Edmonton Mortgage Defaults Soar in 2009!!! Wait a second....

I just came across a "news" article in the Edmonton Journal today.  The title is Mortgage Defaults Soar!!!!  http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Business/Mortgage+defaults+soar/1723557/story.html  I like to present facts and stats, but this stat can be very misleading.   I really had to laugh at some of the "stats" the article brought up.  One that really stood out was, and I quote "ForeclosuresCanada.com,which tracks Alberta court filings for property investors--but doesn't provide data with the same level of detail as the province--listed two-and-a-half times more Edmonton foreclosures between this January and early May than in the same period two years ago."  Now, anybody that had a remote involvement in Edmonton real estate in early 2007 knows that this was the hottest period of sales we have ever had.  In fact, the most homes we ever sold in one month was in May 2007 (2839 sales).  Sale prices were climbing 5% per MONTH in early 2007.  To see a home go into foreclosure in early 2007 was a complete oddity.   So, any market would have more foreclosures than that time, I am actually surprised there were only 2.5 times as many in 2009.  To be fair, I also know that Real Estate Boards tend to put a positive spin on everything.  I'm not defending that either.  But, this headline is just sensationalism.  If the reporter did half a second of research they may not of even written the story.   I guess it gets attention, kind of like Elvis is Alive, or I am Bigfoot's love child.