California AG Kamala Harris has been a staunch defender of homeowners, with her pending homeowners' bill of rights proposals looking to become law in a state...
Cities plagued by distressed properties and vacant units may see some relief as Fannie Mae offers investors bulk deals while eliminating the option to flip any...
HOAs are taking a more active role in real estate transactions, threatening foreclosure when short sales are not expedient.
A shift in foreclosures CoreLogic released its first national Foreclosure Report which provides monthly data on completed foreclosures, foreclosure inventory and 90+ delinquency rates, reporting that...
Settlement talks in limbo AGBeat has had a close eye on multi-state talks with the largest banks as over a year ago, all 50 states’ Attorneys...
Foreclosure sales data One in five homes sold in the third quarter of 2011 were distressed homes, according to the most recent data, reported today by...
Serious mortgage delinquency rates slowing According to Foreclosure-Response.org, the serious mortgage delinquency rate in the 100 largest metropolitan areas experienced a slow decline from 10.4 percent...
Distressed homes pulling prices down According to the Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance survey, half of all homes sold in November were either short sales or REOs with...
Fannie, Freddie hit the pause button During the holidays, various banks and government organizations sometimes freeze evictions so that families can enjoy their holiday without fear...
State of foreclosures Mortgage delinquencies are down nearly a third from their peak in January 2010, according to the latest Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS) October...
Mortgage rates on the rise After mortgage rates dropped below four percent for the first time, they are back on the rise, according to Freddie Mac’s...
Foreclosures frustrating neighbors “House full of rats” is the sign homeowner Lynn McGee hung on her neighbor’s door after desperately trying to get someone, anyone, to...
Foreclosures still high Despite the robo-signing debacle slowing down foreclosures as the processing and servicing is rapidly changing, foreclosures remain high and homes in default or...
Squatters claiming rights to foreclosed homes Officials are seeing a rise in false claims of individuals claiming they have the right to seize foreclosed properties in...
Bank of America illegally forecloses on homeowners We’ll preface this story by noting that the saddest part of all is that nothing about the video above...
Swinging the pendulum These past few years have been nothing short of a roller coaster ride and economists still do not agree as to when a...
Banks and lenders with new requirements It has been a dramatic year in the lending industry with changing requirements[1], news that half of the housing market...
A long, hard battle Homeowners have been wronged. Banks have foreclosed on the wrong homes, accelerated foreclosures, and left people homeless without so much as physically...
Foreclosures plummet According to RealtyTrac, the number of foreclosures hit a three year low as the number of foreclosure notices filed during the first quarter of...
According to RealtyTrac.com’s 2010 Year-End Foreclosure Sales Report, nearly 26 percent of all homes sold during the year were foreclosures, up three percent from 2008 and...
As we recently reported, foreclosure sales volume is down 31% while the average discount is up 32% and we the drumbeat here and elsewhere continues to...
According to online foreclosure marketplace RealtyTrac, in the third quarter of this year, foreclosure sales volume is down 31% from Q3 2009 and down 25% from...
The average foreclosure takes over 400 days from the first missed payment to the sale at the courthouse steps. The exaggerated process involved in most states...
It’s Black Friday, and Cyber Monday in retail, but bargain basement prices are also very real in real estate right now- I wonder if you’ve gone about the...
Recent news of Bank of America halting foreclosures on the heels of Ally Financial’s GMAC Mortgage unit and JPMorgan Chase announcing similarly that due to a...
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