U.S. Foreclosure Filings Hit Record for Second Straight Month

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bloomberg.com - 5/13/2009

U.S. Foreclosure Filings Hit Record for Second Straight Month

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May 13 (Bloomberg) -- Foreclosure filings in the U.S. rose to a record for the second consecutive month in April as banks increased efforts to seize homes from delinquent borrowers. A total of 342,038 properties received a default or auction notice or were seized last month, RealtyTrac Inc. of ...

realtytrac.com - 5/13/2009

FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY REMAINS AT RECORD LEVELS IN APRIL

— realtytrac.com — By RealtyTrac Staff Second Straight Month with Record High Foreclosure Activity Total U.S. Foreclosure Activity Up 32... Percent from April 2008 IRVINE , Calif. – May 13, 2009 – RealtyTrac® ( realtytrac.com ), the leading online marketplace for ... (more) FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY REMAINS AT RECORD LEVELS IN APRIL

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calculatedriskblog.com - 5/13/2009

RealtyTrac: Record Foreclosure Activity in April

— calculatedriskblog.com — From RealtyTrac: Foreclosure Activity Remains at Record Levels in April RealtyTrac ... today released its April 2009... U.S. Foreclosure Market Report(TM), which shows foreclosure filings - default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions - were reported on 342,038 U.S. properties ... (more) RealtyTrac: Record Foreclosure Activity in April

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