Neeta Delaney: Foreclosure bill will allow homeowners to wrongly be shown...
A bill recently introduced in the Legislature would fast-track Michigans mortgage foreclosure process, pushing at-risk homeowners out of their homes instead of providing them with the time to...
View ArticleSchuette Announces Michigan Residents to Receive $107.2 Million Through...
(Source: State of Michigan) Schuette Announces Michigan Residents to Receive $107.2 Million Through National Mortgage Settlement Contact: Joy Yearout 517-373-8060 June 10, 2013 LANSING-Michigan...
View ArticleGovernor Scott signs foreclosure fast track bill
Florida Governor Rick Scott. Senior Reporter- South Florida Business Journal | | Governor signed a bill that aims to move foreclosures through the court system more quickly, but some homeowner...
View ArticleHomeowner Bill of Rights Provides Hope for Homeowners
SB321 no longer allows the foreclosure process to continue while an application for a foreclosure prevention alternative is pending or while the borrower is current on his or her obligation under a...
View ArticleCity's lauded foreclosure-prevention program marks its fifth birthday
Gallery: City's lauded foreclosure-prevention program marks its fifth birthday Travel Deals $59 -- Orlando: Newly Renovated Resort incl. Weekends See all travel deals » Alan J. Heavens, Inquirer...
View ArticleWould removing minimum-bid requirement help sell foreclosures?
Related Items When a two-bedroom condominium on the Far North Side was offered recently at a Franklin County sheriff’s sale, silence filled the room. “Going once; going twice,” declared the auctioneer...
View ArticleDelinquent homeowners to get more time under state Senate bill
LANSING — Foreclosure rules giving delinquent homeowners extra time to get up to date with their mortgages passed the state Senate Tuesday without...
View ArticleForeclosure package sent to state House
Gary Heinlein | Detroit News Lansing Bureau Comments Lansing A committee sent legislation retaining Michigans six-month foreclosure redemption rule to the full House for consideration Wednesday,...
View ArticleState Senate OKs foreclosure package, redemption period unchanged
Gary Heinlein | Detroit News Lansing Bureau Comments Lansing The state Senate approved a foreclosure legislation package Tuesday that doesnt shorten the redemption period from six months to 60...
View ArticleKey foreclosure prevention program extended
The Obama administration announced Thursday it is extending its key foreclosure prevention program through December 2015. The Making Home Affordable Program, created in 2009, has helped 112,804...
View ArticleNew York AG to Sue HSBC Over Foreclosures
The state of New York plans to sue HSBC Holdings for allegedly ignoring a law designed to protect struggling homeowners from being thrown into foreclosure without getting a chance to renegotiate their...
View ArticleFederal mortgage aid programs extended
WASHINGTON - Despite signs of revival in housing, the Obama administration announced on Thursday an extension of its principal program for helping distressed homeowners to get mortgage modifications...
View ArticleHSBC hit by New York state suit over alleged failure to protect homeowners
Attorney general says homeowners 'stuck in a legal limbo' thanks to bank's failure to give chances for loan modifications A HSBC branch in midtown Manhattan. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters HSBC...
View ArticleForeclosure sales tumble in first quarter: RealtyTrac
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sales of U.S. homes in foreclosure fell in the first quarter, a report from RealtyTrac showed on Thursday, the latest data to suggest the housing market is on the mend. There were...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-HSBC to be sued by New York over foreclosure abuses
* NY says HSBC ignored law designed to protect homeowners * Bank declines to comment NEW YORK, June 4 (Reuters) - The state of New York plans to sue HSBC Holdings Plc for ignoring a law designed to...
View ArticleHSBC To Be Sued By New York Over Foreclosure Abuses
* NY says HSBC ignored law designed to protect homeowners * Bank declines to comment NEW YORK, June 4 (Reuters) - The state of New York plans to sue HSBC Holdings Plc for ignoring a law designed to...
View ArticleWells Fargo to spend more than $40 million to settle fair-housing complaint
One of the nation's largest banks will spend $27 million to help minority communities that have been especially hard-hit by home foreclosures — including some around Orlando — in a deal announced...
View ArticleHSBC Sued by New York Over Alleged Foreclosure Violations
HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) was sued by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who accused Europe’s largest bank of breaking state foreclosure law and putting homeowners at greater risk of losing...
View ArticleFederal Program for Distressed Homeowners Is Extended
WASHINGTON — Despite signs of revival in housing, the Obama administration announced on Thursday an extension of its principal program for helping distressed homeowners to get mortgage modifications...
View ArticleNY attorney general sues HSBC over foreclosures
ALBANY, N.Y. - (AP) -- HSBC Bank USA and HSBC Mortgage Corp. failed to set timely foreclosure settlement conferences required by New York law, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by the state...
