Grace Ross is a housing activist based in Worcester, Massachusetts who has a half-hour interview every Tuesday with David Tierney of WUML, Lowell's “Thinking Out Loud Program” This week she was in the middle of fighting an illegal foreclosure when the called in. The chaos and lawlessness she describes surrounding housing court and illegal evictions […]
“Foreclosures can have a devastating effect on individuals and families, but properties slated for foreclosure, experiencing significant disinvestment and a lack of maintenance, also “present a danger to the safety and welfare of public safety officers, the public, occupants, abutters and neighborhoods and…constitute a public nuisance” ,” says the Research Bureau in its report. The […]
A new study ranks Worcester as the 50th best place to raise a family — the study evaluated 150 cities across the United States. “…the average American can expect to move an estimated 11.4 times during his or her lifetime. Foreclosure News
Plano Texas is ranked as the healthiest housing market in the U.S., while Newark, New Jersey is ranked as the east healthiest housing market In order to find the big cities* with the healthiest housing markets in the country, Smartasset considered the following four factors: stability, affordability, fluidity, and risk of loss. They measured stability […]
A woman was arrested Thursday during a protest against the eviction of the owner of a townhouse at 158 Orient St. Lorie Cairns, 58, of 16 Chalmers Road, a member of the Worcester Anti-foreclosure Team, was arrested when she attempted to block efforts by representatives of mortgage lenders at the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Co., or […]
WORCESTER – Lenders started and completed more foreclosures in Worcester County during January than they did at the same time last year, new data show. Lenders launched 162 new foreclosures during the month, up about 5 percent over the same month a year ago, according to The Warren Group of Boston, publisher of the trade journal […]
Local anti-foreclosure activists and a Worcester, Mass., city councilor are suing Attorney General Maura T. Healey over a ruling that derailed an attempted ballot initiative last year. “This is a small salvo in a larger fight,” said anti-foreclosure activist Grace Ross, one of several Worcester plaintiffs, including District 4 Councilor Sarai Rivera. Foreclosure News
Lenders filed 187 new foreclosure actions during May, up nearly 35 percent from the same month a year ago, according to data from Boston publisher The Warren Group. A total of 129 foreclosure auctions took place up 61 percent over a year ago, and 107 foreclosures were completed, up 43 percent over a year ago. […]
The Warren Group of Boston said lenders launched 208 new foreclosure actions in Worcester County during December 2015, up 117 percent over the same month a year earlier, according to new data. It brought the total of new foreclosure actions in Worcester County to 2,152 during 2015, a jump of 61 percent over 2014 levels, […]