On Saturday, August 7, 2010, Governor Patrick signed into Law An Act Relative To Mortgage Foreclosures (the “Act”) as Chapter 258 of the Acts of 2010. The Act has fourteen SECTIONS which address six separate and distinct purposes relating to foreclosures and...

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Sales of single-family homes and condominiums in Massachusetts surged by more than 50 percent in November compared to the same month in 2008, according to The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman. November was the fifth consecutive month that...

Database of Expiring Use Properties in Massachusetts 2010 Notes to Accompany 2010 Expiring Use Database Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) - February 2010

WASHINGTON – In an effort to help families find decent housing and to prevent future foreclosures, the Obama Administration today announced nearly $73 million in housing counseling grants to more than 500 national, regional and local organizations. As a result of the...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced a groundbreaking collaborative effort designed to help foster planning for more livable, sustainable communities – places where transportation,...

NEW YORK -- A new wave of foreclosures stands to hurt people who may have never taken out a mortgage: renters. In cities such as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, where many investors are carrying upside-down mortgages on large rental buildings, some tenants are...

Latest round of federal tax credit exchange funds to revive five more projects BOSTON – November 24, 2009 – As part of the Patrick-Murray Administration’s Massachusetts Recovery Plan to secure the state’s economic future, Governor Deval Patrick today announced he will...