More on the March foreclosure numbers

More than any month, March helped bring down the first quarter's foreclosure numbers, RealtyTrac said.

There were 565 new cases, down from 717 in February and 714 in January, data show. That March figure is down 51 percent from a year earlier, when there were 1,164 new cases, the report said.

Overall, new cases, auction notices and repossessions in the first quarter fell 28 percent from the same period last year, RealtyTrac said.