Homeowners Fight Foreclosure Fees Added to Mortgage
Several South Florida homeowners claim their banks are trying to stick them with attorney fees that they don't owe. NBC 6's Sasha Jones reports.
Several South Florida homeowners claim their banks are trying to stick them with attorney fees that they don't owe. NBC 6's Sasha Jones reports.
Almost a decade after home foreclosures skyrocketed during the financial crisis, they are starting to rise again in some of the country's hottest real estate markets. And loosening lending standards may be among the reasons, according to one expert. Foreclosure News
The Lone Star Brewery in San Antonio was supposed to be buzzing with construction workers and equipment by now – after sitting vacant for decades. Instead, the 35-acre brewery is in foreclosure, scheduled to be sold on the steps of the Bexar County Courthouse next week. Foreclosure News
A new lawsuit says Bank of America misled borrowers trying to hang onto their homes, pushing them into foreclosure while it enriched itself off a federal mortgage-modification program. The suit, filed this month in federal court in Charlotte, is the latest to allege the Charlotte-based company abused homeowners seeking to reduce their mortgage payments through…
Second mortgage lenders have a distinct disadvantage in the face of default. If you don't make your second mortgage payments, the second lienholder must wait to see how much money the first lienholder gets before the second lienholder receives anything. Foreclosure News
The student loan crisis is starting to feel a lot like the housing crisis of the last decade, warns Illinois State Attorney General Lisa Madigan – a swelling economic disaster with millions of fragile borrowers unable to get timely help or good advice. If that seems like an overstatement of the situation to you, consider…
From left: 27 St. Marks Place, 66 East 7th Street, 223 East 5th Street, 514 East 12th Street and Raphael Toledano UPDATED, 4:00 p.m., March 29: An affiliate of Raphael Toledano's Brookhill Properties filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on a 15-building East Village portfolio, according to bankruptcy documents reviewed by The Real Deal . Toledano…