Monroe County currently has a flood of repossessed and foreclosed homes on sale. This can be seen by searching Monroe County on any foreclosure website. According to the county officials however, the worst for Monroe County is yet to come. Statistics reveal that the new number of foreclosures in the county is a staggering 1,763 filings for the early part of 2009. Last year the number of filings was 1,500 and one can see a definite increase. The number of foreclosure filings in Monroe County has actually tripled since what it was in 2005 with only 540 foreclosures back then.



The reason is that the economy is still at crisis. People continue to lose their jobs and have their hours cut back. The result is that they have fallen in mass debt which they are struggling to pay off.

Monroe County real estate agents have brought to light an interesting observation. According to their expertise, the rise in the number of foreclosure filings does not necessarily mean a rise in home sales. In reality they say the number of foreclosure sales being made in Monroe County remains the same.

In April 2009, about 32 foreclosed homes were sold in the region. This was actually a drop from the 47 homes that were sold in the previous month of March. The drop in sales has come despite the fact that foreclosure filings have increased. The reason behind the decline in actual foreclosure sales is the fact that home owners are receiving assistance by the government and state regulated plans prior to losing their homes to an auction.

Home owners have been extremely eager to take advantage of the various social services that are being offered to them and are out to make the most of them in order to prevent their houses from being lost to foreclosure sales. Currently there are around 101 foreclosure homes for sale in the region.