California Homeowners Mount a Growing Protest Movement Against ForeclosuresHuffington Post (blog)Gudiel, her family, neighbors and other supporters have pledged to risk arrest when the Los Angeles County Sheriff tries to evict them this week from Gudiel's home after Fannie Mae issue a foreclosure notice. Gudiel is part of a broad coalition of …and more » View [...]
Growing home foreclosures pinch Kansas utilitiesSacramento BeeKansas City Power & Light Co. officials were optimistic that 2011 would be the year the economy — and electric meters — started humming along again. But after six months some troubling figures emerged. …and more » View full post on foreclosures – Google News
NOLA.com Foreclosures are growing part of the New Orleans area real estate marketNOLA.comBy Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-Picayune When banks send real estate agent Dana Bonnette to figure out what to do with the homes that they've won at foreclosure auction, sometimes she finds homes that were never gutted after they flooded in Hurricane …and more » [...]
RisMedia.com (press release) Interest in cohousing is growingSioux City JournalWhile more individuals and families are losing their homes because of foreclosures, interest is growing in the fledgling cohousing concept. Usually composed of strangers at the start, cohousing is when a group creates a communal-type housing …Budget cuts aimed at housingStockton RecordNew HUD money for six [...]
Firm Dominates Foreclosures, but Faces Growing CriticismThe American LawyerAttorneys who represent lenders bringing foreclosures are "an easy target for criticism" in the current economic climate, says Steven J. Baum, who runs by far the largest New York state firm offering services to what its website calls the "default …and more » View full post on foreclosures [...]
More often than not, credit counselors on the phone with distressed homeowners were probably mortgage brokers who dealt in subprime loans. The AP’s John Mone visited one such call center in southern California’s foreclosure country. (March 5)
