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         <title>Bay State adds 2,500 jobs as unemployment hits 6.3%</title>
         <link>http://bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1061132288</link>
         <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:54:13 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>MA senate rolls out $150 billion health-savings plan</title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 04:42:45 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>To stem foreclosures, committee recommends MA loan modification bill</title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 04:25:46 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Dinner With Robert Shiller</title>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 09:53:22 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Teardowns on the rise</title>
         <link>http://articles.boston.com/2012-05-06/news/31599283_1_teardowns-residential-demolition-assistant-town-manager</link>
         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 05:53:26 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Why American house prices have corrected more than those in Europe</title>
         <link>http://www.economist.com/node/21553459</link>
         <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 08:45:01 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Survey: Bay State among worst to do business</title>
         <link>http://news.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20220502survey_bay_state_among_worst_to_do_business/</link>
         <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 05:24:56 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Middlesex North Registry of Deeds recording stats for Apr 2012 vs Apr 2011: Deeds up 13%; foreclosures flat; orders of notice down 62%</title>
         <link>http://lowelldeeds.blogspot.com/2012/04/april-statistics.html</link>
         <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 10:10:15 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Boston Bubble Wrap: The Real Story for MA - Mar 2012</title>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:21:14 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>March 2012 vs. March 2011 prices and volume by MA town (PDF)</title>
         <link>https://bankerandtradesman.esecuretransactions.com/files/twgstats/march_2012_mass._home_sales_by_town.pdf</link>
         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:19:36 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Foreclosure activity in Massachusetts rose sharply in March</title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:56:29 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Zillow calls (nominal) bottom for Boston housing market</title>
         <link>http://blogs.wickedlocal.com/massmarkets/2012/04/25/home-values-in-the-boston-metro-area-appear-to-have-bottomed-out-earlier-this-year/</link>
         <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:41:53 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>AG Coakley says HomeCorps program will help repair damage caused by the foreclosure crisis</title>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:50:09 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>MA SFH sales Mar 2012 vs Mar 2011 - MAR: nominal median down 2.2%, volume up 19.1%</title>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:50:37 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>MA SFH sales Mar 2012 vs Mar 2011 - Warren Group: nominal prices down 3.3%, volume up 20%</title>
         <link>http://bostonglobe.com/business/2012/04/24/warren-group-mass-single-family-home-sales-rose-nearly-last-month/TKe1dmOzM20TQL0G7FGPtL/story.html</link>
         <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:48:56 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Amid Globe/Herald reports of &quot;bidding wars&quot;, only 13% of recent sales were above asking</title>
         <link>http://info.realestatecafe.com/blog/bid/134323/Fear-bidding-wars-Disarm-them-with-data-request-customized-report</link>
         <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:59:06 -0500</pubDate>
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