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Massachusetts House Foreclosures - Short-term Discontinuation

July 04th, 2008 | Category: Foreclosure

Massachusetts owns the credit of being the most densely populated one among the six New England states of north-eastern Unites States. It has provided a major boost to the real estate industry of that place. But the problem of house foreclosures is a big enemy of the Massachusetts real estate.

As per the reports of one of the well-known provider of info on Massachusetts house foreclosures named ForeclosuresMass.com, there will be a temporary discontinuation on all the foreclosures that were in effect from May 1 till July end. There has been a drop in house foreclosure by about 88.52 percent. The basic reason behind that sudden short term discontinuation is a mandated extension after which a matter of foreclosure can be taken to the Land Court.

According to the co-founder of ForeclosuresMass.com, Sheila Farragher-Gemma:

“We are in the midst of a Foreclosure Tsunami here in Massachusetts, and that storm is not going absent any instance soon. The new foreclosure filing requirements have created a situation similar to the eye of a hurricane — it may seem calm now, but the storm will come raging back with even more force in the days ahead. The fact is that nothing has changed in the Massachusetts real estate market. More homeowners than ever before are defaulting on their loans, and we expect that we will return to historic foreclosure filing levels within weeks.”

An act of Chapter 206 was signed by the Governor of Massachuetts on November 29, 2007 known as the ‘An Act Protecting and Preserving Home Ownership’. It includes a 90-Day ‘Right To Cure’ provision for

families having 1 to 4 members who have defaulted on paying mortgage loans on owner-occupied residential property. Before the Governor signed it, it was a 30 days affair after which the foreclosures matter can be taken to the Land Court. The additional 60 days brought a great relief to the defaulters. One of the best ways to get rid of that tough situation is taking the assistance of professionals proficient in providing you with all kinds of solutions. To develop the real estate sector of Massachusetts, the problem of house foreclosures needs to be controlled as soon as possible.

Some fundamental things that have been noticed are:

There were 3,414 filings in April 2008
There were 392 filings in May 2008
A total of 32,018 foreclosures state-wide has been filed by the lenders from June 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008