Mortgage Trouble Said to Bring Scammers Calling
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Hawaii again had one of the lowest foreclosure rates in the country with only one of every 3,437 homes affected in the first quarter, according to a report released yesterday by foreclosure data service RealtyTrac . Nationally, the foreclosure rate
As housing market cools, foreclosures rise 50 percent over last year
Providence Journal - They are spacious and small, ornate and ordinary. They come with landscaped lawns or no lawns at all. And their ads usually boast Belo w-market prices. They are REOs, which stands for Real Estate Owned, industry lingo for houses that a bank or
Two mortgages, private insurance options that lead to home ownership
Nevada Appeal - The dream is often, after years of living with parents or in apartments, to own a home. With garden, garage, a lawn and all the joys of maintenance. But reality can be cruel. The biggest barrier to buying has been, for many years, the requirement for
Keeping homes in owners hands
Journal-News - HAMILTON With foreclosure rates more than quadrupling in the past decade in Butler County, a community housing agency is working to help those at risk of losing their homes. Neighborhood Housing Services of Hamilton is teaming up with other
Foreclosure rates in Hub through roof
Boston Herald - S hady mortgage operators have been flooding unbelievably easy credit into Boston s neighorhoods. But the payment on all those high-interest rate, no-money-down loans may now be coming due in a tidal wave of forclosures slamming into the city s
Home seizures’ ripple effect
Denver Post - Thousands of homes in foreclosure could put Colorado’s housing market under severe stress this summer, according to real-estate experts. Colorado reported 5,392 foreclosures in March, making for the highest rate per household of any state, according
Foreclosures piling up Colorado rate nation’s highest during March
Denver Post - One out of every 339 homes in the state was in some stage of foreclosure during March, according to RealtyTrac, an online provider of foreclosure listings. Nationally, only one out of every 1,138 households was in foreclosure during the month. “We
Foreclosures a problem in county, state
Mount Vernon News - MOUNT VERNON Five years ago, one might have noticed 10 to 15 foreclosure notices in Knox County, with a sheriff s sale every two months in the newspaper, said Ken Lane, a local attorney who often deals with real estate laws and foreclosures
Ohio CDC awards foreclosure prevention grant
Columbus Business Journal - The Ohio CDC Association awarded Homes On the Hill CDC a $30,000 grant for foreclosure prevention services. Homes On the Hill is a nonprofit community development corporation that focuses on the Hilltop neighborhood on Columbus’ west side and will
Colorado Is No. 1 In Home Foreclosures
Denver Channel - DENVER — Colorado posted the highest home foreclosure ration in the nation last month, a problem experts blamed on everything from the state’s lackluster economy to a reliance on mortgages bearing high interest rates. One out of every 339 homes in
Sacramento: California Issues ‘’Top 10 Scams'’ for 2006 SACRAMENTO
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Region’s typical home price tops $500,000
Los Angeles Daily News - The median price of a Southern California home punched through the half-million-dollar mark for the first time in March even as sales remained soft, an industry tracker said on Tuesday. The sales decline is in response to rising interest rates and a