Foreclosure: Who's Getting a Free Ride?

Delinquent borrowers facing foreclosure are learning that they can stay in their homes for years, as long as they're willing to put up a fight. Read about some of the tactics desperate homeowners are willing to employ to stay in their homes.

Finding Great Deals on Bank Foreclosures

Bank foreclosure listings form the bulk of foreclosed properties listed in online foreclosure listings service sites. There are other types of foreclosures listed in them as well including government foreclosures from the HUD and the Veterans Affairs Administration.

Foreclosed Homes going to Auction Declines

Some areas have experienced declining number of foreclosure homes on auction. Foreclosure activities dropped for November compared with July the highest single month foreclosed property total for the year 2010.

Opportunities from Foreclosed Homes

A sale of foreclosed homes consists of properties owned by banks or other lending companies. These are homes they have repossessed after the owner failed to meet their monthly obligations. After a number of months of non-payment, foreclosure proceedings are initiated. Once foreclosure is made final, the sale of foreclosed homes usually ensues.

Deceptive Mortgage Servicing Exposed

Mortgage servicers must fix their “sloppy and deceptive practices” and the Fed must impose fines on servicers to fix the broken ...

Why you Should Consider an FHA Loan

Bank foreclosure listings form the bulk of foreclosed properties listed in online foreclosure listings service sites. There are ...

Fixed Rates to Remain Low in 2012

2012 looks to be another year of opportunity for the few who can afford to buy or refinance a home. ...

Home Prices Drop again in December

U.S. home prices fell in most major cities for the second straight month, further evidence that the housing recovery will be bum...

A Generation of Renters

More and more Americans have given up the dream of owning, opting instead to rent, a shift that is remaking the face of the U.S....

How to Get Rid of PMI Insurance

When a Mortgage pay-down triggers PMI Cancellation ...

Unemployed? Freddie Mac will Defer a Full Year of Mortgage Payments

Freddie Mac announced this afternoon that it will allow unemployed Americans up to a 12-month forbearance on their mortgage paym...

Short Sales are Overtaking Foreclosures

Short sales are better for homeowners. They can stay in their homes, and the quicker process means they can begin rebuilding the...

Let's Kick Fannie and Freddie to the Curb

The recession of 2008, precipitated by the collapse of the subprime mortgage bubble, may be officially over, but economic growth...

FHA Says Flipping Houses is Now A-OK

Flippers, the real estate investors who buy homes on the cheap and quickly resell them at a profit, just got a reprieve and an e...

Looming FHA Bailout Likely to be Costly

"It's highly likely that the FHA will need a taxpayer bailout over the next three to five years," said Joseph Gyourko, a real es...

Finding Great Deals on Bank Foreclosures

Bank foreclosure listings form the bulk of foreclosed properties listed in online foreclosure listings service sites. There are ...

Let's Kick Fannie and Freddie to the Curb

The recession of 2008, precipitated by the collapse of the subprime mortgage bubble, may be officially over, but economic growth...

How to Get Rid of PMI Insurance

When a Mortgage pay-down triggers PMI Cancellation ...

Deceptive Mortgage Servicing Exposed

Mortgage servicers must fix their “sloppy and deceptive practices” and the Fed must impose fines on servicers to fix the broken ...

A Generation of Renters

More and more Americans have given up the dream of owning, opting instead to rent, a shift that is remaking the face of the U.S....

Why you Should Consider an FHA Loan

Bank foreclosure listings form the bulk of foreclosed properties listed in online foreclosure listings service sites. There are ...

Home Prices Drop again in December

U.S. home prices fell in most major cities for the second straight month, further evidence that the housing recovery will be bum...

Finding Great Deals on Bank Foreclosures

Bank foreclosure listings form the bulk of foreclosed properties listed in online foreclosure listings service sites. There are ...

Fixed Rates to Remain Low in 2012

2012 looks to be another year of opportunity for the few who can afford to buy or refinance a home. ...

Foreclosed Homes going to Auction Declines

Some areas have experienced declining number of foreclosure homes on auction. Foreclosure activities dropped for November compar...

Looming FHA Bailout Likely to be Costly

"It's highly likely that the FHA will need a taxpayer bailout over the next three to five years," said Joseph Gyourko, a real es...