California Foreclosures

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• Gov. Newsom Issues Letter to President to Do More to Solve Homelessness and Housing Insecurity - California Globe
  Gov. Newsom Issues Letter to President to Do More to Solve Homelessness and Housing Insecurity  California Globe

  Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday issued a letter to President Trump and his administration to "do more to address homelessness and.

  Created: 9/17/2019 7:27:47 AM
• Best in Law: Loan Guarantees | Best Best & Krieger LLP - JD Supra
  Best in Law: Loan Guarantees | Best Best & Krieger LLP  JD Supra

  Todd Gee Gives the Good and Bad News on Loan Guarantees in California - The bank asks for a personal guarantee on your business loan. The good news is ...

  Created: 9/17/2019 6:07:30 AM
• Best in Law: What does a loan guarantee really mean? - Press-Enterprise
  Best in Law: What does a loan guarantee really mean?  Press-Enterprise

  The bank asks for a personal guarantee on your business loan. The good news is California is a borrower-friendly state. The bad news is California law is not so ...

  Created: 9/15/2019 6:15:00 AM
• California attorney general joins Oakland’s suit against Wells Fargo for predatory lending - East Bay Times
  California attorney general joins Oakland’s suit against Wells Fargo for predatory lending  East Bay Times

  The suit accuses the bank of steering minority borrowers toward high-cost, risky loans.

  Created: 9/12/2019 9:36:00 AM
• Borrowers Seek Class Cert. In Wells Fargo Foreclosure Suit - Law360
  Borrowers Seek Class Cert. In Wells Fargo Foreclosure Suit  Law360

  Fifteen current and former Wells Fargo mortgage borrowers whose home loans came from or were serviced by Wells Fargo want a California federal judge to ...

  Created: 8/30/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Orlando's 'zombie' home foreclosure rate hits record low since 2016 - Orlando Business Journal
  Orlando's 'zombie' home foreclosure rate hits record low since 2016  Orlando Business Journal

  Orlando's "zombie" home foreclosure rate is at a record low of 2.8% in the third quarter this year, down from 4% in the same period in 2016, according to a new ...

  Created: 8/27/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Brace Yourself: How the Coming Recession Will Impact The Housing Market - SF Gate
  Brace Yourself: How the Coming Recession Will Impact The Housing Market  SF Gate

  It seems that whenever you pick up a newspaper or turn on the news these days, a scary word hits you in the face: recession. Germany is already teetering on ...

  Created: 8/23/2019 12:00:00 AM
• America’s Priciest Listing Sells at Foreclosure Auction - The Wall Street Journal
  America’s Priciest Listing Sells at Foreclosure Auction  The Wall Street Journal

  Once listed for $1 billion, a 157-acre parcel of land in Beverly Hills known as The Mountain has sold at a foreclosure auction to its lender for just $100,000.

  Created: 8/20/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Putting $331M Toward Affordable Housing and Foreclosure - DSNews.com
  Putting $331M Toward Affordable Housing and Foreclosure  DSNews.com

  As California faces a housing crisis, California Governor Gavin Newsom is considering how to spend $331M from a settlement with mortgage lenders on legal ...

  Created: 8/19/2019 12:00:00 AM
• In Beverly Hills, the Mountain’s fate looms as foreclosure auction gets delayed - Los Angeles Times
  In Beverly Hills, the Mountain’s fate looms as foreclosure auction gets delayed  Los Angeles Times

  A foreclosure auction was delayed at the last minute for the Mountain, a 157-property in Beverly Hills that broke records when it listed for $1 billion last year.

  Created: 8/15/2019 12:00:00 AM
• There is Over 1.5 Million Vacant Homes in the U.S. in 2019 - World Property Journal
  There is Over 1.5 Million Vacant Homes in the U.S. in 2019  World Property Journal

  According to ATTOM Data Solutions newly released Q3 2019 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, there are over 1.5 million (1530563) U.S. ...

  Created: 8/15/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Governor Newsom proposes new permanent funding to help Californians fight evictions & foreclosures - Orange County Breeze
  Governor Newsom proposes new permanent funding to help Californians fight evictions & foreclosures  Orange County Breeze

  California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a proposal to create a new permanent fund that would provide legal assistance for struggling California.

  Created: 8/9/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Gov. Newsom Proposes $331 Million For Housing Legal Assistance - KPBS
  Gov. Newsom Proposes $331 Million For Housing Legal Assistance  KPBS

  California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he wants to spend $331 million from a settlement with mortgage lenders on legal aid for homeowners and ...

  Created: 8/8/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes California foreclosure help using money diverted years ago - Los Angeles Times
  Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes California foreclosure help using money diverted years ago  Los Angeles Times

  Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Wednesday to spend California's share of a national mortgage settlement on legal assistance for struggling homeowners and ...

  Created: 8/7/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Tax credits could help foreclosure victims buy homes again - OCRegister
  Tax credits could help foreclosure victims buy homes again  OCRegister

  What's up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel gives us his take. . Rate news summary. From Freddie Mac's weekly survey: ...

  Created: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM
• When Do You Have to Move Out During a Foreclosure? | realtor.com® - Realtor.com News
  When Do You Have to Move Out During a Foreclosure? | realtor.com®  Realtor.com News

  Going through a foreclosure can be confusing, complicated, and scary. Here is a guide to help you know when you actually need to be out of the house.

  Created: 7/30/2019 11:35:03 AM
• These Cities Are Most in Danger of a Housing Crisis, Study Finds - Yahoo Finance
  These Cities Are Most in Danger of a Housing Crisis, Study Finds  Yahoo Finance

  For most people, the housing crisis of 2008 is still a recent and painful memory of precisely how damaging a housing crisis can be. When housing markets aren't ...

  Created: 7/30/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Kamala Harris Touts Tough-on-Banks Record. Others See a More Complicated Picture - The Wall Street Journal
  Kamala Harris Touts Tough-on-Banks Record. Others See a More Complicated Picture  The Wall Street Journal

  Since she entered the presidential race, Sen. Kamala Harris has touted her record as California attorney general in forcing big banks to make amends to ...

  Created: 7/29/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Southern California home prices rose only a little in June, and sales slid - Los Angeles Times
  Southern California home prices rose only a little in June, and sales slid  Los Angeles Times

  Southern California home prices rose only 1.2% in June from a year earlier, while sales fell 8.8%, reflecting a broad slowdown in the region's pricey housing ...

  Created: 7/26/2019 12:00:00 AM
• I bought a foreclosure in San Francisco. Here are six tough lessons I learned. - SFGate
  I bought a foreclosure in San Francisco. Here are six tough lessons I learned.  SFGate

  With the real estate market just now beginning to take a breather after a years-long sprint, it's a good time to remember that a decade ago the Bay Area was not ...

  Created: 7/26/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Madison County foreclosures July 12-18 - Madison County Record
  Madison County foreclosures July 12-18  Madison County Record

  There were eight foreclosures in Madison County from July 12-18.

  Created: 7/24/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Court tells Calif. to use mortgage settlement money to help homeowners - San Francisco Chronicle
  Court tells Calif. to use mortgage settlement money to help homeowners  San Francisco Chronicle

  The state Supreme Court required California on Wednesday to spend $331 million from a national banking settlement to help homeowners victimized by ...

  Created: 7/17/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Lawsuit challenges Wayne County's authority to take homes over tax debts - Detroit Free Press
  Lawsuit challenges Wayne County's authority to take homes over tax debts  Detroit Free Press

  While some cheer efforts to stop homes In Wayne County from being foreclosed and sold at auction over taxes, others worry about lawsuit motivations.

  Created: 7/10/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Foreclosures in Western U.S. a Cause for Concern - DSNews.com
  Foreclosures in Western U.S. a Cause for Concern  DSNews.com

  Auction.com's first Client Summit Survey reported that 40% of its respondents revealed the western region of the U.S. is expected to see the largest rise of ...

  Created: 7/10/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Kamala Harris's Wrongheaded Housing Plan - City Journal
  Kamala Harris's Wrongheaded Housing Plan  City Journal

  With her popularity on the rise following the Democratic presidential debates last month, California Senator Kamala Harris has announced a $100 billion ...

  Created: 7/10/2019 12:00:00 AM
• LA is relaunching interactive foreclosure map – and now public can use it to report problem properties - LA Daily News
  LA is relaunching interactive foreclosure map – and now public can use it to report problem properties  LA Daily News

  LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department plans to re-launch its map that tracks residences in foreclosure on July 1 ...

