Foreclosure Shorts

US lawmakers approve foreclosure purchase funds
Reuters - USA
WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - A panel of the US House of Representativeson Wednesday passed legislation that would give local governments billionsin ...


Judge rules for county in foreclosure case
MPNnow.com - Rochester,NY,USA
Middlebrook tried to pay the amount he claims the county told him he had topay to avoid foreclosure — $937.21— by the due date. But countyTreasurer Gary ...


Is Now a Good Time to Invest?
Newsweek - USA
Realtors attributed the fallback to lenders continuing to tighten lendingstandards in the wake of the foreclosure crisis. The March numbersare nothing to ...


Facing Foreclosure, One Home at a Time
NPR - USA
by Greg Allen A foreclosure notice was delivered to AverySalkey's home in February, but she wasn't there to receive it. Shehad been at a workshop where ...


Anti-Foreclosure Measures and Lenders Rights - Housing Tracker
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
Laurence Platt, a lawyer at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates EllisLLP, on recourse for lenders in light of government efforts to preventforeclosure by ...


RE/MAX Regions Add RealtyTrac Foreclosure Data to Their Real ...
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
This new feature is the result of a strategic partnership betweenRealtyTrac (http://www.realtytrac.com), the national leading source offoreclosure data; ...


Protesters’ ‘Subprime City’ brings foreclosure crisis to governor ...
Minnesota Spokesman Recorder - Minneapolis,MN,USA
by Charles Hallman Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has reportedlythreatened to veto the Minnesota Subprime Foreclosure Deferment Actrecently passed by ...


Nevada: Borrowers trash homes
Houston Chronicle - United States
Some Nevadans who fall behind on their mortgages and faceforeclosure are trashing the homes as they move out, a legislativestudy panel was told Tuesday. ...


Foreclosure workshop tonight
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
If you are looking for help with your loan or an alternative toforeclosure there is a free workshop tonight in Sacramento to talkabout your options. ...


NCH Report Calls for Action to Break the Foreclosure to ...
Common Dreams (press release) - Portland,ME,USA
WASHINGTON, DC - April 23 - The National Coalition for the Homelessreleased a report today forecasting an increase in homelessness due to theforeclosure ...


Foreclosure rescue company to make refunds in Washington
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
A defunct business accused of doing little or nothing for Washingtonhomeowners after promising to rescue them from foreclosure hasagreed to pay partial ...


Report: Foreclosure-fighting efforts need help The Business ...
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Mortgage lenders are doing more to help troubled borrowers avoid losingtheir homes but are barely keeping pace with the increase in theforeclosure rate, ...


Foreclosure help not always sought
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
The CHFA looked at areas where residents were calling in to the ColoradoForeclosure Hotline and areas with high foreclosures between Nov. 27and April 4. ...


Renters can't escape housing foreclosure crisis
USA Today - USA
Homeowners forced into foreclosure are becoming tenants again anddriving up rents. And renters not yet ready to buy a home — shut out bystricter lending ...


State advertising foreclosure line
Pueblo Chieftain - Pueblo,CO,USA
By CHARLES ASHBY DENVER - Southern Colorado is not part of a new campaignto help homeowners faced with foreclosure because many in the regionalready are ...


HowToPreventForeclosureGuide.com Announces Launch of New Site for ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
HowToPreventForeclosureGuide.com provides solutions for homeowners worriedabout losing their property to foreclosure due to many factorsincluding the ...


Foreclosure Rescue Company Must Refund 200 Washington Consumers
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
The homeowners each paid $1200-$1500 to Foreclosure AssistanceSolutions LLC, of Clearwater, Fla. More than 70 percent of homeowners whosigned up with ...


Editorial: A modest foreclosure bill
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
If you think the home foreclosure crisis is bad now, just wait. Thebulk of nontraditional, adjustable-rate loans will reset to higher monthlypayments in ...


Foreclosure pays the bills
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
Foreclosure filings, which are recorded at courthouses around thestate, mean that a lender has gone to court claiming that a borrower isbehind in payments ...


Colorado's Foreclosure Hotline
My Fox Colorado.com - Denver,CO,USA
Colorado's top democrats held a new conference Monday reminding peoplehit by the mortgage crisis to call the state's foreclosurehotline. ...