Auction Notices Rise in Massachusetts

Massachusetts home auction announcements rose slightly in 2009, The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman reported January 21, 2010.

A total of 19,441 auction announcements were tracked in 2009, a 0.9 percent increase from 19,270 in 2008. Auction announcements in December 2009 totaled 1,931, a 13.3 percent decline from 2,226 in November, but a 60.1 percent jump from 1,206 during the same month in 2008.