By Bob Ivry July 25 (Bloomberg) -- US foreclosure filings more than doubled in the second quarter from a year earlier as falling home prices left borrowers

- WASHINGTON (Thomson Financial) - he number of home foreclosures filed by US homeowners was up sharply in the second quarter of 2008, indicating the housing downturn that is acting as a drag on the entire US economy has not yet hit bottom.
The US saw 739,714 foreclosures in the second quarter, up 13.8 pct compared to the first quarter of 2008, California-based RealtyTrac said in a report released today. Foreclosures are up a 121 pct compared to the same quarter in 2007.
ccounting for much of the rise in foreclosures, homeowner stress can be seen all around the country.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home foreclosure filings rose 14 percent in the second quarter, the eighth consecutive quarterly climb, and more than doubled from the same period a year-earlier, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said on Friday.
Home foreclosure filings during the second quarter were reported on 739,714 U.S. properties, up 121 percent from a year earlier, RealtyTrac, an online market of foreclosure properties, said in a report.
purchased by a bank accounted for 30 percent of total foreclosure activity in the quarter, up from 24 percent in the first quarter, Saccacio said.

BY GRETA GUEST • FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER • July 25, 2008 Home sales continued to decline nationwide in June while inventory and foreclosures rose,

There were 220000 homes lost to bank repossessions in the second quarter, and the annual forecast for 2008 will have to be revised upward.

IRVINE, Calif., July 25, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ - RealtyTrac(R) ( http://www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its Q2 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report(TM), which shows foreclosure filings were reported on 739,714 U.S. properties during the second quarter, a nearly 14 percent increase from the previous quarter and a 121 percent increase from the second quarter of 2007. The report also shows that one in every 171 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing during the quarter.
RealtyTrac publishes the largest and most comprehensive national database of foreclosure and bank-owned properties, with over 1.5 million

By SHANNON BEHNKEN TAMPA - Bay area homeowners continue to struggle to make their mortgage payments and are increasingly losing their homes to foreclosure, according to the California-based research company RealtyTrac.
There were 14,960 foreclosure filings in the Tampa metro area during the second quarter. That's up 27 percent from the previous quarter and 159 percent from the same period last year. Now, one in every 87 households is receiving a foreclosure filing.
Bay area, more foreclosure filings came from Hillsborough County than other area counties. Hillsborough had 6,310 filings in the second quarter, while Pinellas saw 4,766, Pasco had 2,535 and Hernando had 1,349.

By Elizabeth Rhodes Washington cities are far down list of top 100 metro areas in rate of foreclosure activity. Will Seattle's housing market eventually

BY LORE CROGHAN The number of city homeowners with foreclosure woes during the second quarter jumped 28.6% from a year ago, a sign that the city is starting