RealtyTrac, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, released its October 2007 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 224,451 foreclosure filings - default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions - were reported during the month, up 2 percent from the previous month and up 94 percent from October 2006. The national foreclosure rate for the month was one foreclosure filing for every 555 households.