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Foreclosure In America Is A 'Tale Of Two' Trends

AP | ALEX VEIGA | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Mortgage Bankers Association, Foreclosure Crisis, New Foreclosures, Video, Housing Boom, Homes, Lenders, Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure, Realtytrac, Business News

LOS ANGELES -- National foreclosure trends took a positive turn in April, as the number of homes seized by banks declined and fewer properties entered...

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10 Cities Offering The Best Deals On Foreclosed Homes

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Sales, Trulia, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Market, Foreclosure Rentals, Home Prices, Detroit, Cities, Las Vegas, Realtytrac, Housing Bubble, Business News

One man’s foreclosure pain is another’s gain. Across the country, the foreclosure crisis has been bad news for the housing market, homeowners a...

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Why More Homes May Be Taken By Lenders

AP | ALEX VEIGA | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, Foreclosure Process, Foreclosure Crisis, Video, Business News, Foreclosure Process March, Foreclosure Activity, Housing Crisis, Realtytrac, Business News

LOS ANGELES -- More U.S. homes are entering the foreclosure process, setting the stage for a surge in properties repossessed by lenders this year. Th...

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Bank Of America To Offer Rentals As Foreclosure Alternative

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Video, Bank of America, Foreclosure, Ron Sturzenegger, Foreclosure Alternative, Realtytrac, Mortgage to Lease, Business News

NEW YORK — Bank of America says it has begun a pilot program offering some of its mortgage customers who are facing foreclosure a chance to stay...

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Fewer Foreclosures For Detroit

Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Detroit Foreclosures, Michigan Housing Market, Detroit Housing Market, Realtytrac Foreclosures, Detroit Foreclosures 2012, Michigan Foreclosures 2012, Detroit Real Estate, Michigan Foreclosures, Michigan Foreclosure Rate, Realtytrac, Detroit News

Detroit's foreclosure rate fell dramatically in February, dropping 17 percent from the month before. The foreclosure rate also continues to show impro...

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INFOGRAPHIC: Detroit Foreclosures Drop, But Not For Long

Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Detroit Foreclosures, Michigan Housing Market, Detroit Housing Market, Foreclosure, Detroit Real Estate, Michigan Foreclosures, Realtytrac, Detroit News

While 2011 showed a significant drop in the number of foreclosed properties, to the tune of 31 percent fewer filings in metro Detroit according to Rea...

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Football Star Faces Multiple Foreclosures

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Terrell Owens Foreclosure, Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Market, Nfl, Housing, Terrell Owens, Allen Wranglers, Indoor Football League, Foreclosure, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas, Housing Crisis, Realtytrac, Business News

Just because football star Terrell Owens has earned $80 million over the course of his career doesn't mean he's immune to foreclosure. Owens, the ...

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Beverly Hills Super-Rich Ditch Increasingly Worthless Mansions

Reuters | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Video, Shadow Inventory, Housing Market, Housing Bust, Foreclosure Crisis, Countrywide Home Loans, Freddie Mac, Strategic Default, Housing Boom, Reuters, Fannie Mae, Beverly Hills, Realtytrac, Business News

* Record number of defaults in Beverly Hills * Many wealthy owners could still pay but walked away * Only 12 of 180 dist...

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Lost In The Funhouse: The Twisted World Of Mortgage Lender Error

Ben Hallman | Posted 01.27.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Freddie Mac, Wall Street, Wells Fargo, GMAC Home Mortgage, National Consumer Law Center, Bank of America, Fannie Mae, Foreclosure, The Great Recession, Mortgage Payment, Realtytrac, Interest Rate, Business News

Ben Hallman reported and wrote this story as a staff writer at the Center for Public Integrity. He recently joined The Huffington Post. Like milli...

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BofA's Appalling Foreclosure Battle With Paralyzed Man

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Washington Mutual, Countrywide Financial, Mortgage Crisis, Bank of America, The Oregonian, Federal Reserve, Foreclosure, Bofa, Realtytrac, Business News

A quadriplegic man in Oregon has been battling banks to keep his home since 2003. And just when he thought the fight was finally over, Bank of America...

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Foreclosure Filings Fell Steeply In 2011, Little Consolation For Struggling Homeowners

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, Video, Housing Market, Mark Zandi, Housing, Diane Thompson, Economy, Realtytrac Foreclosures, Jared Bernstein, Foreclosure, Housing Crisis, Realtytrac, Dean Baker, Business News

Foreclosure filings fell dramatically last year, according to a report released Thursday. Several prominent economists said the news was a sign that t...

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Homeowners Having Harder Time Making Their Mortgage Payments

AP | EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Late Payments, Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller, Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Consumer Confidence, Debt Ceiling, Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure, Transunion, Housing Crisis, Realtytrac, Mortgage Payments, Business News

NEW YORK — While lawmakers in Washington debated the debt ceiling and consumer confidence dropped, more homeowners in the U.S. were having a har...

