Record Foreclosure Activity in 2009 Could Have Been Worse

A record 2.8 million U.S. properties received foreclosure notices in 2009, up 21 percent from 2008 and up 120 percent from 2007, according to the RealtyTrac 2009 Year-End U.S. Foreclosure Market Report , released Thursday. But as bad as that sounds, RealtyTrac…(read more)