In March, 152,500 properties received a foreclosure filing in March.  This is according to RealtyTrac’s latest report. This was down 1 percent from February and down 23 percent from a year ago.

But foreclosure starts – the pace at which mortgages enter the foreclosure process – were up 2 percent on the month to 71,113.

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