Home foreclosure crisis eases slightly in St. Lucie in 2009, but numbers still high
ST. LUCIE COUNTY —In St. Lucie County last year, home mortgage foreclosures were down, but the numbers remained very high.Lenders filed 8,324 mortgage foreclosure cases in St. Lucie in 2009, court records show. That represented a 13 percent decrease compared to the 9,570 cases filed in 2008.In Martin County, meanwhile, lenders set a new record for filing foreclosure cases last year and several
