401 New Foreclosures Filed in Massachusetts in Week Ending February 20, 2009

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or Subscribe by Email. Thanks for visiting!

Jeremy Shapiro 401 new foreclosures were filed in Massachusetts over this past week, ending Friday, February 20, 2009, 112 less new foreclosed properties than last week with 513 new foreclosure filings.

Broken down by county, Barnstable County had 16 foreclosures, Berkshire County had 3 foreclosures, Bristol County had 39 foreclosures, Essex County had 60 foreclosures, Franklin County had 7 foreclosures, Hampden County had 30 foreclosures, Hampshire County had 3 foreclosures, Middlesex County had 56 foreclosures, Nantucket County had 2 foreclosures, Norfolk County had 37 foreclosures, Plymouth County had 42 foreclosures, Suffolk County had 53 foreclosures, and Worcester County had 53 foreclosures.

The biggest movers from last week to this week were Franklin County (250% increase, 2 -> 7), Bristol County (5% increase, 37 -> 39), and Hampden County (3% increase, 29 -> 30).
As the volume of foreclosures fluctuates from week to week, we much prefer to look at the number of new foreclosures over the past 60 days.

Over the past 60 days, the following number of foreclosures were started, by county:
Barnstable County, MA: 210 new foreclosures
Berkshire County, MA: 52 new foreclosures
Bristol County, MA: 409 new foreclosures
Dukes County, MA: 16 new foreclosures
Essex County, MA: 620 new foreclosures
Franklin County, MA: 41 new foreclosures
Hampden County, MA: 346 new foreclosures
Hampshire County, MA: 43 new foreclosures
Middlesex County, MA: 692 new foreclosures
Nantucket County, MA: 9 new foreclosures
Norfolk County, MA: 360 new foreclosures
Plymouth County, MA: 508 new foreclosures
Suffolk County, MA: 504 new foreclosures
Worcester County, MA: 730 new foreclosures

ForeclosuresMass Members have access to the latest foreclosed properties in the Members Only My Foreclosures section of the site.

That's all for this week. Stay tuned until next Friday when we bring you the latest stats on Foreclosures in Massachusetts - from your friends at ForeclosuresMass.com!