Home foreclosures in Massachusetts dropped sharply in July compared with a year earlier, but, at the same time, the number of foreclosure proceedings started by lenders approached “historic highs,’’ according to Warren Group, a Boston firm that tracks state real estate data. (Full article: 277 words)

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