View ArticleConcord foreclosures still curse homeowners
CONCORD By most accounts, life in Southern Chase is not as fragile as it once was. Foreclosures are down and so are complaints about overgrown lawns and abandoned furniture. But there are still...
View ArticleColorado foreclosure sales in first quarter down 24% from 2012
Colorado's 5,124 foreclosure sales in the first quarter of 2013 were down 24.5 percent from the same period of 2012, according to a report released Thursday by RealtyTrac. The average sales price on...
View ArticleRick Scott Approves Use Of Foreclosure Settlement To Help Florida Homeowners
Florida will spend its share on housing- and foreclosure-assistance programs, including mortgage counseling services, legal aid groups and Habitat for Humanity. TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott signed...
View ArticleBanks Slow to Clean Up Mortgage Mess
After multiple enforcement actions, lawsuits and multibillion-dollar settlements, state and federal regulators are making sluggish progress in their efforts to prod banks to help mortgage borrowers....
View ArticleForeclosures are cheap, but be careful
Back in 2011, Christina and Brian Jenkins decided to take up a sideline as landlords. Since then, they’ve acquired three rental houses in St. Charles and north St. Louis counties. Two of them were...
View ArticleForeclosure rehabs might be cheap, but come with risks
Back in 2011, Christina and Brian Jenkins decided to take up a sideline as landlords. Since then, they’ve acquired three rental houses in the St. Louis area. Two of them were foreclosures. They have...
View ArticleCourt changes speed up Fla. foreclosures
Florida has a backlog of 400,000 foreclosure cases. For some homeowners, that has meant living rent-free for years, while they wait for their day in court. But that's about to change. It takes, on...
View ArticleLefkowitz: Help homeowners in foreclosure get mediation
Galleries Web links There's a crisis brewing for homeowners on Long Island. In the past three years, thousands of foreclosures filed against homeowners are sitting in limbo. Cases get stuck because...
View ArticleGovernor should veto foreclosure bill, lest it hurt property rights
What if I told you that banks and other mortgage debt holders could file fraudulent foreclosure paperwork to take away your home and you could not get your house back -- only money -- even though you...
View Article6/03/13: Poloncarz, Officials at Forefront on Foreclosures (Erie County, NY)
(Source: Erie County, NY) County Executive, Tonawanda Supervisor Caruana Review Foreclosure Procedures, Responsibilities ERIE COUNTY, NY- Today, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined by...
View ArticleGroup asks Scott to veto speedier-foreclosure bill
A homeowner-advocacy group is pressuring Florida Gov. Rick Scott to veto a bill that would expedite foreclosures in the state starting July 1. The new state law would allow banks to complete...
View ArticleCoreLogic Reports Foreclosure Inventory Down 24 Percent Nationally From One...
IRVINE, Calif., May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading residential property information, analytics and services provider, today released its April National Foreclosure Report...
View ArticleScott signs foreclosure bill
Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Friday designed to speed up foreclosures in Florida, but critics say the measure is unfair to homeowners. HB 87 requires homeowners to respond more quickly to foreclosure...
View ArticleMichigan bill could cut foreclosure redemption period
Michigan lawmakers are considering changes to the state's foreclosure law, including a measure that would significantly shorten the period homeowners have to sell or save their foreclosed property....
View ArticleHow Lenders Can Help Forestall Foreclosures
By ANYA MARTIN It has been a good year so far—the stock market is surging, real estate is rebounding and interest rates remain low. But some luxury homeowners are still falling behind on their...
View ArticleLenders seek court actions against homeowners years after foreclosure
Lenders seek court actions against homeowners years after foreclosure Jose Santos Benavides, 42, lives with daughter Gloria, 6, and the rest of his family in a Rockville apartment. The family left a...
View ArticleRealtyTrac: Florida leads nation in foreclosures
Florida and South Florida returned to the top of the nation’s foreclosure rankings in May, but that probably isn’t as bad as it sounds, RealtyTrac Inc. says. “These are inevitable foreclosures that...
View ArticleForeclosures are cheap, but pitfalls may await buyers
Back in 2011, Christina and Brian Jenkins decided to take up a sideline as landlords. Since then, they've acquired three rental houses in the St. Louis area. Two of them were foreclosures. They have...
View ArticleForeclosures and short sales decline in Richmond area
Foreclosures continue to wind down in the Richmond area and the state. Meantime, lenders here and elsewhere are cutting back on short sales — selling houses for less than what is owed on them —...
View ArticleMichigan foreclosure bills would give banks the upper hand: Eric Schertzing
On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee passed a package of foreclosure bills that will set Michigan back decades in its efforts to prevent foreclosures and the damage they cause to...
View ArticleMich. bill could cut foreclosure redemption period
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers are considering changes to the state's foreclosure law, including a measure that would significantly shorten the period homeowners have to sell or save their...
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