On the foreclosure tour [South Florida]

On the foreclosure tour [South Florida]

The latest trend in a South Florida housing downturn limping into its third year?

Traveling tours of foreclosed homes.

Desperately hoping to drum up business, real estate firms across the region are starting to offer the roving service each month. The concept, agents say, began in California and has spread east to other states burdened by foreclosures.

Last Thursday, a zebra- striped Hummer limousine rolled to a stop in front of a vacant, two-story yellow house on a corner lot in Tequesta, the northernmost municipality in Palm Beach County.