foreclosure prevention

Posted on: Saturday, November 21, 2009
Oklahoma Foreclosure Prevention Efforts

For 2009, Oklahoma ranked 34th among all states in foreclosure rate, an increase of 3.79% from the year before. Nationally, 2009 was the worse year for foreclosures in US history, with 2.8 million property owners receiving a foreclosure notice.

Foreclosures in Oklahoma are either non judicial or judicial. The lender does not have to go to [...]

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Posted on: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Foreclosures Hit Blacks and Latinos Harder
Foreclosures Hit Blacks and Latinos Harder

“The study finds that Blacks and Latinos were two to nine more likely to have high cost mortgages than whites,” according to WCVI President Antonio Gonzalez. “These predatory banking practices have directly led to the loss of homes.”

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Posted on: Friday, October 16, 2009
Mortgage Fraud Ring Busted
Mortgage Fraud Ring Busted

Mortgage Outreach.org prides itself on being an objective reputable information source for homeowners in trouble. It has consistently warned borrowers of pitfalls in obtaining a mortgage payment reduction.

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Posted on: Monday, October 12, 2009
Foreclosure Increase Looms
Foreclosure Increase Looms

Rising unemployment, generally flat or even falling home prices, and impending mortgage rate resets threaten to cast millions more out of their homes with devastating effects on families

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Posted on: Monday, September 21, 2009
Don’t Pay Upfront Fees
Don’t Pay Upfront Fees

If you walk into office of most mortgage help firms you’ll observe a typical phone room boiler room with banks of hard core salespeople on auto dialers, cajoling and coercing vulnerable borrowers into forking over scarce cash for help.

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Posted on: Friday, September 18, 2009
Persistence Pays Off
Persistence Pays Off

The counselors who answer the phone are attuned to your needs. The only reason they are not moving as quickly as you’d want is that they are overwhelmed.

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Posted on: Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Deficiency Judgments Can Cause Lingering Grief
Deficiency Judgments Can Cause Lingering Grief

It’s all too easy to get disheartened about your mortgage difficulties and simply decide to pack up and walk away from your home, especially if your mortgage is now substantially greater than the value of your house.

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Posted on: Thursday, August 13, 2009
If Keeping Your Home Seems Hard, It Is
If Keeping Your Home Seems Hard, It Is

If you get a call or a letter that offers help with your mortgage, look into how legitimate the company is. Is it a member of the Better Business Bureau? Is it registered with your local regulatory agency like your state’s department of real estate?

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Posted on: Thursday, July 30, 2009
Mortgage Servicers Called to Washington
Mortgage Servicers Called to Washington

Since the program’s inception in March, the Obama Program has modified only 200,000 while more than a million homeowners received default notices in the first half of the year.

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Posted on: Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Why is Making Home Affordable Falling Short?
Why is Making Home Affordable Falling Short?

Why is Making Home Affordable Falling Short? By most estimates, it has been applied to 5% of those eligible while a record 5.4 million American homeowners are now behind on their mortgage payments.

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