{"id":11283,"date":"2014-09-10T13:49:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T20:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fleysherlaw.com\/?p=804"},"modified":"2023-02-22T13:54:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T13:54:27","slug":"bankruptcy-filings-in-southwest-florida-have-lowered-tremendously-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fleysherlaw.com\/blog\/bankruptcy\/bankruptcy-filings-in-southwest-florida-have-lowered-tremendously-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Florida Bankruptcy Filings have Lowered Tremendously"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A couple of years after the recession, the rate of consumers and businesses filing for bankruptcy have dropped.<\/span> They have dropped approximately 50 percent in Southwest Florida. Nearly 2,600 companies and residents in Charlotte, Manatee, and Sarasota counties solicited bankruptcy attorneys to defend them against creditors<\/span> in the last year; this is about half of the bankruptcy filings in 2010. Unfortunately, it is still 500 more bankruptcies filed than when the economy crashed in 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2007 and 2010 the bankruptcy filings in the Southwestern region of Florida peaked at about 4,991 cases. The good news is that in the last year, all 3 counties<\/span> saw in total 2,595 bankruptcy petitions proposed. They have gone down exponentially by 48 percent from the petitions filed at the height of 2010<\/span>. And, it has lowered by a 16 percent rate in comparison to 2012. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have questions about Foreclosure<\/a>, Loan Modification<\/a>, Bankruptcy<\/a>, Short Sale, or other alternatives, please feel free to call my office at 888-886-0020<\/a>. Or, send an e-mail to emil@fleysherlaw.com<\/a>, or complete the contact form below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n