Inbox At Miami Courthouse Jammed With New Foreclosure Filings; Clerks Enjoy New-Found Job Security Working Overtime, Weekends Despite Budget Cuts

In Miami, Florida, WFOR-TV Channel 4 reports:

• In 2007 the clerk's office took in a record 25,000 foreclosure filings. This year they have already doubled that number. It's no surprise they're now open on weekends to handle these extra cases, and soon might open up a night shift as well.

• "It's unbelievable," said Wanda Hoskins, a clerk with the Civil Intake Division. "It's a wonder that anyone in Dade County has a house left." Inside the Miami-Dade Courthouse the paper is everywhere. All of it foreclosures, and it comes in all day long-- over the counter, in the mail, and lately by the case. [...] The county now auctions foreclosures three days a week. Next year they will add a fourth.

For the story, see Foreclosures Flood The Courthouse Inbox.

For WFOR-TV video, see Foreclosures Create Extra Shifts For Court Clerks.