Here’s some numbers recently released by the Treasury Department:
Among the delinquent mortgage loans serviced by the nation’s 14 largest banks and thrifts, short sales and similar actions totaled 6,908 in the first quarter of 2008, 9,029 in the second quarter and 14,097 in the third quarter, according to a December report by the federal offices of Thrift Supervision and Comptroller of the Currency.