Foreclosures
Home Foreclosures
AG Healey Urges Adoption of Greater Protections for Homeowners Who Acquire Property Following Divorce...
To further prevent unnecessary foreclosures, Attorney General Maura Healey’s Office sent a letter supporting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) proposed amendments to its mortgage servicing rules to protect homeowners who acquire pro...
Menendez, Booker Announce Over $1.4 Million in Foreclosure Prevention Assistance for NJ
Today, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker announced $1,483,816 in federal funding for the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (NFMC) Program of NeighborWorks America to support housing counseling for New Jersey families and individual...
Sen. Blumenthal and Rep. Ellison Introduce the Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) introduced the Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2015 (H.R. 1354) today. The bill ensures expired federal protections for renters living in foreclosed properties are renewed.
Menendez, Booker Announce Over $1.4 Million in Foreclosure Prevention Assistance for NJ
This funding will empower families with the tools they need to prevent the devastating loss of their homes, while also strengthening our communities and bringing stability to our housing market.
Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Foreclosure Consulting Company
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced the filing of a consumer fraud lawsuit against Advantage Foreclosure LLC (Advantage) and its owners Matthew and Lynette Van Remoortel. Advantage is an Arizona based company that advertised on the interne...
Two Northern California Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging and...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern...
Community Groups Question OneWest’s Foreclosure Record As Part of Too Big To Fail Bank...
San Francisco - October 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of a five-day awareness campaign about the potential impacts of a new, Too Big To Fail bank merger, a nonprofit bank advocacy coalition raised questions today about OneWest’s track record...
Rep. McNerney Writes Bipartisan Bill to Aid Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Jerry McNerney (CA-09) introduced the Fast Help For Homeowners Act, to help speed up the short sale process and aid homeowners who may otherwise be facing foreclosure
AG Gansler Files Lawsuits in Joint Federal-State Mortgage Rescue Fraud Sweep
Baltimore, MD - July 23, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler today announced that his Consumer Protection Division filed lawsuits against two law firms for allegedly operating illegal loan modification schemes that charge con...
ATTORNEY GENERAL CHARGES COLORADO’S LARGEST FORECLOSURE LAW FIRMS WITH FRAUD
DENVER - July 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colorado Attorney General John Suthers today announced the filing of civil law enforcement actions against the two largest foreclosure law firms in Colorado. In separate filings, the Attorney General’s Co...
OHFA Recognizes YNDC with the Spirit of Homeownership Excellence Award; Approves More Than $13.8...
COLUMBUS www.ohiohome.org In recognition of National Homeownership Month, the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) Board presented the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation with the 2014 Spirit of Homeownership Excellence Award (SHEA) yesterday...
SunTrust Mortgage to Pay $550 Million in Federal-State Deal Over Unlawful Foreclosures, Loan Servicing
BOSTON - June 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A $550 million nationwide federal-state settlement with mortgage lender and servicer SunTrust Mortgage Inc. over mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure abuses will provide direct payments to eligib...
Attorney General Pam Bondi Reaches $550 Million Joint State-Federal Settlement with SunTrust to Address...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - June 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi today announced a $550 million joint state-federal settlement with mortgage lender and servicer SunTrust Mortgage Inc. to address mortgage origination, servicing, and fo...
Cardin Visits Southern Maryland for Solutions to Maryland’s Foreclosure Crisis Maryland currently has the...
Waldorf, Md. - June 12, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, convened a gathering of local housing officials, REALTORS and others working to assist Marylanders before and during the forec...
Whitehouse Introduces Bill to Protect Servicemembers from Foreclosure
As the nation prepares to honor veterans and servicemembers during this Memorial Day weekend, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has introduced legislation to help keep military families in their homes by protecting them against foreclosure following acti...
New Report Finds Ongoing Servicer Mistakes Push Homeowners to Foreclosure
San Francisco, CA: - May 20, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A new survey of housing counselors and attorneys finds homeowners are facing unreasonable delays, numerous obstacles, and servicer run-arounds in seeking help from their mortgage servicers, despit...
AG Coakley Urges FHFA to Use Buyback Programs and Principal Reductions to Keep People...
BOSTON - May 16, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Saying in a letter file size 2MB today that the use of buyback programs and principal reductions are “key to helping homeowners recover from this foreclosure crisis,” Attorney General Martha Coakley urge...
Conyers Proposes New Federal Foreclosure Assistance for Detroit
DETROIT - May 15, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) sent a letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt requesting immediate action to assist distressed homeowners in Detroit as the City work...
Cohen, McDermott Introduce Bill to Help Struggling Families Keep Their Homes
Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Jim McDermott (WA-07) today introduced the Limiting Investor and Homeowner Loss in Foreclosure Act of 2014 to prevent foreclosures and help struggling families keep their homes. The newly-introduced legislation would...
California Foreclosure Starts Hover Near 8-Year Low
La Jolla, CA. - April 23, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- For the third consecutive quarter California foreclosure starts remained little changed at a level last seen in early 2006, the result of steady economic growth and higher home values. Foreclosure pr...
New Law Will Improve Foreclosure Process in Maine
Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills applauds the enactment of Maine’s new law to improve the foreclosure process in Maine.
Brown Helps Pass Provision That Will Prevent Struggling Homeowners Who Modified Mortgages Or Completed...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 7, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today helped pass provisions of the Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act, legislation aimed at relieving homeowners of the requirement to pay taxes on mortgage debt fo...
Grant Provides Foreclosure Prevention Help for Homeowners Statewide
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 1, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency has been awarded a $2 million grant that will enable an additional 8,000 households statewide to receive foreclosure prevention counseling.
Cartwright & Horsford Draft Letter to FHFA Director Mel Watt Urging Foreclosure Moratorium
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 31, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Congressmen Matt Cartwright (D-PA-17) and Steven Horsford (D-NV-4) sent a letter cosigned by 75 Democratic House colleagues to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt u...
Attorney General’s legal action against Quality Loan Service results in payment to homeowners, delays...
SEATTLE - March 28, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Legal action taken by the Washington State Attorney General (AGO) against foreclosure trustee Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington (QLS) has stopped unfair and deceptive business practices. QLS is one ...
Council Hears Options for Foreclosure Prevention Strategies for Homeowners Struggling in Seattle
SEATTLE - March 27, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Councilmembers considered presentations specific to mortgage principal reduction and other foreclosure prevention programs for homeowners who are struggling in Seattle, and options to revitalize the commun...
$97,000 grant will help Idahoans prevent foreclosure
Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA) recently received a $97,000 grant from the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program that will bolster its efforts to provide counseling to Idaho homeowners in danger of foreclosure.
OHFA Awards 11 Counties a Portion of $49.5 Million to Tackle Blighted Communities
COLUMBUS - March 3, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) today announced the recipients of a program designed to help prevent foreclosures and stabilize local property values through the demolition of vacant and blighted ho...
Rep. Esty Helps Veteran Recover over $16,000 in Social Security Benefits; Avoid Foreclosure
NEW BRITAIN, CT – February 26, 2014 – (RealEstateRama) — This week, Rep. Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) shared a “Constituent Corner” story from Thomas Campbell of Danbury. Mr. Campbell, a former Marine who was awarded a Purple Heart for h...
“American Winter” foreclosure documentary screening in Olympia, February 25
OLYMPIA - February 21, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Washington State Attorney General’s Office and the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions are pleased to announce the screening of the foreclosure documentary American Winter in Oly...
