Cape-Fort Myers No. 2, Naples-Marco No. 12 in foreclosures so far in 2009 (Naples Daily News)

In the first half of the year, Cape Coral-Fort Myers took the No. 2 spot in the nation for foreclosure-related filings. Naples-Marco Island ranked No. 12 among metros with a population of 200,000 or more, according to a report by Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac. The rankings are based on default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions., more 
and 1.9 Million Foreclosure Filings Reported on More Than 1.5 Million U.S. Properties in First Half of 2009 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)  RealtyTrac , the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its Midyear 2009 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 1,905,723 foreclosure filings -- default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions -- were reported on 1,528,364 U.S. properties in the first six months of 2009, a 9 percent increase in total properties from the previous six ..., more