Homeowners

Homeowners Suing State For Diverting Funds Meant To Help Struggling Homeowners

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Bust, Video, Mortgage Settlement, Mortgage Crisis, Homeowners, Foreclosure, Arizona Mortgage Settlement, Arizona, National Mortgage Settlement, Housing Crisis, Business News

Remember the national mortgage settlement? Remember how a bunch of states have been taking their share of the money -- which was meant to be used to h...

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The Housing Market May Finally Be Back For Good

Reuters | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Home Buyers, National Association of Realtors, Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Video, Wall Street, Wells Fargo, Reuters, Homeownership, Mortgage Crisis, Bank of America, Mortgage Loans, Homeowners, Housing Crisis, Business News

By Leah Schnurr and Jilian Mincer NEW YORK, May 28 (Reuters) - Kate Carpenter and her husband waited for two years before sensing the ...

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WATCH: The Fed Has Something To Say To Foreclosure Victims

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Mortgage Lenders, Foreclosure Crisis, Robo-Signing, Chase, Wells Fargo, Mortgage Servicers, Independent Foreclosure Review, Citibank, Bank of America, Federal Reserve, Foreclosure, Homeowners, Video, Money News

To steer homeowners toward a little-used foreclosure review program, the government is harnessing the power of YouTube. The Federal Reserve release...

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One In Three Homeowners Owes Bank More Than Home Is Worth: Study

Loren Berlin | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Mortgages, Zillow, Home Values, Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Rates, Homeowners, Mortgage Debt, Underwater Homeowners, Underwater Mortgages, Money News

If you're looking for good news about the housing market, you're going to have to wait awhile longer, as new research continues to paint a grim pictur...

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Home Sweet Home

Robi Ludwig | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Childhood Memories, Parents-Kids, Homeowners, Real Estate, Positive Psychology, Home Ownership, Wisdom, Healthy Living News

Yes, homes are the silent members of our families. They are part of the histories of our families. This is what makes saying goodbye to them so tough.

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How To Save Money In Every Room In Your House

MoneyNing | VINCENT KING | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Household Savings, Household Budgets, Saving, Cable, Home Improvement, Household Spending, Spending, Homeownership, Utilities, Homeowners, Smart Shopping, Money News

You work hard every day, doing everything you can to bring more bacon home, and trim the fat from your spending. But it still isn’t enough. If...

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The Great Populist Wave

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Populist Wave, Populism, Military Families, Voter Mobilization, National Front, Liberals, France, Buying Legislation, Shared Prosperity, Progressives, Shared Sacrifice, Hispanics, Inequities, Injustice, Financial Felons, Voter Registration, Jesus, Job Destruction, Buying Elections, Cheating, Medicare, Fairness, Britain, Voter Suppression, Bank of America, Homeowners, Democracy, Democrats, Voter Turnout, Wells Fargo, Austerity, Stealing Elections, Fraud, Abraham Lincoln, Patriotism, Human Rights, Voter Rights, Elites, Insurers, Consumers, John Kennedy, China, Chen Guangcheng, Republicans, Politics News

At this moment, in our land, it is time for the true champions of the 99 percent to launch the largest voter registration, mobilization and turnout campaign in the history of freedom.

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One Sign The Housing Market May Be Starting To Rebound

AP | ALEX VEIGA | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: The Sunshine State, Housing Bust, Video, Unemployment Rate, Hiring, Homeowners, Transunion, Credit Reporting, Mortgage Delinquency, Mortgage Payments, Business News

LOS ANGELES -- The percentage of U.S. homeowners behind on their mortgage payments dropped in the first three months of this year to the lowest level ...

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Exorbitant Insurance Policies Tipping Homeowners Into Foreclosure

Bloomberg View | the Editors | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Interest Rates, Mortgages, Video, California, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Fannie Mae, Center for Economic Justice, Homeowners, U.S. Housing Crisis, New York State?S Department of Financial Services, Business News

From Bloomberg View: One of the more confounding aspects of the U.S. housing crisis has been the reluctance of lenders to do more to assist trouble...

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Beloved Coach Gets Fixes From Fans

Katharine Dixon | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Homeowners Washington Dc, Homeowners, Rebuilding Alexandria, Rebuilding Together Alexandria, National Rebuilding Day, Dc Impact, DC News

Helping low-income homeowners make repairs to their homes is an important way to keep them healthy and living in their homes -- which is critical to the stability of many neighborhoods.

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Homeowner Activists Will Be Crushed Under Their Own Weight

Richard Zombeck | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Homeowners, Foreclosure Crisis, Activist, Activism, Bloggers, Blogging, Ows, Business News

The divisiveness, infighting, and turf wars have made it easy for the ones who created this mess to run roughshod over the American people and the laws that were meant to protect them.

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Americans Opting Out Of The Dream

Reuters | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Video, Housing Market, Rental Market, Reuters, Homeownership, Business News, u.s. Homeownership Rate, Homeowners, Homeownership-Rate, Housing Market Crash, Homeownership Rate Plunge, Business News

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Home Sellers Push Back

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Attorneys, Lawyers, New York Real Estate, Real Estate Appraisals, Home Sales, Homeowners, Contract Negotiations, Real Estate, Home Buyers, Mortgages, Long Island, NY Real Estate Market, Suburbia, Home Prices, NY Real Estate, Home Sellers, New York News

The undercurrent of disgruntlement running through residential real estate these days is decidedly different. Like the flowers that bloomed early, a number of sellers are trying to burst out of the basement and make their way above ground.

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The Ten Most (And Least) Affordable Cities To Buy A Home

24/7 Wall St. | MICHAEL B. SAUTER | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Housing Market, Housing Prices, Buying a House, Homeownership, Homeowners, Real Estate, Buying a Home, 24/7 Wall St, Business News

After years of weak housing markets, home sellers are hopeful that this spring’s home-buying season will finally lift prices. In positive news, Real...

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A Sign Of Hope For The Housing Market

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Bank of America, Homeowners, Home Foreclosures, Mortgages, Video, Rental Option, Home Prices, Distressed Mortgages, Foreclosure, Renters, Short Sales, Business News

Don't look now, but there's a sign of hope in the foreclosure crisis. There were more short sales than foreclosure sales in January, according to d...

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The 5 Stages of Household-Repair Acceptance

Deborah Gaines | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Denial, Acceptance, Deborah Gaines, Suburbs, Daily Life, Accidents, Homeowners, Household Repair, Fifty News

There went the money I was putting aside for a family vacation. And what about retirement? That $1,000 was the only thing keeping me from a lonely, penurious old age.

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Taxpayers Spend Staggering Amount To Keep Foreclosed Homes Looking Nice

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Vacant Homes, Housing Market, Housing Prices, Foreclosure Crisis, Freddie Mac, Vacant Houses, Vacancies, Fannie Mae, Homeowners, Foreclosure, Home Maintenance, Maintenance Costs, Renters, Housing Crisis, Video, Business News

The foreclosure crisis is costing you money. How much, exactly, depends on a number of factors -- whether you own a house, what your property is wo...

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A Month of Rebuilding, a Month of Service

Gary A. Officer | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Long Island, Community Service, Volunteering, Service, Homeowners, Rehabilitation, Safe-and-Healthy-Housing, Rebuilding Together, Affordable Housing, Impact News

As we celebrate National Rebuilding Month, we are reminded of the crucial role that service plays, in varying forms, throughout our organization and our mission to provide everyone a safe and healthy home.

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Bank Of America Tells Woman To Miss Mortgage Payments, Then Forecloses On Her House

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Modification, Missed Mortgage Payment, Bank of America, Mortgage Crisis, Atlanta, Homeowners, Bofa, Occupy Atlanta, Occupy Movement, Pamela Flores, Mortgage Payments, Mortgages, Video, Loan Modifications, Occupy Wall Street, Foreclosure, Slidepollajax, Business News

Here's how Pamela Flores tells it: A couple years ago, she found that she couldn't keep making mortgage payments on her Atlanta house. She says she...

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Watchdog To Propose New Rules That Could Save Homes

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Loan, Foreclosure Crisis, Congress, Robo-Signing, Payday Lenders, Borrowers, Homeowners, Mortgage Payments, Video, Loan Modifications, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Housing Bubble, Business News

WASHINGTON — The federal government proposed new rules on Tuesday that will give homeowners more ways to avoid foreclosure and get an accurate a...

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White House Wants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac To Start Helping Homeowners

Reuters | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Mortgages, Video, Mortgage Aid, Mortgage Relief, Freddie Mac, Reuters, Mortgage Crisis, Fannie Mae, Homeowners, Fhfa, Shaun Donovan, Housing Crisis, Business News

WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - The Obama administration wants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which finance the bulk of U.S. mortgages, to start reduci...

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Want Jobs? Rescue Homeowners -- and Spend, Baby, Spend

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, Homeowners, Unemployment, Jobs Report, Stimulus, Business News

Let's tax the wealthy, help homeowners, and spend some money to put more people back to work. When that's done we can pivot to deficit reduction -- with millions of additional workers able to contribute to that effort with their taxes.

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Homeowners Stuck With High Rates Even After Refinancing Program

Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Interest Rates, JP Morgan Chase, Foreclosure Crisis, Video, Mortgage, Freddie Mac, Wells Fargo, Inside Mortgage Finance, Bank of America, Home Affordable Refinancing Program, Fannie Mae, Hud, Homeowners, Foreclosure, Federal Trade Commission, Business News

By Cora Currier ProPublica Some homeowners are getting stuck with relatively high interest rates even after they participate in the government's p...

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5 Must-Know Real Estate Trends (PHOTOS)

Marianne Cusato | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Housing Market, Housing, Design, Architecture, Homeowners, Real Estate, Miami, Housing Crisis, Home Design, Miami-Real-Estate, Miami Real Estate, Real Estate Trends, Realestate Trends, Miami News

Today, value is not found on a checklist including square footage or finishes. Today's value comes from a holistic view of the home. Here the top five "must haves" in home design today.

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Our "Trailer Trash" Education

Scout, Ph.D. | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Mobile Homes, Low-Income, Homeowners, Housing Crisis, Occupy Movement, Lgbt, Manufactured Housing, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Low-Income Housing, Paradise, Slidepollajax, Impact News

The term "trailer trash" is symbolic of a type of systemic discrimination that's allowing low income home owners from Appalachia to Arizona to fall through the cracks.

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