699 New Foreclosures Filed in Massachusetts in Week Ending July 3, 2009

699 new foreclosures were filed in Massachusetts over this past week, ending Friday, July 3, 2009, 197 more new foreclosed properties than last week with 502 new foreclosure filings.

Broken down by county, Barnstable County had 30 foreclosures, Berkshire County had 6 foreclosures, Bristol County had 61 foreclosures, Dukes County had 1 foreclosures, Essex County had 90 foreclosures, Franklin County had 7 foreclosures, Hampden County had 66 foreclosures, Hampshire County had 10 foreclosures, Middlesex County had 101 foreclosures, Nantucket County had 2 foreclosures, Norfolk County had 57 foreclosures, Plymouth County had 79 foreclosures, Suffolk County had 83 foreclosures, and Worcester County had 106 foreclosures.

The biggest movers from last week to this week were Hampshire County (100% increase, 5 -> 10), Nantucket County (100% increase, 1 -> 2), and Hampden County (78% increase, 37 -> 66).
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: 253 new foreclosures
Berkshire County, MA: 51 new foreclosures
Bristol County, MA: 415 new foreclosures
Dukes County, MA: 22 new foreclosures
Essex County, MA: 648 new foreclosures
Franklin County, MA: 35 new foreclosures
Hampden County, MA: 396 new foreclosures
Hampshire County, MA: 63 new foreclosures
Middlesex County, MA: 808 new foreclosures
Nantucket County, MA: 11 new foreclosures
Norfolk County, MA: 358 new foreclosures
Plymouth County, MA: 537 new foreclosures
Suffolk County, MA: 564 new foreclosures
Worcester County, MA: 713 new foreclosures

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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!