The latest foreclosures numbers have been released by various foreclosure reporting agencies.  According to most of the reports second quarter foreclosure filings have increased since the same period one year ago.
In an article published by Bloomberg.com on July 25, 2008, RealtyTrac, a reporting agency located in Irvine, California specifically stated foreclosures had increased more than 120% during that period.  The article titled, “U.S Foreclosures Double as House Prices Decline,” by author Bob Ivry, also stated that while foreclosure may have doubled from 2007, there was only a 14 percent increase …

The latest foreclosure figures have been released from two foreclosure listing sources. One report was released by RealtyTrac, the other report was released by competitor ForeclosureS.com.
In an article dated July 10, 2008 from the Associated Press, “US foreclosure filings surge 53 percent in June,” Realty Trac reported a 3 percent decrease in foreclosures from May 2008 to June 2008.
In a press release published in DSNews.com on July 14, 2008 by Rachel Daniels, ForeclosureS.com reported that foreclosures were “up 5.35 percent from May.”
One foreclosure listing source reported foreclosures decreasing …