10 areas outside cities hit by foreclosures

10. Leicester Total housing units: 3,790 Total distressed units: 97 Distressed units per 1,000 housing units: 25.6 This town in the center of the state had a 24 percent increase in its distressed housing rate from October of last year to this year. Pictured: The historical home of the Rev. Samuel May Jr. in Leicester, which is thought to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Globe File Photo/2006
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10. Leicester

Total housing units: 3,790
Total distressed units: 97
Distressed units per 1,000 housing units: 25.6

This town in the center of the state had a 24 percent increase in its distressed housing rate from October of last year to this year.

Pictured: The historical home of the Rev. Samuel May Jr. in Leicester, which is thought to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad.