596 New Foreclosures Filed in Massachusetts in Week Ending March 20, 2009

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Jeremy Shapiro 596 new foreclosures were filed in Massachusetts over this past week, ending Friday, March 20, 2009, 153 more new foreclosed properties than last week with 443 new foreclosure filings.

Broken down by county, Barnstable County had 41 foreclosures, Berkshire County had 4 foreclosures, Bristol County had 56 foreclosures, Dukes County had 2 foreclosures, Essex County had 77 foreclosures, Franklin County had 5 foreclosures, Hampden County had 43 foreclosures, Hampshire County had 8 foreclosures, Middlesex County had 108 foreclosures, Nantucket County had 2 foreclosures, Norfolk County had 39 foreclosures, Plymouth County had 66 foreclosures, Suffolk County had 60 foreclosures, and Worcester County had 85 foreclosures.

The biggest movers from last week to this week were Bristol County (100% increase, 28 -> 56), Hampden County (72% increase, 25 -> 43), and Suffolk County (58% increase, 38 -> 60).
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: 214 new foreclosures
Berkshire County, MA: 39 new foreclosures
Bristol County, MA: 353 new foreclosures
Dukes County, MA: 10 new foreclosures
Essex County, MA: 541 new foreclosures
Franklin County, MA: 36 new foreclosures
Hampden County, MA: 299 new foreclosures
Hampshire County, MA: 45 new foreclosures
Middlesex County, MA: 589 new foreclosures
Nantucket County, MA: 11 new foreclosures
Norfolk County, MA: 296 new foreclosures
Plymouth County, MA: 476 new foreclosures
Suffolk County, MA: 449 new foreclosures
Worcester County, MA: 598 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!