Boulder County helps handle foreclosure problems

Colorado has a foreclosure problem, and Boulder County isn’t immune, but help is now available.

Realtytrac, an Irvine, Calif.-based company that tracks foreclosures, has found that per capita Colorado ranks near the top in foreclosures.

A search on the Web site of the Boulder County Public Trustee’s Office, which administers foreclosure proceedings for properties located in the county, found 784 foreclosures during 2006.

According to Patricia Demchak, Boulder County public information officer, help is all around. She said housing counseling services are available to homeowners through the Boulder County Housing Authority.

“Their counselors and the volunteer housing counseling program represent an…