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One Week "Moratorium" On Ft. Lauderdale-Area Foreclosure Sales As Busted Water Pipe Floods Courthouse, Forcing Facility Shutdown
Posted on December 03, 2008In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports: The Broward County Courthouse will be closed for most purposes through Friday after severe flooding knocked out the phone system and soaked reams of legal papers, court officials decided [Tuesday]...
NYC Lawmakers Urged To Establish Right To Counsel In Eviction, Foreclosure Proceedings
Posted on December 03, 2008In a letter urging the City Council of New York City to pass laws which would establish a right to counsel in eviction and foreclosure proceedings for low income persons, Ann B. Lesk, President of the New York County Lawyers' Association, reminds us of the inherent unfairness in the results emanating from a judicial system where only one party is represented by counsel: [T]he backbone of our
Attorneys At Upcoming St. Paul Legal Clinics To Provide Free Mortgage Document Review For Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
Posted on December 03, 2008In St. Paul, Minnesota, MinnPost.com reports: Three free legal clinics for homeowners worried about foreclosure will be held in St. Paul. Homeowners can have their mortgage documents and related foreclosure notices reviewed by an attorney for free and get connected to a housing counselor...
Hedge Fund Sues Countrywide Over $8.4B Bank Of America Loan Modification Settlement Of Predatory Lending Charges With State AGs
Posted on December 02, 2008In New York City, Bloomberg News reports: Countrywide Financial Corp., the home lender acquired by Bank of America Corp., was sued by Greenwich Financial Services Fund over claims an agreement to reduce payments on mortgages by $8.4 billion would hurt investors...
Alleged Hampton Roads Equity Stripping Scam Operation Leaves Homeowners Out On The Street, Straw Buyers Holding The Bag
Posted on December 02, 2008In Hampton Roads, Virginia, The Virginian Pilot reports: [T]he alleged scammers presented themselves as saviors of financially distressed - often first-time - homeowners, promising to repair their credit and save their homes. Instead, they recruited straw buyers to purchase the properties - in the process taking out bigger mortgages - and walked away with the proceeds...
Investigative Report Reveals Blight-Inducing Tampa House Flipping Operation; 35 Homes Ended Up In Foreclosure (And Counting)
Posted on December 02, 2008In Tampa, Florida, an investigative report by the St. Petersburg Times describes an apparent blight-causing, straw buyer, house flipping operation involving what it refers to as "a constellation of 90 homes stretching across Tampa, all bought and sold in the past four years by a 34-year-old tattoo parlor owner...
Washington State Victim Of Alleged Sale Leaseback Foreclosure Rescue Scam Goes To Court To Save Home Of 35 Years
Posted on December 02, 2008In Bellevue, Washington, KING-TV Channel 5 reports: Karen Handlin has been narrowly saved from eviction ? for now. She?s filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit in Western Washington to save the house her family has owned for 35 years. Handlin almost lost it to foreclosure and then, she says, to a company called Alternative Investors, which claimed it could rescue her from foreclosure...
360 Unit Owners Dragged In As Defendants In Mechanics Lien Lawsuit Between Contractor, Condo Developer
Posted on December 02, 2008In Northern Virginia, Washington Business Journal reports: As the sun set over Potomac Yard on Nov. 7, owners at The Eclipse condominium community came home to an unpleasant surprise. Nearly three-quarters of the units had a two-inch-thick stack of legal papers on their doorsteps, notifying the owners that every one of them was being pulled into a lawsuit between their developer and the
Ratings Agencies Face Charges Of Civil Rights Violations In Complaint Filed With HUD; Actions Allegedly Facilitated Discriminatory Subprime Lending
Posted on December 01, 2008The Call For Home Mortgage Modification Rights In Bankruptcy Proceedings Continues
Posted on December 01, 2008Plaintiffs In WaMu Suits May Be Left Holding The Bag; "Almost Nothing" Says FDIC Rep Referring To Assets Left In Receivership For Aggrieved Homeowners
Posted on December 01, 2008Court Denies Dismissal Of Suit Accusing County Of Screw Up In Giving Proper Notice To Owner In Tax Foreclosure Action
Posted on November 30, 2008Foreclosure Rescuers, Loan Modifiers Circle San Joaquin Valley Homeowners In Financial Trouble
Posted on November 30, 2008Pittsburgh Homeowner Out $2,800 Paid To Upfront Fee Foreclosure Rescue Firm In Exchange For Failed Loan Modification Promise
Posted on November 30, 2008Developer Takes A Hike, Leaving Behind Handful Of Homeowners Living In Ghost Town
Posted on November 30, 2008Traveling Real Estate Investment Seminar Teaches Sale Leaseback, Foreclosure Rescue Deals: Media Report
Posted on November 30, 2008Landlord Faces Discrimination Complaint For Allegedly Forcing White Tenant's Move After Being Seen Talking With Black Neighbors In Front Yard
Posted on November 29, 2008Partnership Deal Results In 78 Year Old Connecticut Man's Eviction From Home, Losing Farm & 50% Interest In Property; Now Living Out Of Car
Posted on November 29, 2008Overseas Soldier Facing Foreclosure Over Payment Snafu Looks To TV Troubleshooter To Shine Light On Lender, Straighten Out Mess
Posted on November 29, 2008Foreclosing Lender Seeks "Rent To Own" Permit From City Council To Unload Unsold New Condo Units
Posted on November 29, 2008Prince George's State's Attorney Nearing Indictment On 20 Mortgage, Foreclosure Fraud Cases; Lawyers, Loan Officers, Others In The Cross Hairs
Posted on November 28, 2008Florida Pastor, Wife Charged With Swindling Elderly Couple Out Of $100K+ In Alleged Real Estate Sale, Refinance Scam
Posted on November 28, 2008More Failed "Contract For Deed" Deals, More Homebuyers, 3rd Party Investors Left Holding The Bag
Posted on November 28, 2008Loan Officer Convicted For Role In Mortgage Scam Defrauding 200+ People, 20 Banks; Described As "Architect" Of Scheme
Posted on November 28, 2008Bring Philadelphia Foreclosure Diversion Program To Chicago, Say City, Cook County Officials
Posted on November 28, 2008Some Real Estate Agents Now Arming Themselves To Protect Against Dangers Of Selling Vacant Foreclosures
Posted on November 27, 2008Abandoned Property Dangers Move Town Officials To Post Signs Warning Fire Responders Of Hazardous Homes
Posted on November 27, 2008Central Indiana's Abandoned Home Problem At Crisis Proportions; Lender Inaction Leaves Some In Legal Limbo
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My situation is somewhat difficult to describe, but about two months ago planes began arriving at an airport near my house and an organized stalking effort began. As I'm driving to and from home, cars will begin encircli
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