Massachusetts latest news:


Consumer Prices in US Probably Tumbled as Spending Slumped
Bloomberg - 25 minutes ago
Mounting job losses and record foreclosures are causing American consumers, who account for more than two-thirds of the economy, to retrench. ...

Brosco to shut Andover warehouse, lay off 60
Eagle Tribune, MA - 1 hour ago
In the last two years, foreclosures have been skyrocketing as people couldn't make their payments and have been forced out of their homes. ...

Boston Globe (registration)

Frank sees TARP money going to foreclosure aid
Reuters - 10 hours ago
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was harshly criticized by lawmakers at the committee hearing for not doing more to prevent home mortgage foreclosures under ...
Paulson, Democrats clash over use of rescue funds National Post
Banking rescue fund not a 'panacea' for economy: Paulson Financial Post
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Hürriyet

Lawmakers, Treasury lock horns on foreclosures
Reuters - 10 hours ago
Committee Chairman Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, sharply differed with Paulson, who said he had "reservations" about using bailout funds to ward ...
Video: Paulson, Bernanke Defend $700 Billion Bailout AssociatedPress
Getting to Yes New York Times
Paulson, Democrats clash over whether bailout funds should go to ... New York Daily News
AFP - DSNews.com
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Home sales prices in Boston down 10% in Q3
Bizjournals.com, NC - 13 hours ago
Nationwide, home prices fell in a record four out of five cities as foreclosures flooded the market. Of 152 metropolitan areas surveyed by the Realtors ...

Financial Post

FDIC's Bair: New anti-foreclosure plan "essential"
Reuters - 14 hours ago
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, has said lawmakers may object to authorizing the release of the second ...
FDIC chief Bair feels at home going her own way Los Angeles Times
Foreclosures rise again; 84000 more lose their homes Legal News Line
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Business Digest
Providence Journal, RI - Nov 17, 2008
Webster Bank, based in Waterbury, Conn., says it will hold off on any home foreclosures for 90 days. In addition to the moratorium on mortgage foreclosures, ...

Lynn group heads to DC to discuss foreclosures
Daily Item, MA - Nov 17, 2008
Gould and Gutierrez will then join other community leaders from Massachusetts and 17 other states in a series of meetings in Washington, ...

Solve mortgage mess at its source, experts say
InvestmentNews, NY - Nov 16, 2008
In Massachusetts, for example, foreclosure activity slowed during the 90-day period but then spiked 465% in September when that period was up, according to ...

Telegraph.co.uk

When you owe more than home is worth
CharlotteObserver.com, NC - Nov 15, 2008
And it's a concern to the rest of us because foreclosures are roiling the financial markets and, closer to home, dragging down our neighborhoods. ...
Crane: In Marlborough, foreclosure is on the table Milford Daily News
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