Faces of Foreclosure
The surge of foreclosures sweeping the nation is historical. Thousands of Tampa Bay area homes fall into foreclosure each month and at twice the national rate. Lives are upended as the crisis creeps into local communities, leaving swaths of vacant homes and frustrated neighbors.
Here are the stories of the people caught up in the awful reckoning of risky loans, personal circumstances and missed mortgage payments. They are the unfortunate, the opportunistic and those in between.
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Personal stories:
- Johnny Jackson
- Javier & Esmeralda Arroyo
- Steve Casucci
- Debbi Colon
More:
One Neighborhood's Story | Seeing Beyond The Rubble |
Chronology Of A Foreclosure |
Slideshow: Trash-Out | Photo Gallery |
Slideshow: Tripped Up By Rising Insurance Costs |
Video: Offering A Helping Hand
Earlier Tribune Stories: What To Do If Your Neighbors Abandon Their Home | Financial Woes Drag Neighborhoods Down | Video: After The Boom | Foreclosure Takes Awhile
Database Of Tampa Bay-Area Foreclosures
Foreclosures are on the rise in Florida and in the Bay area. But what about your neighborhood?
If you’ve ever wondered how your neighbors are holding up during the mortgage crisis, now’s your chance to find out.
Here, you can sort through all the foreclosure filings that occurred in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties from January 2007 through April 2008. You can search by ZIP code, city, county or owner to see how many default notices, auction notices and bank repossessions have occurred during this time.
Drop-down menus offer a more detailed report on a specific property. The interactive map enables you to view foreclosures down to the street level and spot patterns.
About The Results
Glossary of Terms:
DEFAULT Lender notifies owner of intent to sue to recover property. This is typically done after the owner misses three consecutive payments.
AUCTION If delinquent payments continue, the property is offered for sale at an auction. Lenders first give public notice of the auction.
REPOSSESSION If the auction is unsuccessful, the lender takes control of the property and attempts to resell it.
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ABOUT THIS DATABASE
Housing Market Downturn
Search by street name, city, county or zip code for auction notices, default notices and repossessions for * January 1, 2007 through April 31, 2008. Data is provided by RealtyTrac.
Results can be cross-referenced with data available at the following property appraiser Web sites:
Pinellas | Hillsborough | Polk | Hernando | Pasco
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Online producers: Janine Dorsey and Nick Bergus, TBO.com