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Attorney General Coakley Announces Grant Funds for Foreclosure Prevention – September 21, 2009
BOSTON – Today, Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office launched three new grant programs totaling $4 million that help provide active jobs for youth at risk, support the rehabilitation of abandoned property and promote financial literacy as a means to prevent...
Secretary of State Releases Guidance on New MA Lobbying Law – September 25, 2009
A State guidebook on lobbying can be found here. Please click here for FAQs for lobbyists.
Action Alert: Support Consensus Low Income Housing Tax Credit Proposals – October 13, 2009
Action Alert: Contact your member of Congress to urge support of Consensus Low Income Housing Tax Credit Proposals The most successful affordable rental housing production program in U.S. history - the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) program - has been...
HUD Releases Proposed Fair Market Rents for Section 8 Program – August 3, 2009
Click here to view the 2010 Proposed Fair Market Rents for the Section 8 Program.
Number of Foreclosure Deeds in MA Drop in August (Banker and Tradesman) – September 22, 2009
Fewer Bay State properties were foreclosed on in August compared to the prior month and August 2008, according to The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman. There were 658 foreclosure deeds recorded in August, down 34.5 percent from 1,005 in August 2008...
House Passes Expiring Use Bill Unanimously – October 28, 2009
Click here to view the bill. Click here to view a section by section summary of the expiring use bill. Click here to read CHAPA press release.
Land Court Judge Reaffirms Wide-Ranging MA Foreclosure Decision (Banker and Tradesman) – October 14, 2009
Thousands of foreclosed homes continue to have clouded titles after Judge Keith Long of the Massachusetts Land Court reaffirmed his March decision stating lenders without properly accorded assignments cannot foreclose. Please click here for the full article.
Massachusetts Home Sales Jump 12% in July (Banker & Tradesman) – August 25, 2009
Bucking a six-month trend of falling home sales, Bay State home sales shot up nearly 12 percent in July year-over-year while the decline in median home prices narrowed, The Warren Group reported today. "This is a much-needed boost for the state's housing market," said...
MA Foreclosures Drop 30% Compared to 2008 (Banker & Tradesman) – October 20, 2009
Lenders started and completed more foreclosures in Massachusetts during the third quarter than the previous quarter, but foreclosures have declined almost 30 percent year-over-year, according to a new report by The Warren Group. A total of 2,048 foreclosure deeds were...
New Census Data Show Incomes Remained Flat in MA (MBPC) – September 23, 2009
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual update of state-level data on household income from the American Community Survey (ACS). This data shows no statistically significant change in median household income –- a common barometer of how the typical household...