http://www.newsvine.com/foreclosuresNewsvine - foreclosuresen-usCopyright 2013Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:51:17 +0000Sat, 25 May 2013 05:03:06 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16683363-as-nevada-housing-brightens-some-see-storm-cominghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16683363-as-nevada-housing-brightens-some-see-storm-comingnevadaus-newsnvforeclosuresThu, 24 Jan 2013 22:23:43 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14949316-govt-suspends-foreclosures-in-ri-because-of-stormhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14949316-govt-suspends-foreclosures-in-ri-because-of-stormussuspendedpoliticsrhode-islandforeclosuressuperstormMon, 5 Nov 2012 22:16:55 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/26/12958322-california-still-dominates-foreclosure-scenehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/26/12958322-california-still-dominates-foreclosure-scenebusinessussceneforeclosuresThu, 26 Jul 2012 04:02:12 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/24/12930792-charities-help-pets-when-foreclosure-victims-canthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/24/12930792-charities-help-pets-when-foreclosure-victims-cantusus-newspetsforeclosurescarla-wallerTue, 24 Jul 2012 18:08:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo taken on Thursday, July 12, 2012, Jodi Polanski, founder and executive director of Lost Our Home Pet Foundation, poses with pets in Phoenix. Lost Our Home helps people facing foreclosure place their pets with other families or in foster environments until their owners can get them back. Lost Our Home Pet Foundation rescue and food bank relies primarily on fosters although it did open a small shelter in April. It has 35 to 40 animals in the shelter and 220 in foster homes and has placed over 2,000 animals in four years. (AP Photo/Matt York)</p><p>In this photo taken on Thursday, July 12, 2012, a pair of foster kittens play inside Lost Our Home Pet Foundation in Phoenix. Lost Our Home helps people facing foreclosure place their pets with other families or in foster environments until their owners can get them back. Lost Our Home Pet Foundation rescue and food bank relies primarily on fosters although it did open a small shelter in April. It has 35 to 40 animals in the shelter and 220 in foster homes and has placed over 2,000 animals in four years. (AP Photo/Matt York)</p><p>In this photo taken on Thursday, July 12, 2012, Jodi Polanski, founder and executive director of Lost Our Home Pet Foundation, stands outside her business in Phoenix. Lost Our Home helps people facing foreclosure place their pets with other families or in foster environments until their owners can get them back. Lost Our Home Pet Foundation rescue and food bank relies primarily on fosters although it did open a small shelter in April. It has 35 to 40 animals in the shelter and 220 in foster homes and has placed over 2,000 animals in four years. (AP Photo/Matt York)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/19/12822117-foreclosure-crisis-hits-older-americans-hardhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/19/12822117-foreclosure-crisis-hits-older-americans-harduspoliticshomeownersforeclosuresolder-homeownersThu, 19 Jul 2012 04:02:22 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this file photograph taken Feb. 23, 2009, a foreclosure sign blows in the wind in front of a home under foreclosure in Antioch, Calif. More than 1.5 million older Americans already have lost their homes, with millions more at risk as the national housing crisis takes its toll on those who are among the worst positioned to weather the storm, a new AARP report says. Older African Americans and Hispanics are the hardest hit. "The Great Recession has been brutal for many older Americans," said Debra Whitman, AARP's policy chief. "This shows that home ownership doesn't guarantee financial security later in life." (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/02/12526701-key-provisions-in-california-foreclosure-billhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/02/12526701-key-provisions-in-california-foreclosure-billusglancecaliforniaus-newsforeclosuresMon, 2 Jul 2012 17:24:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/02/12518946-assembly-oks-adding-bank-settlement-into-calif-lawhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/02/12518946-assembly-oks-adding-bank-settlement-into-calif-lawuscaliforniaus-newsforeclosuresMon, 2 Jul 2012 08:18:44 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this June 22, 2012 file photo, DeAun Tollefson holds the notice of trustee sale, outside her home in Sacramento, Calif. California will become the first state to write into law much of the national mortgage settlement negotiated this year with the nation's top five banks, and expand it to all mortgages, if state lawmakers approve wide-ranging legislation on Monday, July 2, 2012.