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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/lenders_face_unwelcome_wave_of_foreclosures/11884/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: This is the second in a three-part series on rising foreclosures in the Flathead Valley. Bob Schneider has been a banker in Montana for more than 40 years. He’s seen the dot-com bubble burst and stock markets crash. Still, nothing compares to the challenges his business and customers are facing today. “This is the worst I’ve ever seen it in my history of banking in Montana,” Schneider, First Interstate Bank Kalispell president, said. “And this, I think, is the worst hit place in the state.” The trouble: As the recession claims jobs or exposes financial risks, an increasing number of borrowers are facing foreclosure as they fall behind on payments. In just the first six months of this year, the number of people entering the foreclosure process in Flathead County climbed to 459 – just 18 shy of last year’s total.