Foreclosure Crisis May Worsen As 2012 Goes On

into the deepest U.S. housing crisis since the 1930s, many

Americans are hoping the crisis is finally nearing its end.

House sales are picking up across most of the country, the

plunge in prices is slowing and attempts by lenders to claim

back properties from struggling borrowers dropped by more than a

third in 2011, hitting a four-year low.

But a painful part two of the slump looks set to unfold