Mass. foreclosure activity down for April - Boston Business Journal:

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percent year-over-year in April, according to a reportf from The . There were 755 foreclosure deedsw recordedin April, compared with 1,3443 recorded a year earlierf — the second-highest number of foreclosures deedsz since The Warren Group began trackinbg foreclosure activity in 2005. On a sequential April’s foreclosure deeds were down 20.8 percent from March’s Foreclosure deeds were off 15.9 percent this year throughg April, falling to 3,510 from 4,171 during the same span last Petitionsto foreclose, the first step in the foreclosures process, plunged 39.5 percent year-over-yeadr in April. The number of foreclosure petitions alsofell 15.
5 percent from March’s Auction announcements also continuex to decline year-over-year. The Warren Group tracked 1,004 auction announcements in April, a 45.7 percentf decrease from April 2008’a total and an 8.1 percent decrease from March, accordintg to The Warren Group.