Dec 28th 2011 12:00PM
By Les Christie NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Delinquent borrowers facing foreclosure are learning that they can stay in their homes for years, as long as they're willing to put up a fight. Among the tactics: Challenging the bank's actions, waiting to file paperwork right up until the deadline, requesting the lender dig up... Continue Reading »
Nov 4th 2011 2:00PM
When Shantell Curtis sold her Vernal, Utah, home last year, she expected, as a reasonable person might, that she'd paid her last mortgage payment on the house. But her lender, Bank of America, thought differently, according to KUTV 2News in Utah. Because of a $1 "coding error" on the bank's part, the title to Curtis' home... Continue Reading »
Nov 1st 2011 11:10AM
Even those that continue to make payments on a house that no longer exists aren't immune to foreclosure. Brad Gana, of Seabrook, Texas, is being threatened with foreclosure over a home that hasn't existed since it was destroyed by Hurricane Ike in 2008, local Houston 2 News reports. Furthermore, after the hurricane, which... Continue Reading »
Oct 10th 2011 12:30PM
In the ever-widening foreclosure crisis, stories of families losing their homes from predatory lending practices, free-falling property values and modification scams are legion. But for one Houston couple, the reason for their foreclosure was entirely out of their control. Brian and Khanklink Pryon purchased their... Continue Reading »
Jan 20th 2010 3:10PM
Scary thought: even though you own your home free and clear, a bank can still lock you out of it -- without even giving you notice! That's what happened to Alan Schroit last October. The retired cancer researcher and his wife arrived at their at their beach home in the picturesque bay community of Galveston on the Texas... Continue Reading »