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U.S. Home Receiving First-Time Default Notice Rises 14 Percent Over Summer

AP | By ALEX VEIGA | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Foreclosures Third Quarter, Foreclosures 2011, Foreclosures q3, Home Lenders, First Time Notices, Foreclosure Activity, Realtytrac, Business News

LOS ANGELES -- More U.S. homes are entering the foreclosure process, but they're taking ever longer to get sold or repossessed by lenders. The number...

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Illinois Foreclosure Activity Up, Mortgage Aid Program Launches

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Illinois Hardest Hit Program, Illinois Housing, Homeowners, Illinois, Illinois Homeowners, Illinois Mortgages, Illinois Housing Development Authority, Illinois Foreclosures, Realtytrac, Chicago News

The number of mortgage default notices issued in Illinois in August increased drastically -- 25 percent -- statewide over the previous month, the high...

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With Foreclosures Taking Longer To Process, Backlog Isn't Going Anywhere

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Market, Robo-Signing, Home Sales, Evictions, Mediation, Foreclosure, Repossession, Housing Crisis, Realtytrac, Business News

It takes much longer to process home foreclosures than it used to. In May, according to the real estate data firm RealtyTrac, one in every 605 home...

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Fewer Homeowners Put On Notice For Being Behind On Payments

Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Mortgages, Bank-Owned Properties, Housing Market, State Attorneys General, Homes, U.S. Homeowners, Mortgage Crisis, Banks, Federal Regulators, Realtytrac, Business News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The number of U.S. homeowners who were put on notice for being behind on their mortgage payments fell in May to the lowest level ...

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Housing Market Picks Up For Some, Not Others

Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: US Housing Market, Foreclosures, Unemployment, Realtors, US Mortgages, Americans Housing, Housing Financial Crisis, Realtytrac, Business News

CHICAGO (Nick Carey) - Like an increasing number of well-heeled Americans, the Hodgsons decided it was time to buy a new home, even if most of the...

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Foreclosure Filings Plunge In First Quarter As Lenders Get Stuck With Paperwork

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: James Saccacio, Foreclosures, JPMorgan Chase, California, Foreclosure Filings, Q1 2011, Wells Fargo, Ally Financial, Bank of America, Nevada, Arizona, Home Reposesions, Realtytrac, Citigroup, Business News

Foreclosure filings fell to a three-year low in the first three months of the year, thanks mostly because of stalled paperwork, according to a report ...

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Foreclosures Fall To 3-Year Low - But It Won't Last

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures February, Foreclosure Crisis, Real Estate, Home Prices, Realtytrac, Foreclosures 2011, Business News

NEW YORK: Foreclosure filings dropped to a 3-year low in February due to an ongoing backlog following last year's halt in activity, according to a...

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13 Surprising Cities Wracked By Foreclosures Last Year

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Home Prices, Economic Crisis, Slidepollajax, Business News, Foreclosure, Housing Crisis, Realtytrac, Business News

The foreclosure crisis isn't exclusive to real estate-addled cities like Las Vegas and Phoenix In fact, as the crisis deepened, foreclosures mounte...

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Foreclosure Records Shattered In 2010

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Foreclosure, Realtytrac, Mortgages, Mortgage Crisis, 2010 Foreclosure Rate, 2010 Foreclosures, Foreclosure Record, 2010 Total Foreclosures, Home Loans, Business News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banks seized more than a million U.S. homes in one year for the first time last year, despite a slowdown in the last few mont...

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The 11 Reasons People Can't Sell Their Homes

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, National Association of Realtors, Realtytrac, Real Estate Market, Home Prices, Home Sales, Foreclosures, Real Estate Brokers, Zillow, Business News

he clamor over flawed foreclosure paperwork and robo-signers could further chill the housing market. People who might buy have bought a home in forecl...

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Obama's Foreclosure Program Will Reach Less Than One Quarter Of Administration's Target

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Treasury Department, Foreclosure Crisis, Hamp, Housing Market, Cbo, Unemployment, Home Affordable Mortgage Program, Home Prices, Underwater Homes, Real Estate, Cop, Congressional Oversight Panel, Negative Equity, Realtytrac, Ted Kauffman, Business News

The Obama administration's signature anti-foreclosure program will ultimately aid less than a quarter of the nearly four million distressed homeowners...

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Bank Of America Wants Judge To Throw Out Racketeering Lawsuit Over 'Robo-Signers'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: BofA Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, BofA Robo-Signers, Bank of America Foreclosure Lawsuit, Countrywide, Jpmorgan, Ally Financial, Bank of America, Gmc, Realtytrac, Business News

NEW YORK (by Jonathan Stempel) - Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) has urged a federal judge to throw out a racketeering lawsuit over its alleged use of "...

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Monthly Foreclosure Rate Plummets In Wake Of Paperwork Scandal

AP | ALEX VEIGA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgages, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure, Homeowners, Foreclosure Rate, October Foreclosure Rate, Repossession, Foreclosure Fraud, Realtytrac, Business News

LOS ANGELES — The number of U.S. homes repossessed by lenders last month fell by the sharpest margin this year, as several major lenders temporarily...

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