County Clerk: Jump in Foreclosures a Wake-Up Call for Homeowners to Get Help | WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER 3,374,995 VISITS IN ONE YEAR---65,000 VISITS A WEEK BY 985,281 VISITORS

WPCNR REAL ESTATE NEWS. July 11, 2013:

Timothy Idoni, Westchester County Clerk, told WPCNR that his office announcement of the rise in new foreclosure filings the first six months of the year did consist of many filings of what he called “clean paper foreclosures” on homes previously served with foreclosure notices which were invalidated for incomplete paperwork by 2011 government rulings stopping banks’ practices of “robo-signings” which started a wave of attempted foreclosures in 2008-9.

However, in his talking with the county court about the new foreclosure notices, Idoni said there were quite a few new foreclosures, too, not just reservings. He said the intent of his announcement was to urge homeowners on verge of foreclosure, served with foreclosure notices to seek help from organizations like Westchester Residential Opportunities who could advise them how to work out arrangements to keep their homes.

Idoni did not have a ratio of how many fresh foreclosure filings there were as opposed to filings involving previous attempts at foreclosure.