Massachusetts Foreclosure Filings on Record Pace

With Massachusetts foreclosure filings at 18,705 through August 31, 2007, the number of foreclosure petitions will easily surpass the record 19,487 petitions filed in 2006, reporter Kimberly Blanton wrote on The Boston Globe's real estate blog.

The data came from ForeclosuresMass.com.

Lenders have seized more than 6,000 Massachusetts homes through the foreclosure process this year.