However, if you can prove the foreclosure resulted from extenuating circumstances that are unlikely to recur, such as a divorce, catastrophic illness or layoff, the time period may be reduced to as little as three years.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of layoff actions fell 29% from the same three-month period last year, and dropped 56% from the last quarter of 2012 when there were 2, 123 mass layoffs in the private sector.