Foreclosure sales in Maryland and Virginia fell last year, but hard-hit Prince George’s and Prince William counties are still suffering as foreclosures there accounted for more than one-third of all sales in 2010. And while the Washington area performed better than the nation, experts said the housing market here isn’t out of the woods as it could take more than two years to work through the thousands of bank-owned properties still waiting to be sold.

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