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“Facing one of the largest backlogs of foreclosures in the state, central Florida’s Ninth Circuit Court has cleared 41 percent of its backlog since June 2012.
However, new numbers obtained by Eyewitness News show the court entered May 2013 with 28,000 cases still pending and another 1,000 new cases filed every month.
Add into this mix more than $5 million from the state to help the courts hire staff to speed up foreclosures and a newly signed “fast-track foreclosure bill” and critics say what you have is a system poised to force many more families out of their homes and many more homes into the market.”