Some smaller Bay State communities appear to have had the biggest increases in foreclosures this year.

In Greenfield, home foreclosures almost doubled to 22 from 12 last year, according to The Warren Group.  Raynham’s foreclosures jumped 75 percent, and in Marshfield, foreclosures increased almost 60 percent to 41 from 26.

Nantucket has had the sharpest increase, with 19 foreclosures compared to only 1 through November of 2008.

Overalll, fewer people in Massachusetts have lost their homes to foreclosure this year.  The Warren Group reports that a total of 8,409 foreclosures were recorded in the first 11 months of the year, down 27 percent from a year ago. Still, more homeowners have faced foreclosure this year.

Petitions to foreclose, which are filed in Massachusetts Land Court in the first step of the foreclosure process, have increased 28 percent to 25,868.

 

 

 

 

Fewer Foreclosures In Mass.

by Colleen M. Sullivan time to read: 1 min
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