Maryland Judge Organizes Foreclosure Support Group

Across the nation, millions of homeowners are struggling with their mortgage debts and a significant percentage of them are losing the battle. In Maryland, the continued rise in the number of foreclosure homes...

Will the New Housing Rescue Program Help Many Distressed Homeowners?

When the controversial housing bill became a law last Wednesday, millions of troubled homeowners breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the new housing legislation contains provisions that are supposedly designed...

House Gives Final Nod to Housing Bill

The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed the long-awaited housing rescue bill (H.R. 3221) sending it now for a last Senate approval before President Bush can sign it into law.The vote, at about...

What property slump? Russia's richest woman buys London mansion for £50m onl...

" With most homeowners worried about the plunging price of their property, there's always the exception that proves the rule. After being sold last year for £32million, the biggest private house in London bar...

National Foreclosure Rate Soar 53%

According to the most recent US housing market data released by RealtyTrac, the number of homes that entered some stage of foreclosure has grown by over 50 percent in the last twelve months. For the month of June...

Foreclosure Rescue Bill Faces More Delays

With the nation suffering from the high national foreclosure rate, it is only right that the federal government is busy looking for a long-term solution to this crisis. Among its efforts is the foreclosure rescue...

Sales of million-dollar Tahoe homes fall ... by half!!!

Sierra Nevada mountain living just isn't worth as much as it used to be. Poor Lake Tahoe and the beautiful Ponderosa Pine forests that welcome people from all over ... especially, San Francisco. The fuel to drive...

BC Homeowners urged to Check Titles: Fraudsters

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly makes you wonder, you come home from work and find another family in the process of moving into your home.  Unrealistic? Yes!  Possible? Most...

Feds Charge Couple for $35M Foreclosure Scam

Considered to be one of the biggest foreclosure scam in the history of Maryland, a couple was charged by federal authorities for masterminding a mortgage rescue operation, reportedly worth $35 million.The couple,...

Philadelphia Sheriff Helps Distressed Homeowners

The foreclosure crisis has actually given birth to a slew of non-profit organizations with goals to provide assistance to troubled homeowners in order to avoid foreclosure. But in Philadelphia, one sheriff has...

Declining Default Notices in California Gives Hope to Locals

Since the subprime mess started, California has recorded one of the highest foreclosures rate in the nation. With the state suffering from declining home prices and growing inventory of foreclosure homes, it is...

States Warn Homeowners against Foreclosure Scams

Before, losing your home to foreclosure can be considered to be the worst thing that could happen. But these days, it seems that there is something much worse — falling victim to a foreclosure scam.Overnight,...

Australian Lending Situation Has Parallels in United States

An interesting development in the Australian housing market could be a lesson to lenders and legislators here in the states. Australia’s housing market is in no way in the poor shape that America’s is, as they...

Housing Market Woes Expected to Continue for Some Time

While the first step in battling foreclosures relies on getting homeowners to be able to keep up with their mortgage debts, officials say the long term economic effects that have already been established by the...