Massachusetts latest news:
Stimulus funds sought to fight foreclosures Boston Globe ... for $50 million in federal stimulus funds in an effort to dramatically expand its assistance to Massachusetts residents facing home foreclosure. ... |
Property, income not only tax concerns Amarillo.com For example, Florida has high water assessment rates, and Nevada has the nation's highest foreclosure rate. A flood of foreclosures can pressure a community ... |
 Voice of America | Fireworks Show Will Go on in Massachusetts Town, Thanks to Local ... Voice of America But the mills began to close in the early 1900s, and this latest recession - with its foreclosures and layoffs - has severely cut down Lowell's tax base. ... |
 Hamptons.com | Realtors Hopes Rise As Home Sales Inch Upward Hamptons.com And we all know the founders out east here came down from Massachusetts, after taking off from Kent, England to that New England point. ... |
 Reuters | Spring US housing market hints at awaited recovery Reuters However, analysts said bumps in the road remain for any sustained recovery as a frenzy of foreclosures loom large in the residential real estate market. ... |
US Mortgage Applications Fall 19%, Defying Obama Bloomberg Still, rising foreclosures that sell at discounted prices are flooding the market and depressing home values, according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist of ... |
 ABC News | Home prices still slip, but at slower clip San Francisco Chronicle Findlay said the continued plummeting of home prices will drive still more foreclosures. "We're continuing to see delinquencies escalate," he said. ... San Diego home prices sliding at slower pace |
Housing in Peril as Obama Fails to Get Breakthrough Bloomberg This year, the number of foreclosures may rise to 2.5 million, the highest on record, according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the Realtors' group. ... |
 ABC News | Home sales fall, but price drops are not as steep Boston Globe Massachusetts housing prices continued to fall at a double-digit rate last month as foreclosure sales put downward pressure on the market, according to new ... May's home sales near 20-year low Lower home prices leading to higher sales US Economy: Lower Home Prices Fuel Gain in Resales |
 WWLP 22News | Cape home foreclosures down despite tough market Cape Cod Times Home foreclosures on the Cape continue to decline, but a turnaround in the housing markets may still be a long way off. In Massachusetts ... Jobless rate trails nation's Foreclosures in Mass. plummet 58.6% in May Mass. foreclosures slipped 59% in May |
