Foreclosure filings on Florida homes leap
Florida foreclosure filings jumped by 6 percent from April to May, according to a study by RealtyTrac Inc., an online data concern. That’s one new filing for every 821 Florida households.
By contrast, national foreclosure filings rose by less than 2 percent, averaging about one new filing for every 1,247 U.S. households.
The numbers for St. Lucie County were even more grim. One of every 719 households there was the subject of a foreclosure filing in May, reported Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac. And in Palm Beach County last month, RealtyTrac found, one of every 561 households faced a new foreclosure action — almost double the national average.