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The Quincy Cove

Problems solved
Boston Globe
DiCiaccio was one of several frustrated consumers who appeared at a press conference hosted by the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs & Business ...
Don't be just another suckerMetro.us (blog)
Fighting back vs. fraudAttleboro Sun Chronicle
State consumer advocates discuss complaints, offer tipsBoston Herald

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Cat, owner reunited after a year
UPI.com
LEXINGTON, Mass., March 9 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts woman whose cat ran away nearly a year ago said the feline turned up in a foreclosed Boston home. ...

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Post recession, a new era of consumer caution arises
KNDO/KNDU
Then her parents lost their home in foreclosure. Now an unemployed community organizer in Boston, she has become extra cautious with her own money. ...

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Lynn gets $300G to buy, rehab foreclosed homes
Daily Item
Funded through the Housing Economic Recovery Act, the initiative is part of $43.4 million that was initially awarded to Massachusetts in 2009. ...

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Wall Street Pit (blog)

Banks Pressed on Second Mortgages
Wall Street Journal
The ensuing foreclosure is likely more costly for all parties than a short sale would have been. Under an Obama administration program due to begin in the ...
Pressure builds for US mortgage loan write-downsReuters
Representative Barney Frank calls for home-loan forgivenessCredit Loan (blog)
Congressman Calls for Second Lien Write-DownsDSNews.com
StreetInsider.com (subscription) -Wall Street Journal
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Bank Owned Home Foreclosures Soared in Springfield
International Business Times
Bank owned home foreclosures in Springfield, Massachusetts soared by 76.7 percent in January this year, ...


Can't make your mortgage? Get an emergency loan
CNNMoney.com
Created in 1983, the program boasts an 80% success rate in preventing foreclosures. "If you allow people some time to find a job, they can keep their home, ...

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The Quincy Cove

Greater Boston Area Will Receive Real Estate Funds to Ease Foreclosures
The Quincy Cove
2009: Massachusetts home foreclosures soared 62 percent in 2008 compared with 2007 and were nearly four times higher than two years ago, according to The ...
Feds offer $1 million for local homesMetroWest Daily News

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DSNews.com

Pace of foreclosures may be slowing in Mass.
Boston Globe
The number of foreclosures initiated by lenders in January dropped to the lowest level in more than a year in Massachusetts, ...
Area experienced modest foreclosure activity in JanuarySouthCoastToday.com

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Credit.com News

Massachusetts homeowners frustrated by HAMP
Credit.com News
As parking of the Making Home Affordable program, HAMP is aimed at helping 3 to 4 million Americans avoid foreclosure. More than 116000 homeowners had ...

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