Foreclosures are a part of every market these days, but 2009 ravaged the Boise Idaho real estate market so savagely that just fewer than 1 in 20 homes were foreclosed upon. With 2008 being such a bloodletting, you would think that a 103% increase in foreclosures in 2009 would cause the governor to request national disaster status. Finding your city among the top 24 most troubled real estate markets in the nation has too many homeowners reviewing the limited options that are out there. Given that the unemployment rate in the area is a stable 10.1%, and there is no scheduled business moving in, it may need a while to change this economy around.