The increase is one of the biggest monthly spikes Foreclosure.com has seen since it began tracking the market in 1999, according to Jim Houston, vice president of the foreclosure listing service.
The survey, released Wednesday, showed 28,190 foreclosed homes were put up for sale across the country in March, which is 50 percent more than in February.
The total number of foreclosed properties available for sale stood at 80,757 at the end of March, up 10 percent from the previous month.
Foreclosure.com tracks government and financial institutions when gathering data on foreclosed properties.
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