U.S. Foreclosures Rise Two Percent in Q2

``RealtyTrac has released its Mid-Year 2012 Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 1,045,801 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings--default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions--in the first half of 2012, a two percent increase from the previous six months, but still down 11 percent from the first half of 2011.''