  Created: 6/29/2019 12:00:00 AM
• California's Affordable Housing Crisis Has Critics Asking: Where's Kamala? - VICE
  California's Affordable Housing Crisis Has Critics Asking: Where's Kamala?  VICE

  The 2020 contender is surprisingly absent on the affordable housing issue given how pressing it is in her home state.

  Created: 6/26/2019 12:00:00 AM
• NJ Amends Key Property Foreclosure Processes | Fox Rothschild LLP - JD Supra
  NJ Amends Key Property Foreclosure Processes | Fox Rothschild LLP  JD Supra

  New Jersey's mortgage and property creditors must comply with new foreclosure provisions that accelerate title transfers and sales of abandoned properties and ...

  Created: 6/24/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Democrat Rep. Katie Porter Supports Impeachment of Trump, Has Her Own Ethics Concerns - California Globe
  Democrat Rep. Katie Porter Supports Impeachment of Trump, Has Her Own Ethics Concerns  California Globe

  Freshman U.S. Rep. Katie Porter added her name on Monday to an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump. The Democrat from Irvine joined ...

  Created: 6/18/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Measure EE’s defeat gives hope to California’s taxpayers - OCRegister
  Measure EE’s defeat gives hope to California’s taxpayers  OCRegister

  Howard Jarvis lives! The spirit of his Proposition 13 tax revolt in 1978 animated the June 4 demise of Measure EE in Los Angeles. Needing a two-thirds majority ...

  Created: 6/15/2019 12:00:00 AM
• California seniors turned to reverse mortgages to stay in their homes. More than 9,000 loans failed. - The Desert Sun
  California seniors turned to reverse mortgages to stay in their homes. More than 9,000 loans failed.  The Desert Sun

  In pockets of California's Inland Empire, reverse mortgage loans were unusually likely to end in foreclosure.

  Created: 6/12/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Seniors were sold a risk-free retirement with reverse mortgages. Now they face foreclosure. - USA TODAY
  Seniors were sold a risk-free retirement with reverse mortgages. Now they face foreclosure.  USA TODAY

  Patricia Blair looks over the items left in the basement as she prepares to vacate her second-generation home and move into an apartment. JASPER COLT, USA ...

  Created: 6/11/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Reverse mortgages left many seniors in foreclosure. Here's what can be done to stop it - USA TODAY
  Reverse mortgages left many seniors in foreclosure. Here's what can be done to stop it  USA TODAY

  Seniors are being harmed by reverse mortgage foreclosures, these steps can help prevent that in the future.

  Created: 6/11/2019 12:00:00 AM
• CoreLogic Reports Lowest U.S. Foreclosure Rate for a March in at Least 20 Years; Overall and Serious Delinquency Rates for a March at 13 Year Lows - Yahoo Finance
  CoreLogic Reports Lowest U.S. Foreclosure Rate for a March in at Least 20 Years; Overall and Serious Delinquency Rates for a March at 13 Year Lows  Yahoo Finance

  CoreLogic® (CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today released its monthly Loan Performance Insights ...

  Created: 6/11/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Spokane-area foreclosures decline further - Spokane Journal of Business
  Spokane-area foreclosures decline further  Spokane Journal of Business

  Recent data released by Irvine, California-based real estate research company Attom Data Solutions show foreclosure rates for Spokane County, already at a ...

  Created: 6/6/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Editorial: L.A. is spending billions to fix homelessness. The problem is only getting worse - Los Angeles Times
  Editorial: L.A. is spending billions to fix homelessness. The problem is only getting worse  Los Angeles Times

  Even as the county housed a record number of homeless people, more fell into homelessness sending the numbers up. We have to keep new people from ...

  Created: 6/4/2019 12:00:00 AM
• County opens registration for year's second property auction - 10News
  County opens registration for year's second property auction  10News

  San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan↵McAllister opened registration today for a property auction to sell leftover↵properties from the county's last ...

  Created: 6/4/2019 12:00:00 AM
• California’s Democratic Party’s sex harassment turmoil leads to raucous election - San Francisco Chronicle
  California’s Democratic Party’s sex harassment turmoil leads to raucous election  San Francisco Chronicle

  Complaints of personal financial failings, the party's purported lack of fiscal controls and continuing fallout from former party chair Eric Bauman's resignation in ...

