{"id":172445,"date":"2026-02-28T04:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T04:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172445\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T04:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T04:07:06","slug":"data-shows-that-florida-leads-the-country-in-number-of-foreclosure-cases-one-senior-woman-is-on-the-brink-of-foreclosure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172445\/","title":{"rendered":"Data shows that Florida leads the country in number of foreclosure cases, one senior woman is on the brink of foreclosure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida now leads the country in the number of foreclosures, according to ATTOM,<\/a> a property data and real estate company. However, behind those numbers are real people struggling in South Florida, and most of them are seniors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of those residents is Janor Farthing, 67, who bought a modest condo for $85,000 in the Carriage Hills community in Boca Raton.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“When I purchased, I thought it would be my forever home,” Farthing said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said she was keeping up with her mortgage payments, but poor health and COVID forced her into retirement. She’s living on $1700\/month social security, but she’s been hit with an increase in monthly payments for her condo that threatens her very survival.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Farthing was told by mail that she needed to start paying a $2,300\/month assessment for necessary repairs on her building. She also received a letter from an HOA lawyer, which says she owes nearly $10,000 more for a monthly fee mix-up. The letter also threatened foreclosure if she didn’t comply.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It wasn’t shocking it just meant more stress. What do I do? I thought I’ll be living with my dog \u00a0in a car I don’t know what I’m gonna do,” Farthing said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Property investor Katrina Vought says this is something she hears from many seniors who are stuck with high assessments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I run into it a lot,” she said. For her, the story is the same: seniors stuck with high assessments on their homes on the brink of foreclosure.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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