported this week that Hawaii ranked 40th in the nation for foreclosures in July, according to the latest report from RealtyTrac.

Hawaii as No. 45 in June.

Hawaii had 229 foreclosure filings in July, up 70 percent from June and up 169 percent from July 2007. There were 134 foreclosure filings last month and 85 foreclosures in July 2007.

Hawaii had a foreclosure rate of one filing for every 2,184 households, said the latest survey by California-based real estate research firm RealtyTrac.

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