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Archive for the 'Boston foreclosures' category
The following excerpts are from a Banker & Tradesman article, headlined Bay State Foreclosure Petitions Drop In January:
The number of foreclosures started by lenders in Massachusetts during the month of January dropped to the lowest level in more than a year, according to a new report by The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman. [...]
03/02/10 |
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Here’s an interesting piece from Banker & Tradesman, headlined Boston’s hardest hit neighborhoods finally hitting bottom:
… Sure, condo prices and sales finally slowed in downtown Boston, but Dorchester, Roxbury, East Boston, Mattapan and Hyde Park saw thousands of homeowners fall behind on their mortgages over the past few years, many losing it all.
But here’s one [...]
02/26/10 |
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First, the somewhat good news: Foreclosure filings were down slightly in September.
Second, the bad news: Foreclosure filings hit a record high in the third quarter as Massachusetts’ quarterly foreclosure rate continues to rise.
Third, the ugly news: Massachusetts’ jobless rate jumped to 9.3 percent in September, the highest level since 1976.
Gulp.
10/15/09 |
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More than 100 housing-related bills are expected to be heard this week on Beacon Hill. One of them calls for a 180-day moratorium on foreclosures of buildings that house four separate households.
Another bill is called the “Act to Sustain Community Preservation.” It calls for the current $20 registry fee to be “adjusted” (i.e. increased) to [...]
10/13/09 |
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Frances Louis’s “moral” claim to move into an empty foreclosed unit in Roxbury is philosophically dubious and flatly illegal — but it’s producing results. The bank is backing down. In the process, maybe the Wisconsin bank has stumbled on a partial short-term solution of transferring foreclosed properties before confrontations develop. Read and discuss.
09/26/09 |
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Congress debates how to strengthen the economy and prevent reckless lending in the future, 1 in 10 families is behind on their mortgage. The latest available figures show that the number of households at risk of foreclosure is 700% higher than the number of loan modifications, and the gap has been increasing steadily.
07/30/09 |
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From the Boston Herald:
Snapping up a foreclosed home on the cheap isn’t as easy as it sounds.
“Buying a foreclosure is definitely a bit of a grind,” said Robert Jenson, a real estate broker in foreclosure-wracked Las Vegas. “You’re getting fantastic pricing, but sometimes it takes going through a lot of houses and writing a lot [...]
07/11/09 |
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