  Created: 5/30/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Is another Southern California housing crash needed to create ‘affordable’ housing? - OCRegister
  Is another Southern California housing crash needed to create ‘affordable’ housing?  OCRegister

  Are Southern California homes more unaffordable these days? Well, it depends on which yardstick you're using. If you look at home pricing and incomes since ...

  Created: 5/27/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Riverside County Offers Up Tax-Defaulted Properties At Auction - Patch.com
  Riverside County Offers Up Tax-Defaulted Properties At Auction  Patch.com

  RivCo Offers Up Tax-Defaulted Properties - Banning-Beaumont, CA - Nearly 800 tax-defaulted properties throughout Riverside County will be on the auction ...

  Created: 5/24/2019 12:00:00 AM
• WATCH: Ben Carson Struggles to Explain Foreclosure Term - Heavy.com
  WATCH: Ben Carson Struggles to Explain Foreclosure Term  Heavy.com

  California rep Katie Porter says Ben Carson doesn't know the difference between a foreclosure term and a chocolate sandwich cookie.

  Created: 5/21/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Zillow: Monthly Home Values Drop for First Time in Seven Years - Think Realty
  Zillow: Monthly Home Values Drop for First Time in Seven Years  Think Realty

  All good things must come to an end, and that includes nearly a decade of growth for home values. Month-over-month home values have increased steadily ...

  Created: 5/21/2019 12:00:00 AM
• New Jersey Revises RMLA and Various Foreclosure Acts - JD Supra
  New Jersey Revises RMLA and Various Foreclosure Acts  JD Supra

  On April 29, 2019, the New Jersey governor signed a number of bills amending the New Jersey mortgage foreclosure process. The amendments affect ...

  Created: 5/20/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Foreclosure Starts Spike in Washington, Florida, Oregon and Louisiana; New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware Rank Highest in Foreclosure Rate; Completed Foreclosures Decrease 22 Percent - Florida Trend
  Foreclosure Starts Spike in Washington, Florida, Oregon and Louisiana; New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware Rank Highest in Foreclosure Rate; Completed Foreclosures Decrease 22 Percent  Florida Trend

  RVINE, Calif., May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation's premier property database and first property data provider of ...

  Created: 5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM
• All Things Real Estate: Trustee should give you extra money from foreclosure sale - Fairfield Daily Republic
  All Things Real Estate: Trustee should give you extra money from foreclosure sale  Fairfield Daily Republic

  Q: Last year we ran into financial problems and during the summer our home was sold by the bank. We moved in with my family and eventually rented an ...

  Created: 5/4/2019 5:07:05 AM
• REO Volume in High-Performing Metros - DSNews.com
  REO Volume in High-Performing Metros  DSNews.com

  Here's how a recent study predicts some metros to improve, or worsen, given current home price index data and REO volume.

  Created: 5/1/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Despite Rate Dip, These Counties Lead Foreclosure Starts - Think Realty
  Despite Rate Dip, These Counties Lead Foreclosure Starts  Think Realty

  While mortgage delinquency rates decline around the U.S., there are still a handful of counties seeing relatively high rates for foreclosure starts.

  Created: 4/19/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Post-Foreclosure Law Suits Barred - The National Law Review
  Post-Foreclosure Law Suits Barred  The National Law Review

  If a Clerk of Court authorizes a foreclosure sale and the trustee sells the property, can a borrower or other aggrieved party later sue to nullify the foreclosure sale ...

  Created: 4/15/2019 12:00:00 AM
• ATTOM: Foreclosure Starts Jumped in Q1 But Remain Below Pre-Crisis Levels - Mortgageorb
  ATTOM: Foreclosure Starts Jumped in Q1 But Remain Below Pre-Crisis Levels  Mortgageorb

  Foreclosure starts were up 7% in the first quarter compared with the fourth quarter but were down 3% compared with the first quarter of 2018, according to the ...

  Created: 4/15/2019 12:00:00 AM
• US Foreclosures Down to Lowest Levels Since 2008 - World Property Journal
  US Foreclosures Down to Lowest Levels Since 2008  World Property Journal

  A total of 161875 U.S. properties with a foreclosure filing during the first quarter of 2019, down 23 percent from the previous quarter and down 15 percent from a ...

  Created: 4/11/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Time-Barred Foreclosures and the Statute of Limitations - DSNews.com
  Time-Barred Foreclosures and the Statute of Limitations  DSNews.com

  Over the past several years, those who *service* loans in the State of Washington have seen a dramatic rise in the number of lawsuits in which delinquent ...

