by Calculated Risk on 5/14/2008 09:51:00 AM

From Bloomberg: U.S. Foreclosures Rise 65 Percent as Vacated Homes Add to Glut

U.S. foreclosure filings climbed 65 percent and bank seizures more than doubled in April from a year earlier as rates on adjustable mortgages increased and vacated homes added to a glut of unsold homes, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
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Bank repossessions jumped 145 percent in April from a year earlier to 54,574, according to Irvine, California-based RealtyTrac. The company has database of more than 1.5 million properties and monitors foreclosure filings including defaults notices, auction sale notices and bank seizures.

Banks will seize about 60,000 properties a month through December, when about 1 million U.S. homes, or a quarter of all homes for sale, may be bank-owned ...

The current pace of 1,000 foreclosures per day in California makes 60,000 per month nationally very likely.