New records for foreclosures in 2010.

Foreclosures set records across the U.S. in the first quarter of 2010:

A record number of U.S. homes were lost to foreclosure in the first three months of this year, a sign banks are starting to wade through the backlog of troubled home loans at a faster pace, according to a new report.
RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday that the number of U.S. homes taken over by banks jumped 35 percent in the first quarter from a year ago.

This record comes after foreclosures had set a new record in 2009, both for the year and for the first six months.

Click here for foreclosure predictions from September 2009 and commentary on the effect of foreclosures on the market in general and real estate fraud in particular.