  Created: 4/4/2019 12:00:00 AM
• How Long Will States’ Foreclosure Prevention Services Last? - U.S. News & World Report
  How Long Will States’ Foreclosure Prevention Services Last?  U.S. News & World Report

  New York leads the way with its mortgage assistance programs, and lawmakers eke out $20 million in funding for another year.

  Created: 4/4/2019 12:00:00 AM
• California ordered to use settlement money as it was intended — to help homeowners - San Francisco Chronicle
  California ordered to use settlement money as it was intended — to help homeowners  San Francisco Chronicle

  California is wrongly holding on to $331 million from a nationwide bank settlement and must use the money for its intended purpose: to help homeowners ...

  Created: 4/2/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Kamala Harris’ mortgage meltdown record under scrutiny as campaign heats up - San Francisco Chronicle
  Kamala Harris’ mortgage meltdown record under scrutiny as campaign heats up  San Francisco Chronicle

  Sen. Kamala Harris points to how she wrestled $20 billion from banks as California attorney general during the housing meltdown. But she rarely says much ...

  Created: 4/1/2019 12:00:00 AM
• FDCPA and Judicial Foreclosures - The National Law Review
  FDCPA and Judicial Foreclosures  The National Law Review

  SCOTUS decision in Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP unanimously finds that law firm hired to handle nonjudicial foreclosure in CO isn't a "debt collector."

  Created: 3/21/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Supreme Court makes it harder for borrowers to fight foreclosures in non-judicial states - HousingWire
  Supreme Court makes it harder for borrowers to fight foreclosures in non-judicial states  HousingWire

  Law firms, mortgage lenders and servicers were just awarded more protection in serving non-judicial foreclosures, according to a recent Supreme Court ruling.

  Created: 3/20/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Why out-of-control bubble-era mortgages still threaten to smash major U.S. housing markets - MarketWatch
  Why out-of-control bubble-era mortgages still threaten to smash major U.S. housing markets  MarketWatch

  The 2004-07 bubble era in U.S. housing markets was a time of utter madness. Much has been written about it, but almost nothing has been said about the ...

  Created: 3/19/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Counties With Most Abundant Foreclosure-Buying Opportunities - Think Realty
  Counties With Most Abundant Foreclosure-Buying Opportunities  Think Realty

  The counties with the most abundant forclosure-buying opportunities.

  Created: 3/14/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Kamala Harris Celebrates Her Role in the Mortgage Crisis Settlement. The Reality Is Quite Different. - The Intercept
  Kamala Harris Celebrates Her Role in the Mortgage Crisis Settlement. The Reality Is Quite Different.  The Intercept

  Pretty much every major Democratic official involved in responding to the foreclosure crisis during the Obama years did an unforgivably terrible job. That's how ...

  Created: 3/13/2019 12:00:00 AM
• 723 properties up for grabs at San Diego County auction - 10News
  723 properties up for grabs at San Diego County auction  10News

  SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Registration begins Friday for this year's 26th annual online property auction. The county will have 723 properties available for bids during ...

  Created: 3/7/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Foreclosure rates haven’t been this low since before the Great Recession - Bankrate.com
  Foreclosure rates haven’t been this low since before the Great Recession  Bankrate.com

  National foreclosure rates continued their recovery in 2018 from their peak during the Great Recession. Foreclosure filings were reported on one out of every ...

  Created: 3/6/2019 12:00:00 AM
• First Circuit Invalidates Foreclosure for Paragraph 19 Non-Compliance in Pre-Foreclosure Cure Notice Despite Notice’s Factual Accuracy - JD Supra
  First Circuit Invalidates Foreclosure for Paragraph 19 Non-Compliance in Pre-Foreclosure Cure Notice Despite Notice’s Factual Accuracy  JD Supra

  Overview: The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently held that a notice of default and right to cure (“Cure Notice”) potentially misled the ...

  Created: 2/25/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Former Fannie Mae employee found guilty of making millions on shady foreclosure sales - HousingWire
  Former Fannie Mae employee found guilty of making millions on shady foreclosure sales  HousingWire

  A former Fannie Mae employee is now facing 40 years in prison after being found guilty of accepting millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for ...

