The number of U.S. homes that received a foreclo-sure filing fell to a four-year low in 2011 as a slow-down- in processing hit the market, RealtyTrac said sin a report on Thursday.Foreclosure filings, which include default notices, scheduled auctions, and bank repossessions, slid by 34% in 2011, the lowest level since 2007, just as the housing market was starting to crumble. RealtyTrac said there were filings on 1,887,777 homes last year. Bank seizures of homes fell to 804,423 from 1,050,500 in 2010, also marking the lowest level in four years.
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