Foreclosure Learning Center

Ted Strickland, the Governor of Ohio has strongly appealed to non-profit community organizations to sort out the muddle in the foreclosure crisis. His speech was the focus in the annual conference of Ohio’s Community Development Corporation held in Quaker Square at Crown Plaza Hotel at the end of the week. The organization has always been [...]

In five years no foreclosed house has fetched such a handsome price. In Hunting Hills a sprawling mansion has brought in $870,000 for the lender who took possession of it from one William Crick, in a foreclosure sale – a record for Roanoke region in five years. The average value of this type of property [...]

Michigan ranked 6th in the country with 15,565 foreclosure in some stage of foreclosure or the other. It showed an 11% rise above July figures and a 126% high jump from the month of August in the previous year. The numbers tagged to Michigan are inclusive of 3,534 units that went into delinquency, 6,572 that [...]

It is hard logical reality that in some way or the other foreclosures are affecting all of us. For instance let us first take the case of the elderly lady Jones who suddenly finds that she has to lose the house she has lived in for many years because of failure to meet enhanced mortgage [...]

Once upon a time it was taken for granted that real estate prices would go up. But reality proved to be contrary. Sellers are being forced to drop prices even at a heavy loss if the unit was bought in 2005 or 2006. The housing bubble, which had been getting bloated since 2002, has suddenly [...]

California continues to reel under the foreclosure tornado. More foreclosed homes are being sold and the picture remains grim. The weather is showing no signs of improvement. A report has been issued about 9,477 foreclosed homes by one of the most reliable prime online data collecting sources focusing on August 2007. The total value of [...]

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 [...]

Hundreds and thousands of Iowans are ruing the day they took sub-prime loans. The situation is so alarming and grim that the state’s attorney general, Miller, has set up a hot line and sketched out a plan of action to help borrowers negotiate with the lenders for new terms. It is reminiscent of the 1980 [...]