Foreclosure judgments double in Westchester in 2014

With state judges clearing a backlog of defaulted loans from the national mortgage crisis, foreclosure judgments in Westchester County more than doubled last year from 2013, according to a year-end report from Westchester County Clerk Timothy C. Idoni.

With fewer homeowners in the county in default on their mortgages last year, the number of  foreclosure actions started in the courts by lenders and loan servicers dropped nearly 14 percent from 2013, according to the county clerk.

A total of 770 foreclosure judgments were filed last year in Westchester Supreme Court, where foreclosure actions are heard, a 107 percent jump from the 371 judgments entered in 2013.

A total of 2,326 foreclosure petitions were filed with the court in White Plains last year, a decrease of 370 filings from 2013, when the number of foreclosure actions in Westchester was the highest since 2009 and the Great Recession.

Click here to read the report, including a month-by-month comparison of foreclosure filings.