New REO Inventory in 2011
RealtyTrac’s year-end report released Thursday shows foreclosure filings – including default, auction, and bank repossession notices – were reported on 1,887,777 U.S. properties in 2011. Of that total, 804,423 homes were taken back by lenders as REO. Last year’s tally of nearly 1.9 million properties with a foreclosure filing seems staggering, but it’s actually the …
