Hawaii Foreclosures Down 47% in First Half of Year

That’s according to a report from RealtyTrac.

Pacific Business News reports: 

The number of foreclosures in Hawaii fell by 47 percent during the first half of the year when compared with the same period in 2011, according to a report from RealtyTrac.

There were a total of 2,357 properties in some stage of the foreclosure process — a notice of default, a public auction notice or a bank-owned property — from January through the end of June, which was down 5 percent from the last half of 2011, according to Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac.