Foreclosure News

• Burt Reynolds' Ex-Wife Loni Anderson Pops Up in Foreclosure! - Gossip Extra May 22, 2013
  Burt Reynolds' Ex-Wife Loni Anderson Pops Up in Foreclosure!Gossip ExtraLoni Anderson, the 1980s sex pot sitcom star, is back in the life of Jupiter area actor Burt Reynolds – for better or worse. Anderson, who played the dumb blond in old WKRP in Cincinnati, has popped up in the foreclosure lawsuit that targets the famed ... […]
• Survey: The Number of Americans in Foreclosure Down 25 Percent - U.S. News & World Report (blog) May 22, 2013
  U.S. News & World Report (blog)Survey: The Number of Americans in Foreclosure Down 25 PercentU.S. News & World Report (blog)The number of Americans in the foreclosure process has fallen by nearly 25 percent in the past year. As home prices rise and sales pick up, the housing crisis is increasingly becoming a distant memory as the United States recove […]
• Mistaken Identity in Foreclosure - Florida Times-Union (blog) May 22, 2013
  Mistaken Identity in ForeclosureFlorida Times-Union (blog)Mrs. Widow Homeowner had paid her mortgage all her life, even after her husband passed away, and she was still making her payments on time every month. First, Woolworth Wealth sent her a foreclosure lawsuit, and then she received another foreclosure ...and more » […]
• Father, son sentenced for rigging Alabama foreclosure auctions - Thomson Reuters News & Insight May 22, 2013
  Thomson Reuters News & InsightFather, son sentenced for rigging Alabama foreclosure auctionsThomson Reuters News & Insight(Reuters) - Two real estate investors were sentenced to 20 months each for their role rigging public foreclosure auctions in southern Alabama, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday. Robert Brannon, his son Jason Brannon an […]
• Dallas-Fort Worth home foreclosure postings down almost 40 percent this year - Dallas Morning News May 22, 2013
  Dallas Morning NewsDallas-Fort Worth home foreclosure postings down almost 40 percent this yearDallas Morning NewsSo far in 2013, Dallas-Fort Worth area home foreclosure filings have dropped almost 40 percent from the first six months of 2012. And the number of homes threatened for forced sale by lenders next month is 43 percent below levels from a year ago. […]
• Waypoint Files for Latest Foreclosure-to-Rental IPO - Wall Street Journal (blog) May 21, 2013
  Wall Street Journal (blog)Waypoint Files for Latest Foreclosure-to-Rental IPOWall Street Journal (blog)As Waypoint notes in Tuesday's filing, there were 4.1 million completed foreclosures between September 2008 and 2012, presenting an unprecedented opportunity for investors—particularly private equity and hedge funds—looking for higher yields that ...an […]
• Homeowners receive nearly $2B in foreclosure settlement - Chicago Sun-Times May 21, 2013
  Homeowners receive nearly $2B in foreclosure settlementChicago Sun-TimesLast year, the Attorney General's office participated in a $25 billion nationwide settlement to address “allegations of widespread robo-signing” of foreclosure documents and “other fraudulent practices banks employed while servicing loans of struggling ...Vermont homeowners get fore […]
• Foreclosure Reports Highlight Racial Disparity - Seattle Weekly (blog) May 21, 2013
  Foreclosure Reports Highlight Racial DisparitySeattle Weekly (blog)Last week, we wrote about a campout to stop South Park homeowner Jeremy Griffin from being evicted after a foreclosure. As we noted, the housing crisis may be officially over, but foreclosures keep happening. Two new reports make that point as well ... […]
• Foreclosure Fraud Failures Come To A Head In Justice Department Protest - ThinkProgress May 20, 2013
  Press TVForeclosure Fraud Failures Come To A Head In Justice Department ProtestThinkProgressFrustration with the failed execution of various weakly-constructed legal settlements stemming from widespread foreclosure fraud bubbled over today into a protest at Justice Department headquarters that culminated in homeowners being arrested.Occupy Wall Street Challe […]
• 3 big banks nearly halt foreclosure sales after US tweaks orders - Los Angeles Times May 19, 2013
  American Banker (subscription)3 big banks nearly halt foreclosure sales after US tweaks ordersLos Angeles TimesSales of homes in foreclosure by Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. ground nearly to a halt after regulators revised their orders on treatment of troubled borrowers during the 60 days before they lose their homes. The […]