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title: An upside to foreclosures?
description: Well - we all know the foreclosures are dragging down prices and people are being forced out of homes after it is foreclosed, but is there some upside to t
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# [An upside to foreclosures?](https://www.charlesgate.com/blog/bid/6330/an-upside-to-foreclosures)

 Written by [Michael DiMella](https://www.charlesgate.com/blog/author/michael-dimella) | Aug 19, 2008 4:00:00 AM

Well - we all know the foreclosures are dragging down prices and people are being forced out of homes after it is foreclosed, but is there some upside to the situation?

According to [Jenifer McKim in the Boston Globe today](http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/articles/2008/08/19/the_upside_of_home_foreclosure/) the foreclosure epidemic has given rise to a group of buyers able to buy some of these

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