Foreclosure trends in 2014

We haven't heard much about foreclosures recently.  Most likely that's because the volume of foreclosure activity is down.  By foreclosure activity I mean the numbers of orders of notice and foreclosure deeds that are recorded month by month.  Below are the numbers for both - orders of notice are listed first and foreclosure deeds second. 

For the entire district:

January 2014 - 14 orders of notice - 10 foreclosure deeds
February 2014 - 25 orders of notice - 17 foreclosure deeds
March 2014 - 19 orders of notice - 10 foreclosure deeds
April 2014 - 38 orders of notice - 14 foreclosure deeds

May 2014 - 29 orders of notice - 12 foreclosure deeds
June 2014 - 28 orders of notice - 5 foreclosure deeds
July 2014 - 36 orders of notice - 10 foreclosure deeds
August (to 8/25) - 22 orders of notice - 10 foreclosure deeds

For Lowell only:

January 2014 - 4 orders of notice - 3 foreclosure deeds
February 2014 - 8 orders of notice - 9 foreclosure deeds
March 2014 - 5 orders of notice - 6 foreclosure deeds
April 2014 - 15 orders of notice - 5 foreclosure deeds
May 2014 - 9 orders of notice - 6 foreclosure deeds
June 2014 - 10 orders of notice - 4 foreclosure deeds
July 2014 - 10 orders of notice - 4 foreclosure deeds
August (to 8/25) - 9 orders of notice - 9 foreclosure deeds