A dream log house in West Tisbury could not be save from foreclosure – dues had ballooned to two and a half times more than its original value. It was double the maximum resale permissible price allowed in the deed’s affordable housing covenant. The price being too steep officials of an organization, The Island Housing [...]

Stockton has the dubious distinction of ranking first in the foreclosure race with 8000 foreclosures this year. Stockton has a population of about 300,000. One in every 27 houses has slipped into foreclosure. The highest concentration is in Weston Ranch region of Stockton. The figures have been released ACORN, a non-profit organization. The inhabitants belong [...]

Marengo based Linden Lumber business concern has been able to avoid the crisis of foreclosure by arranging for and repaying a debt of $5 million. This was stated by Federal Land Bank last Friday. The representative of the bank said that a new settlement has been arrived at regarding repayment of the $5 million dues. [...]

During the second quarter of this year the foreclosure rate in Utah is down in comparison to what it was the previous year. It remains far behind the average national figures where the number of foreclosure units is staggering. Towards the end of the June 2007 there were only 0.55% properties in Utah suffering the [...]

The country is in the grip of foreclosure crisis – the worst in 16 years. The Federal Reserve and other allied banking regulators have taken the unprecedented step of appealing to the mortgage lenders not to rush on with proceedings. The man in the street has been surprised by the move – the likes of [...]

Gang and drug parties have become the bane in Manteca. At one time people had thronged to light the fires of their hearths in the Central Valley in search of their dream homes. A curse seems to have brought down the pox of foreclosures – houses with neglected overgrowth and broken boarded windows are inviting [...]

The figures released by Colorado Housing during the second quarter speak volumes. There have been 10,017 new filings – which makes it 6% up from the first quarter. Colorado is thus showing a 25% rise in this year. There is apprehension that before the year dies out the numbers will further increase with many ARM’s [...]

The story of one family is the same as that of thousands of others across the country. The Greenes tired of being tenants grew confident that their joint income would enable them to become house owners by paying $1,000 per month towards mortgage. But their hopes turned to dust when spiralling living costs combined with [...]