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June

25

2015

2-5. Foreclosure activity slow to resume

Bank processing continues to lag in wake of legal challenges

BOSTON, Feb 27, 2012 --- Despite predictions that foreclosure activities would increase once lenders put various legal challenges behind them, foreclosure distress has declined since a year ago and remains at less than half of what it was during its peak in 2010.

June

25

2015

2.6 - Foreclosure activity edges up

Increase still off from peak 2 years ago; shift away from urban resumes

BOSTON, May 2, 2012 --- Foreclosure activity increased in Massachusetts during the first quarter of 2012, but the increase was not enough to overcome the overall decline in foreclosure distress from its peak of two years ago.

June

25

2015

2.7 - Most distressed properties in Mass. being purchased by individuals

In most areas, multi-property investors playing smaller role vs. other parts of U.S.

BOSTON, July 19, 2012 --- Foreclosure Monitor recently took a look at distressed property resolutions in Massachusetts over a two-year period and found that less than one-quarter of all property resolutions in the state were purchased by buyers of multiple properties. This is in contrast to a recent national report indicating that large investors are working to purchase thousands of properties in foreclosure and that investor purchases increased 64.5 percent nationally from 2010 to 2011.

June

25

2015

2.8 - Foreclosures tick up as lenders work through backlog

Clearing of inventory, other signs indicate progress toward real estate recovery

BOSTON, August 23, 2012 --- After months in which lenders have struggled to work through the backlog of properties in default, there are signs that foreclosure activity is picking up and that the real estate market may be inching closer to recovery.