Losing ground
The number of local foreclosures during the first nine months of 2007 increased by 504 compared with the same time period a year ago:
| Jan-Sept. 2007 | Jan-Sept. 2006 | |
| Lynn | 200 | 65 |
| Haverhill | 107 | 46 |
| Revere | 69 | 27 |
| Malden | 62 | 21 |
| Everett | 48 | 9 |
| Salem | 46 | 20 |
| Peabody | 32 | 8 |
| Amesbury | 27 | 6 |
| Chelsea | 27 | 21 |
| Saugus | 22 | 5 |
| Beverly | 17 | 7 |
| Danvers | 16 | 3 |
| Gloucester | 13 | 5 |
| Winthrop | 10 | 7 |
| Melrose | 9 | 1 |
| Salisbury | 9 | 4 |
| Groveland | 8 | 1 |
| Marblehead | 8 | 0 |
| Newburyport | 8 | 2 |
| Boxford | 7 | 2 |
| Swampscott | 7 | 5 |
| Merrimac | 6 | 3 |
| Georgetown | 5 | 3 |
| Ipswich | 4 | 1 |
| Essex | 3 | 2 |
| Middleton | 3 | 0 |
| Rowley | 3 | 1 |
| Manchester | 2 | 3 |
| West Newbury | 2 | 0 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0 |
| Lynnfield | 1 | 1 |
| Nahant | 1 | 0 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 |
| Rockport | 1 | 3 |
| Topsfield | 0 | 0 |
| Wenham | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 785 | 281 |
Sources: Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds, South Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Suffolk County Registry of Deeds 