home sales massachusetts: Massachusetts Housing Market – Looking Better? - 09/29/09 11:39 AM
The number of home sales in Massachusetts rose slightly in August while the rate of foreclosures fell sharply. 
In what some may say is a signal of this region's housing market recovery, sales of single-family homes rose two percent for the second consecutive month. 
"This is a modest increase in single-family homes sales, but the fact that sales have improved for two months straight after declining steadily for the first half of the year, is a hopeful sign," said Timothy Warren, CEO of The Warren Group whose company provided this data. 
Warren went on to say that the state's unemployment and … (7 comments)