  Created: 2/15/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Report: Foreclosures and Delinquencies at Lowest levels in 10 years, expected to rise in 2019 - Think Realty
  Report: Foreclosures and Delinquencies at Lowest levels in 10 years, expected to rise in 2019  Think Realty

  Mortgage delinquency rates and foreclosures have dropped to their lowest rates in 10 years, according to a recent CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights report.

  Created: 2/13/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Homeowners in government mortgage programs remain at risk of unnecessary foreclosure | TheHill - The Hill
  Homeowners in government mortgage programs remain at risk of unnecessary foreclosure | TheHill  The Hill

  One aspect of the recent government shutdown that has received too little attention is that it significantly increased the risk that thousands of struggling ...

  Created: 1/31/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Kamala Harris' complicated history with Wall Street will come under scrutiny in the 2020 race - CNBC
  Kamala Harris' complicated history with Wall Street will come under scrutiny in the 2020 race  CNBC

  Sen. Kamala Harris' history with Wall Street and the banking industry is about to come under scrutiny in a big way as the California Democrat joins what is ...

  Created: 1/26/2019 12:00:00 AM
• New Mexico bucks national foreclosure trend, says report - Albuquerque Business First
  New Mexico bucks national foreclosure trend, says report  Albuquerque Business First

  Newly released data shows New Mexico is bucking the national trend when it comes to residential foreclosure rates, but not in a good way. A new report by ...

  Created: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM
• The Tender Rule — Reinstatement and Redemption are Different - JD Supra
  The Tender Rule — Reinstatement and Redemption are Different  JD Supra

  Under California's “tender rule,” a borrower suing to halt or unwind a wrongful foreclosure sale generally must allege that it tendered the amounts due on the ...

  Created: 1/21/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Law Review: Supreme Court ruling on eviction after foreclosure - Sierra Sun
  Law Review: Supreme Court ruling on eviction after foreclosure  Sierra Sun

  California foreclosure law is complicated. During and after the recession, I counselled hundreds of folks facing foreclosure and loss of their homes. Fortunately ...

  Created: 1/20/2019 12:00:00 AM
• ATTOM: Foreclosure Starts Fell 6% in 2018 - Mortgageorb
  ATTOM: Foreclosure Starts Fell 6% in 2018  Mortgageorb

  Lenders started the foreclosure process on 369,170 residential properties in 2018, down 6% from 2017 and down 83% from a peak of about 2.1 million in 2009, ...

  Created: 1/18/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Foreclosures drop to 13-year low - Atlanta Business Chronicle
  Foreclosures drop to 13-year low  Atlanta Business Chronicle

  Property foreclosures in the U.S. fell to a 13-year low in 2018, although Georgia remains among the nation's leaders, according to a report unveiled today.

  Created: 1/17/2019 12:00:00 AM
• The mortgage industry isn't ready for a foreclosure crisis created by climate change - CNBC
  The mortgage industry isn't ready for a foreclosure crisis created by climate change  CNBC

  A foreclosure crisis spurred by climate change is becoming a real threat to the mortgage industry as extreme storms and other natural disasters increasingly ...

  Created: 1/17/2019 12:00:00 AM
• Private equity firm acquires parent of Irvine-based RealtyTrac - OCRegister
  Private equity firm acquires parent of Irvine-based RealtyTrac  OCRegister

  A Southern California-based data firm considered a go-to source for foreclosure numbers during the housing crash has been acquired. Private equity firm Lovell ...

  Created: 1/8/2019 12:00:00 AM
• 'I begged them for help': Wells Fargo foreclosure nightmare - CNN
  'I begged them for help': Wells Fargo foreclosure nightmare  CNN

  Jeff and Eva Reiner are among hundreds of homeowners that Wells Fargo foreclosed on due to a glitch.

  Created: 12/12/2018 12:00:00 AM
• Housing in the Central Valley is changing. But not necessarily for the better. - The Modesto Bee
  Housing in the Central Valley is changing. But not necessarily for the better.  The Modesto Bee

  The Central Valley is slowly becoming a society of renters. New numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau show that many counties have seen double-digit growth ...

  Created: 12/9/2018 12:00:00 AM
• Foreclosure Fine Ordinance in Richmond, California - Shareable
  Foreclosure Fine Ordinance in Richmond, California  Shareable

  Cities across the U.S. experienced a record number of foreclosures following the burst of the housing bubble in 2007 and the ensuing financial crisis. Millions of ...

