As of July 28, the foreclosure rate inButler County is 308 filings, according to Glenna Walters, Butler County prothonotary.

If the rate continues at the current pace, the filings for the year will be 437.

In 2006, there were 443 filings, and in 2007 there were 467 filings.

Nationwide, more than 272,000 homes received at least one foreclosure-related notice in July, up 55 percent from about 175,000 in the same month last year and up 8 percent from June, RealtyTrac said. That means one in every 464 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing last month.