UPDATE: Foreclosure Filings Spiked By 34% In South Florida Region In Q1 2013.

Nearly 13,700 foreclosure actions were filed in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach in the first quarter of 2013, representing a 34 percent increase in notices of default initiated on a year-over-year basis compared to the same January through March period in 2012, according to a new report from CondoVultures.com.