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Foreclosure filings jump in Mass. as home values soar

By Kimberly Blanton
Globe Staff / June 18, 2005

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The combination of high housing prices, low interest rates, a sluggish job market, and new mortgage products that allow borrowers to stretch their finances to pay for their homes has contributed to a nearly 28 percent surge this year in foreclosure filings across Massachusetts. (Full article: 1089 words)

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