8 Articles match "2008","Massachusetts"

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• Foreclosure Crisis Sparks Surge in Arson
  
  In Massachusetts , there’s a growing concern that foreclosure arson is becoming a problem around the state as more and more properties are abandoned. Foreclosure arson has doubled in California from 7 homes last year to 14 homes so far in 2008, according to insurance officials. In desperate times people resort to desperate measures. Facing foreclosure, some homeowners are setting fire to their homes for the insurance money.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Activity Deflating or Just Deferred?
  
  In fact, the RealtyTrac report has shown month-to-month decreases in previous months, even during the dramatic run-up in foreclosure activity that has occurred over the past year and a half: in February 2008, November 2007, September 2007, June 2007, April 2007, and February 2007. But the increases in those categories started to slow down in 2008. U.S. foreclosure activity in June decreased 3 percent from the previous month but was still up 53 percent from June 2007, according to the RealtyTrac U.S.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Appreciation Rates Foreshadow Foreclosures
  
  Massachusetts and Rhode Island both saw quarterly declines in home prices and also reported the two biggest percentage increases in foreclosure activity in the third quarter, further demonstrating the correlation between house price depreciation and rising foreclosures. Third-quarter house price appreciation figures released last week by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight provide more evidence of a cooling real estate market and further foreshadowing of a continued rise in foreclosures — all pointing to more opportunities for real estate investors to buy low. The OFHEO
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure bargain for summer home of JFK's grandfather
  
  28 foreclosure auction . The Hull, Massachusetts home of John F. A post last week on The Real Estate Bloggers recounted how the former summer home of President John F. Kennedys grandfather sold for a bargain price at a Feb. Kennedy’s grandfather sold at auction at a steep discount Tuesday for the price of $950,000.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Foreclosures Mount, Candidates React to the Credit Crisis
  
  With mortgage foreclosures at historic highs, Democrats and Republicans are fighting over a political issue that could have major implications in the 2008 presidential campaign. Meanwhile, the rising flood of foreclosures promises to become a major presidential campaign issue in the weeks and months ahead because an alarming 2 million American homeowners could lose their homes by November 2008. Sensing an opportunity to win votes, the major presidential candidates have come out swinging; proposing a variety of prescriptions to ease the worsening housing slump.Both the White House and Democrat leaders in Congress agree that something must be done to stop the foreclosures.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• March Mania and RealtyTrac's Sweet 16 Foreclosure List
  
  Pittsburgh, PA — Opening Bid: $1,650 2) North Carolina — 2813 Bedfordshire Ct, Raleigh, NC — Opening Bid: $3,582 3) Massachusetts — 95-97 Dartmouth, Medford, MA — Opening Bid: $5,000 4) New Jersey — 115 Columbus Ave., Each spring brings the beginning of the real estate sales season and the end of college basketball, culminating with March Mania and the much awaited NCAA Sweet 16 playoff. This weekend, as the best college basketball players square off, RealtyTrac will tip off its Sweet 16 foreclosure list.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure Salvation: By Grace or By Works?
  
  Barney Frank of Massachusetts and Chris Dodd of Connecticut. "The Frank-Dodd legislation would ... (set) With a speech given today in Philadelphia , Sen. Hillary Clinton reinforced her standing as the presidential candidate with the most far-reaching and concrete proposals calling for government intervention to save homeowners from the sins of greed and bearing false witness that were rampant in mortgage lending over the past few years.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Avoid and Stop Foreclosure - Help at RealtyTrac
  
  Stop Foreclosures Click on a state below to get information on stopping foreclosures in your area: Search 1,683,603 U.S. foreclosure properties Click on a state!
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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