  Created: 11/28/2018 12:00:00 AM
• Wells Fargo says it improperly foreclosed on more borrowers than originally estimated - Los Angeles Times
  Wells Fargo says it improperly foreclosed on more borrowers than originally estimated  Los Angeles Times

  Wells Fargo said this summer it had failed to offer mortgage modifications to more than 600 borrowers, some of whom lost their homes. Now, the bank says ...

  Created: 11/6/2018 12:00:00 AM
• Uneven Recovery: Many High-Foreclosure ZIP Codes Haven't Bounced Back - Zillow Research
  Uneven Recovery: Many High-Foreclosure ZIP Codes Haven't Bounced Back  Zillow Research

  In most major markets, ZIP codes that experienced the fewest foreclosures during the housing bust have recovered significantly more than those with the most ...

  Created: 11/6/2018 12:00:00 AM
• The Difference Between a “Voidable” and “Void” Assignment of a Deed of Trust, and Why It Matters - JD Supra
  The Difference Between a “Voidable” and “Void” Assignment of a Deed of Trust, and Why It Matters  JD Supra

  For nearly three years, one of the rapidly developing areas of California foreclosure law has focused on whether a borrower has “standing” to challenge a ...

  Created: 11/5/2018 12:00:00 AM
• Another Southern California home-price boom is cooling. Is a crash looming? - Los Angeles Times
  Another Southern California home-price boom is cooling. Is a crash looming?  Los Angeles Times

  The housing market is slowing down, leading many would-be buyers to ponder if a crash is on the horizon. The history of Southern California housing booms is ...

  Created: 11/4/2018 12:00:00 AM
• Wall Street Is Spending Big to Protect Its Ability to Jack Up Rents in California - The Intercept
  Wall Street Is Spending Big to Protect Its Ability to Jack Up Rents in California  The Intercept

  The world's largest real estate management firm has spent $7 million against a ballot measure that would allow cities to re-establish rent control laws.

  Created: 10/12/2018 12:00:00 AM
• Home foreclosures in Maine keep going down — Business — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine - Bangor Daily News
  Home foreclosures in Maine keep going down — Business — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine  Bangor Daily News

  Maine followed the national trend with foreclosures decreasing in the third quarter, compared with the same July-to-September period in 2017 and the second ...

  Created: 10/11/2018 12:00:00 AM
• California Reinstates Homeowner Bill of Rights with Amendments - JD Supra
  California Reinstates Homeowner Bill of Rights with Amendments  JD Supra

  The State of California recently reinstated and amended its Homeowner Bill of Rights, which previously expired on January 1, 2018. The Homeowner Bill of ...

  Created: 10/9/2018 12:00:00 AM
• A decade after the housing crisis, foreclosures still haunt homeowners - MarketWatch
  A decade after the housing crisis, foreclosures still haunt homeowners  MarketWatch

  Those who went into foreclosure during the housing crisis are still feeling its effects.

  Created: 9/30/2018 12:00:00 AM
• Jerry Brown signs bill on disputed foreclosure funds - San Francisco Chronicle
  Jerry Brown signs bill on disputed foreclosure funds  San Francisco Chronicle

  A new law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown allows the state to keep $331 million that a court had designated for programs to help California homeowners who had ...

  Created: 9/11/2018 12:00:00 AM
• California Dems Rush to Overturn Court Ruling on Foreclosure Settlement Funds - National Mortgage Professional Magazine
  California Dems Rush to Overturn Court Ruling on Foreclosure Settlement Funds  National Mortgage Professional Magazine

  Democratic legislators in California are scrambling to create a new law that will void a recent court ruling that mandates the state use $331 million from a 2012 ...

  Created: 8/20/2018 12:00:00 AM
• California Democrats move quickly to change law on foreclosure funds - San Francisco Chronicle
  California Democrats move quickly to change law on foreclosure funds  San Francisco Chronicle

  Democratic lawmakers in Sacramento are moving quickly on legislation to overturn a court ruling that would require the state to use $331 million to aid ...

  Created: 8/17/2018 12:00:00 AM
• Big investment firms have stopped gobbling up California homes - LA Daily News
  Big investment firms have stopped gobbling up California homes  LA Daily News

  By Matt Levin, CALmatters. Astronomical prices are forcing a rising share of California families to postpone buying a house. As a result, the state's record-low ...

