Age is not deterring an octogenarian widow from taking action against her previous lawyer alleging that he had cheated her out of her house worth $1.7 million and had entered into conspiracy to throw her out. Connie Campbell had sought out Alfred Walendowski for assistance after she defaulted on the mortgage of her house in [...]

Unemployment is triggering foreclosures across America; the pace is picking up according to the findings of RealtyTrac. Foreclosures increased by 6% last July across the country. However in North Shore it cannot be easily seen. Foreclosures take a long time. At the end of the process the house becomes empty but not till this happens [...]

The employee’s unions belonging to the state are making forays into politics taking up issues that are not connected with their prime objectives. There is nothing unusual about SEIU and or AFSCME to file legal suits about pension reform matters or take up cudgels against increase in taxes through Measures 66 & 67. But now [...]

The HOA’s or the homeowner’s associations contend that sometimes they have to take tough decisions so as to guard their interests. Sometimes the unit owner is sick or has been laid off from job – that is a different matter. But it is quite another matter when unit owners have not made monthly payments to [...]

Mike Davis, Assemblyman of California (Los Angeles), opines that the Department of Parks and Recreation would do well to take over the reins of the Michael Jackson ranch in Santa Barbara County. He felt that Jackson’s fans from across the world would like to pay a visit to his former estate. The ranch covering 2,500 [...]

America is passing through the foreclosure era. It has not yet become history. Debt is paralyzing life as one day follows another for the ordinary American. A couple refinanced their mortgage. Although the rate was relatively lower and they could have shouldered more debt but they paid off a big chunk of the due balance. [...]

HOAs have come under fire for having the authority to initiate foreclosure for unpaid association dues without having to go to court. But many advocates arguing for the HOAs contend that a good number of associations have collapsed not being able to function because of delinquent unit owners. Seth Weissman of Weissman Nowack Curry & [...]

White house has been backing a movement to give a boost to making improvements in home energy sector but it got a blow when it was opined by federal regulator that this plan posed grave risks for lenders and investors of mortgages. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are under the regulation of Federal Housing Finance [...]