Housing Crisis, Foreclosures, Economy, Real Estate, Merrimack Valley, Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Methuen : Merrimack Valley Housing Report : UMass Lowell

Download the current issue of the Merrimack Valley Housing Report (pdf).

In the latest issue:

Foreclosure Crisis Heightens Problem of Vacant Properties

Is the foreclosure crisis increasing the number of vacant properties within local Merrimack Valley communities?

Housing Prices, Part II

This month, I decided to look at more recent sales – those between January 1, 2006 and June 30, 2008. That range yielded 326 Lowell properties that were sold at least twice during those 30 months.

Foreclosures in Lawrence: A 20-Year Snapshot

We look back at the number of foreclosure deeds filed each year in Lawrence, dating back to 1987.

Also Mortgage, Deed and Foreclosure figures for August

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