There were 47 new foreclosures in July for Brooklyn, which has 873,000 households total, according to PropertyShark’s monthly foreclosure report. This is a 27 percent increase from the 37 foreclosures in June, but a 25 percent decrease from the 63 foreclosures in the same month last year. Regardless of that year-over-year number, it’s hard not to look at that upward-trending line and not be just a little bit scared. The report includes data from all five boroughs: notably, Queens is the foreclosure leader, with 199 new foreclosures in July, or 63 percent of all foreclosures in New York City, while Manhattan saw only four new foreclosures. Overall, citywide, foreclosures are down 7.6 percent from June, and down 6.7 percent from July 2008.
Data from PropertyShark