GIMME SHELTER- Fearing foreclosure: How can I avoid losing my house? (The Hook)
January 24, 2008
Q: Lately, I’ve been having trouble making my mortgage payments, and my lender keeps calling me. One of the houses in my neighborhood was foreclosed recently, and I’m worried the same thing could happen to me. How can I avoid a foreclosure?
Group seeks to offer foreclosure aid (The State)
January 24, 2008
A group of consumer advocacy organizations is asking the S.C. General Assembly to provide $5 million to assist and educate homeowners facing foreclosure. The South Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations will meet with legislators today to explain the South Carolina Foreclosure Initiative. The initiative is seeking $3 million from the state budget to help about 3,000 to 4,000 …
Harbour Walk Preserve project for North Stuart stalled due to foreclosure (TCPalm.com)
January 23, 2008
Harbour Walk Preserve project for North Stuart stalled due to foreclosure
Help available to avoid foreclosure (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
January 23, 2008
The Michigan Attorney General’s office will hold an “Avoid Foreclosure Forum” in Grand Rapids next month. Attorney General Mike Cox announced the event Wednesday as a way for people in West Michigan to work to prevent their homes being foreclosed.
Foreclosure law changed to help home owners (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)
January 23, 2008
After public trustees across the state noticed a rising number of foreclosure scams, Colorado law was recently changed in an effort to protect home owners.
Foreclosure Scammers Face Felony Charges? (WHSV Harrisonburg)
January 23, 2008
Lawmakers have introduced legislation that would crack down on foreclosure rescue scams.
Correction: Mortgage foreclosure story (Boston Globe)
January 23, 2008
In a Jan. 19 story about mortgage foreclosures, The Associated Press misstated the number of homes foreclosed by mortgage companies in the state in 2007. There were 7,653 foreclosed homes, not 7,563, according to The Warren Group, a Boston-based publisher of foreclosure information and other real estate data.
Correction: Mortgage foreclosure story (The Daily Comet)
January 23, 2008
BOSTON In a Jan. 19 story about mortgage foreclosures, The Associated Press misstated the number of homes foreclosed by mortgage companies in the state in 2007. There were 7,653 foreclosed homes, not 7,563, according to The Warren Group, a Boston-based publisher of foreclosure information and other real estate data.
Attorney General To Hold Foreclosure Forum (WDIV ClickOnDetroit.com via Yahoo! News)
January 23, 2008
Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox has organized another forum to assist homeowners who may be facing foreclosure.
McCollum proposes ‘rescue foreclosure’ scam legislation (BizJournals)
January 23, 2008
Attorney General Bill McCollum announced legislation aimed at fighting “rescue foreclosure” scams and filed a lawsuit alleging South Florida-based National Foreclosure Management and multiple affiliates defrauded at least 80 homeowners out of about $1.7 million in home equity.
