Foreclosures in Barrow County have jumped the last five months of 2008 by 80 percent over the same period last year.
Barrow foreclosures topped 654 for the period Aug.-Dec., a huge climb from 363 in 2007 for the same five-month period.
The largest single month for foreclosures in Barrow County was October this year when there were 157. Every month in 2008 except January, June and July have seen 100+ foreclosures in Barrow.
For the year 2008, Barrow has logged 1,395 total foreclosures as the economic situation has worsened across the country.
Barrow County
Foreclosures 2008
January............................................76
February.........................................117
March...............................................121
April..................................................115
May...................................................128
June....................................................91
July.....................................................93
August ..............................................128
September...........................................115
October................................................157
November............................................131
December............................................123
Total 1,395
