Foreclosures in Barrow County are up 49 percent for the first six months of 2009.
Some 965 foreclosure sales have been held or scheduled from January to June this year compared to 648 for the first six months of 2008
For the upcoming June foreclosures sales, the number doubled from June 2008 from 91 last year to 183 this year.
For all of 2008, Barrow County saw 1,395 foreclosures. The 2009 rate so far has been well above that pace.