Topic: Brandon Moore

The No. 11 LSU Tigers brought the No. 7 Central Florida Knights' long run to an end Tuesday night in the Fiesta Bowl with a 40-32 win.

Foreclosure activity rose in nearly 60 percent of the U.S. metropolitan areas in the first half of the year, a private online marketplace said.

More than 1 million U.S. homes had foreclosure filings in the first half of 2012, up 2 percent from the previous six months, RealtyTrac said Wednesday.

The decline in U.S. foreclosures looks like a "bumpy ride," the top executive at online marketplace RealtyTrac said.

Online foreclosure marketplace RealtyTrac said more than a quarter of all U.S. home sales in the first quarter involved property in some stage of foreclosure.

Roughly half of 212 U.S. cities tracked by market researchers saw foreclosure activity rise in the first quarter of 2012, a private firm said.

U.S. foreclosure numbers look positive on the surface, but not when looking a little deeper, market researchers said Thursday.

Data shows that gains the U.S. housing market made in foreclosure activity are fading, an online foreclosed property marketplace reported Thursday.

Nearly a quarter of all U.S. home sales in the fourth quarter involved distressed properties in some stage of foreclosure, private firm RealtyTrac said.

After a big drop in U.S. property foreclosures in 2011 due to industry uncertainty, the tide will likely rise this year, a marketing firm said Thursday.