Here are the figures. Lots of the same – bascially showing what sdrealtor said – the percent is increasing more rapidly because the total sales are leveling out and the short sales are still increasing. I re-did the trend lines on the 3rd plot – the trend for total short sales excludes the strange tale on the for left (prior to the new year) – but still shows the increasing rate of change. The trend for percent change is not significant, so instead of showing that, I just included the zero line – above that it is increasing.

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[img_assist|nid=4078|title= Short Sales and Total Listings|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=466|height=285]
[img_assist|nid=4079|title= Percent Change and Percent Chort of Total|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=466|height=285]
[img_assist|nid=4080|title= Short Sale Trends|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=466|height=285]