The Union Tribune. “DataQuick reported on Tuesday that during the first half of 2007 San Diego County had 2,896 foreclosures compared to 445 during the first half of 2006, a 551 percent increase. Notices of default, the first step in the foreclosure process, totaled 8,314 for the first six months of 2007, compared to 3,311 in the same period last year, a 151 percent increase.”