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According to the Warren Group, a Boston-based real estate data firm, foreclosure activity in Massachusetts dropped year-over-year in May, which marked the fewest number of deeds recorded in any month so far this year. Foreclosure deeds, which represent completed foreclosures, decreased almost 65 percent from a year earlier. Foreclosure petitions, which mark the first step in the foreclosure process, dropped almost 67 percent.

For the month of April, Massachusetts foreclosure activity remained at levels dramatically below those recorded last year, according to data released this week by the Warren Group in Boston. However foreclosure petitions, which mark the first step in the foreclosure process in the Bay State, posted their highest number so far this year.

Foreclosure activity slowed in April in states along the country's West Coast, but a local firm that tracks every foreclosure action in the area is having trouble making sense of what it says is an unexpected trend. According to ForeclosureRadar, filings last month were down in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Washington. Cancellations were up significantly across the board, leaving fewer properties scheduled for trustee sale. ForeclosureRadar says banks have had time to resolve robo-signing issues, so we should be seeing exactly the opposite results.

Auction.com and loan sale advisor Archetype Advisors will auction $1 billion of Nevada commercial REO properties and non-performing notes May 17-19 in Las Vegas. It is the largest commercial real estate (CRE) and note auction of its kind in U.S. history, according to a statement from Auction.com says the unprecedented volume of distressed real estate to be featured represents the bottom of the market for Nevada, and in particular, Las Vegas.

Foreclosure activity is slowing in Massachusetts, according to the latest report by the Warren Group in Boston. Lenders filed 1,048 petitions to foreclose in the Bay State during March, a 60 percent decrease from March 2010. Foreclosure deeds also dropped, declining 60 percent from a year earlier. Likewise, auction announcements plummeted 62 percent.

With foreclosure activity somewhat erratic in recent months along the country's West Coast, time-to-foreclose remains the one true constant in that it continues to increase across the board. ForeclosureRadar has released its monthly report on March foreclosure activity for its coverage area of the five West Coast states. The foreclosure timeline in Nevada extended by more than 16 percent in one month's time to 322 days. In California, the increase was smaller at 4 percent, bumping the state's timeline up to 302 days.

KDX Ventures, a partnership between DebtX and KEMA Advisors, will sell $142 million in multifamily loans for HUD, the companies announced Wednesday. The portfolio consists of 18 multifamily loans, ranging in size from $1.7 million to $17.4 million. The collateral is located in 10 states, with a concentration in Texas. Most of the loans are non-performing.

Rowell Auctions, Inc. has launched a new national Internet radio show that will educate listeners about property auctions. The show will feature top real estate and auction leaders from across the country, and will target potential bidders, real estate agents, sellers, and other auction firms. Stanley Tate, CEO of Tate Enterprises in North Miami, Florida and former head of Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), was the first guest featured on the radio show's inaugural broadcast March 18.

With bank-owned inventories expanding rapidly, even government agencies are looking for new ways to quickly get foreclosed properties back into the hands of responsible homeowners. For the first time in recent years, HUD is planning to sell over 150 foreclosed homes through auction. The auction will take place March 26th at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, and will be conducted by the real estate auction firm Hudson & Marshall.

According to Auction.com, investors and buyers spent $112.9 million on assets at five of its auction events for primarily non-performing commercial real estate and notes last month. The auction offerings included 155 assets within 34 states and drew 990 registered bidders. The company says its February results are a strong indication of investors' appetite for real estate.