August 12, 2011
Senate Bill No. 414 was introduced to address some of the consequences of the downturn in the current real estate market. Section 2 of the Bill […]
July 22, 2011
The purchase of a house is the largest purchase most people will ever make. When hard times hit and a homeowner loses their house, the debt […]
April 18, 2011
Q: After a foreclosure sale of my home, if I still owe money on my loans, what can the lender do to me? A: After the […]
January 4, 2011
Following the purchase of a property, whether it is your home or an investment, an owner would like to believe that the property will increase in […]
December 20, 2010
Click here to read Katherine Porter’s testimony before the Congressional Oversight Panel at the Hearing on the TARP Foreclosure Mitigation Program in which she describes how […]
November 29, 2010
If a homeowner is “underwater” on the mortgage, meaning that the fair market value of the house does not equal the amount owed on the loan […]
September 9, 2010
In a letter addressed to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, several house Democrats requested that Fannie Mae suspend its new policy to bring deficiency judgment lawsuits against […]
July 16, 2010
Nearly 1.7 million homeowners received a foreclosure-related warning between January and June of this year. That translates to 1 in 78 U.S. homes. It is projected […]
July 15, 2010
The latest question in the local real estate market seems to be about the Deed-In-Lieu of Foreclosure and how it can help. A Deed-In-Lieu of Foreclosure […]