  Created: 4/5/2018 12:00:00 AM
• How two smart California laws kept the 2008 mortgage crisis from being far worse - Sacramento Bee
  How two smart California laws kept the 2008 mortgage crisis from being far worse  Sacramento Bee

  A decade after the mortgage crisis swept California, home prices are rising, far fewer borrowers are under water, and the state's economy and government's ...

  Created: 3/13/2018 12:00:00 AM
• Affordability Issue Could Increase SoCal Foreclosures - GlobeSt.com
  Affordability Issue Could Increase SoCal Foreclosures  GlobeSt.com

  While national and Southern California foreclosure rates are at historically low levels foreclosures could rise in this market if some fundamentals don't change ...

  Created: 1/18/2018 12:00:00 AM
• The Housing Meltdown Would Have Been Far Worse without California's Anti-Foreclosure Laws - UCLA Anderson Review
  The Housing Meltdown Would Have Been Far Worse without California's Anti-Foreclosure Laws  UCLA Anderson Review

  The subprime mortgage crisis that broke out a decade ago is widely recalled as an uncontrolled and destructive plunge in housing prices. New research ...

  Created: 1/10/2018 12:00:00 AM
• Remember foreclosures? See where in Southern California these (and short sales) are having the biggest impact - OCRegister
  Remember foreclosures? See where in Southern California these (and short sales) are having the biggest impact  OCRegister

  “Distressed” sellers — often seen as bargain opportunities for house hunters — have not only become a Southern California rarity, but the few homes put on the ...

  Created: 11/10/2017 12:00:00 AM
• To Solve the Next Foreclosure Crisis, Look to Sacramento - The Regulatory Review
  To Solve the Next Foreclosure Crisis, Look to Sacramento  The Regulatory Review

  California was more effective than the federal government at preventing foreclosures during the Great Recession.

  Created: 10/31/2017 12:00:00 AM
• Southern California’s foreclosure mill runs at one-tenth its peak pace - OCRegister
  Southern California’s foreclosure mill runs at one-tenth its peak pace  OCRegister

  You may still be having some economic flashbacks to the ugly end of the previous business boom. It's a bit natural to be worried that the current extended ...

  Created: 4/16/2017 12:00:00 AM
• California investigators wanted to sue Mnuchin bank over foreclosures - CNN
  California investigators wanted to sue Mnuchin bank over foreclosures  CNN

  California investigators wanted to file a lawsuit in 2013 against a bank owned by Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the Treasury ...

  Created: 1/4/2017 12:00:00 AM
• $25-billion foreclosure settlement was a victory for Kamala Harris in California, but it wasn't perfect - Los Angeles Times
  $25-billion foreclosure settlement was a victory for Kamala Harris in California, but it wasn't perfect  Los Angeles Times

  One of Kamala Harris' biggest accomplishments as attorney general has been $25-billion mortgage settlement. But she didn't deliver on all her promises.

  Created: 10/16/2016 12:00:00 AM
• California high court opens door to wrongful foreclosure suits - Los Angeles Times
  California high court opens door to wrongful foreclosure suits  Los Angeles Times

  During the bust that followed last decade's housing boom, hundreds of thousands of Californians lost their homes to foreclosure.

  Created: 3/2/2016 12:00:00 AM
• Foreclosures surge in Southern California, but for how long? - Los Angeles Times
  Foreclosures surge in Southern California, but for how long?  Los Angeles Times

  Foreclosures in Southern California hit their highest level in two years in January, according to new data out Thursday. But market-watchers say it's more a ...

  Created: 2/12/2015 12:00:00 AM
• California and Stockton top foreclosure statistics nationwide | 89.3 KPCC - 89.3 KPCC
  California and Stockton top foreclosure statistics nationwide | 89.3 KPCC  89.3 KPCC

  Sometimes, the good news and the bad news are the same thing. That's the takeaway from the July 2012 foreclosure report that Irvine-based RealtyTrac just ...

  Created: 8/8/2012 12:00:00 AM
• California home foreclosures top 236,000 in 2008 - Los Angeles Times
  California home foreclosures top 236,000 in 2008  Los Angeles Times

  More than 236,000 homes were lost to foreclosure in California last year, topping the previous nine years combined, data released Tuesday show. And the ...

  Created: 1/28/2009 12:00:00 AM