Recent Posts in Foreclosure Category
Posted on Apr 22, 2012 By South Texas Bankruptcy Lawyer
A baseball team might be losing its stadium after its owner failed to save it from foreclosure . The Fort Worth Cats will lose LaGrave Field at a foreclosure auction scheduled for next month. Owner ...
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Posted on Jan 8, 2012 By Malaise Law Firm
After the foreclosure debacle of late last year and early this year, state legislators across the country have re-evaluated state laws. A new bill is set to be signed by the governor of one state to ...
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Posted on Dec 25, 2011 By Malaise Law Firm
Homeowners that are looking for a quick way to escape foreclosure are the easiest prey for foreclosure prevention scam artists. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people have lost their money to people ...
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Posted on Dec 4, 2011 By Malaise Law Firm
If you live in Texas and have met a serious amount of Californians recently, you are not imagining things. According to recent figures, there has been a serious influx of people moving from California ...
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Posted on Oct 30, 2011 By Malaise Law Firm
As if the President does not have enough on his plate right now, the Democratic delegation is now imploring him to take care of homeowners that are in danger of losing their homes. In a letter sent to ...
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Posted on Oct 16, 2011 By Malaise Law Firm
Dealing with foreclosure may not only be a personal and financial hit, but it can also affect your health. A recent study conducted by doctors at one school of medicine shows that those who were in ...
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Posted on Sep 18, 2011 By Malaise Law Firm
Across the country foreclosures are on the decline, especially in the Dallas area. According to one real estate survey, this area of Texas saw foreclosures drop to 4.74 percent in June, down from 5.33 ...
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Posted on Sep 11, 2011 By Malaise Law Firm
Those in the residential real estate market felt the crunch again this year as pre-owned home sales dropped during the first quarter. Those homes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area saw a decrease in the ...
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Posted on Aug 7, 2011 By Malaise Law Firm
If you are like thousands of Americans right now, you owe more on your mortgage than your home is currently worth. When that is the case, foreclosure is not your only option. You can also try a short ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2011 By Malaise Law Firm
Mortgage servicers like Wells Fargo and Bank of America Corp. are likely to avoid nearly $20 billion in penalties after several U.S. agencies signed deals without fines. Fifty state attorneys created ...
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Posted on Feb 27, 2011 By Malaise Law Firm
A new report issued by ForeclosureListings.com showed surprising numbers of foreclosures from 2010 to 2011. According to this report nearly 5 million borrowers are at least two months behind on their ...
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Posted on Feb 20, 2011 By Malaise Law Firm
Good news for Texas: fewer residents are falling behind on their home loan payments now. A survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association reported that the fourth quarter showed 9.22 percent of homeowners ...
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Posted on Jan 9, 2011 By Malaise Law Firm
According to Bloomberg, the top five loan servicers could be among the first to settle with a coalition of state attorneys general over foreclosure practices. The fifty state investigation will be ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2010 By Malaise Law Firm
A three-week suspension agreement between Attorney General Janet Mills and GMAC Mortgage Company is now followed by a federal judge allowing the company to resume foreclosure and eviction proceedings. ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2010 By Malaise Law Firm
Three residents of southern California are in big trouble now that federal prosecutors have caught on to their foreclosure rescue scam. They used fake bankruptcy filings to stall the foreclosure of ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2010 By Malaise Law Firm
Even the FBI is getting involved in the investigation against lending companies and the increasing amounts of homes that are being foreclosed on. This is in addition to effort by attorneys general ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2010 By Malaise Law Firm
This week, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced that he will be working with other attorney generals and regulators from 49 other states. The group will partner to investigate improper ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2010 By Malaise Law Firm
A special forbearance is an option that people should consider when they have fallen behind on their mortgages and are facing bankruptcy or foreclosure . When people ask for a special forbearance, ...
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