An auction sign is displayed in front of a home in Stockton, California February 2, 2008. Stockton posted one foreclosure for every 31 households in the third quarter of 2007, the highest foreclosure rate among the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas in that period, according to real estate data company RealtyTrac. Picture taken February 2, 2008. REUTERS/Kimberly White (UNITED STATES)