If you start receiving spouse's benefits at age 62, your monthly benefit amount is reduced to about 32.5 percent of the amount your spouse would receive if their benefits started at full retirement age. 67 is 50 percent (the maximum benefit amount). Age To Receive Full Social Security Benefits.
If there are many foreclosure homes available at one time, a buyer's market may form, resulting in lower sale prices. In 2013, foreclosed California homes spent about 34 months or nearly three years in shadow inventory before they were sold, according to the Inman News real estate website.
A foreclosure will be on your record for 7 years on average, plus 180 days from the last time the account was paid as agreed. The public record would have its own opening date (the date the foreclosure was filed at the courthouse) and would show for 7 years from the date of the disposition.