While foreclosures overall in Massachusetts hit their 28th month of increases in June, Middlesex County reserved that trend and posted a year-over-year decline of 5.1 percent.
Sales of Central Massachusetts homes have continued to climb, with both Worcester and Middlesex counties posting year-over-year increases of more than 20 percent.
The sales of single family homes shot up by the greatest amount in the last four years for the month of April, according to the Tuesday report from The Warren Group, with Worcester exceeding state figures.
Worcester County fared better than the state as a whole for new foreclosure filings in March, with the region dropping 7 percent compared to a 6-percent increase for the entire state.
Condo prices in Massachusetts have surpassed single-family home prices for the first time in four years, according to a report released Tuesday from The Warren Group.
Foreclosure filings continued two years of consecutive increases in February, jumping 45.6 percent year-over-year through Massachusetts and 66 percent in Worcester County.
Home sales continued their upward climb in February, with huge gains in Worcester County, but sales prices for single-family homes stumbled for the first time in nine months.
Foreclosure petitions continued to increase in the Bay State, posting the 23rd consecutive month of year-over-year double-digit increases in petitions filings as lenders continue to process long-delinquent mortgages.
Home sales throughout the Bay State saw a strong year-over-year surge in January thanks to favorable weather and a continued strong market, according to a report from The Warren Group.