Surge in US home repossessions

news.bbc.co.uk — The number of home repossessions in the US soared in July, figures suggest, underlining the woes facing the sector. There was a 93% jump in filings for repossessions on the same month a year ago, and a 9% rise on June's figure, property firm RealtyTrac said. Aug 21, 2007 View in Crawl 4