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)</p><p>Attorney General Kamala Harris, second from right, talks with homeowner Jose Vega, second from left, after the homeowner protection legislation she backed was approved by the Legislature at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, July 2, 2012. Vega, accompanied by his son Roberto, 11, left, and daughter, Luciana,8, had lobbied lawmakers to pass the bills after he spent three years battling to keep his home in the San Francisco-area city of Pittsburg. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)</p><p>Assemblyman Mike Eng, D-Monterey Park, center, receives congratulations from Assembly members Jose Solorio, D-Santa Ana, left, and Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles, after the homeowner protection legislation Eng was carrying was approved by the Assembly 53-25 at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.., Monday, July 2, 2012. The legislation would require large lenders to provide a single point of contact for homeowners who want to discuss loan modifications, prohibit lenders from foreclosing while the lenders consider homeowners' request for alternatives to foreclosure and let California homeowners sue lenders to stop foreclosures or seek monetary damages if the lenders violate state law. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)</p><p>State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, is thanked by homeowner DeAun Tollefson, after he helped get homeowner protection legislation approved by the Legislature at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, July 2, 2012. The legislation would require large lenders to provide a single point of contact for homeowners who want to discuss loan modifications, prohibit lenders from foreclosing while the lenders consider homeowners' request for alternatives to foreclosure and let California homeowners sue lenders to stop foreclosures or seek monetary damages if the lenders violate state law. Tollefson's is facing the loss of her Sacramento home due to foreclosure.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/12/11162509-close-to-bottoming-home-prices-may-rise-in-2013http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/12/11162509-close-to-bottoming-home-prices-may-rise-in-2013reuterspriceswavethreatenforeclosureseconomistsnearingrelentlessonly-on-msnbc-comThu, 12 Apr 2012 14:41:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>The relentless decline in home prices is nearing an end and prices should rise for the first time in seven years in 2013, but a possible new wave of foreclosures could threaten the recovery, according a Reuters poll of economists.</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/05/11042136-fed-issues-guidelines-for-banks-converting-homeshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/05/11042136-fed-issues-guidelines-for-banks-converting-homesbusinessusfedfederal-reserverentalsforeclosuresThu, 5 Apr 2012 22:06:22 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/05/11038608-seized-homes-neglected-in-minority-areas-report-findshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/05/11038608-seized-homes-neglected-in-minority-areas-report-findsseizedlatinoadvocacyneighborhoodsforeclosuresmaintainingonly-on-msnbc-compredominantlyThu, 5 Apr 2012 16:50:58 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Banks are doing a much better job maintaining homes seized in foreclosures in predominantly white neighborhoods than in mostly black and Latino neighborhoods, according to an investigation by an advocacy group.</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/23/10820451-bofa-to-offer-rentals-as-foreclosure-alternativehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/23/10820451-bofa-to-offer-rentals-as-foreclosure-alternativeusbank-of-americaus-newsforeclosuresFri, 23 Mar 2012 04:06:28 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - A Bank of America branch is shown in a Charlotte, N.C. file photo from April 20, 2006. Bank of America said Thursday March 22, 2012 it has begun a pilot program offering some of its mortgage customers who are facing foreclosure a chance to stay in their homes by becoming renters instead of owners. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/12/10651393-homeowners-beating-banks-at-their-gamehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/12/10651393-homeowners-beating-banks-at-their-gameunderwritingshortcutsforeclosureshauntshoddyonly-on-msnbc-comalignleftclearallstylemarginMon, 12 Mar 2012 11:33:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Six years into the worst wave of foreclosures since the Great Depression, shoddy underwriting and legal shortcuts are coming back to haunt mortgage lenders.</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10592136-oregon-house-approves-foreclosure-measurehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10592136-oregon-house-approves-foreclosure-measurebusinessusoregonforeclosuresoregon-houseTue, 6 Mar 2012 16:12:03 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/29/10541066-florida-house-passes-speedy-foreclosure-billhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/29/10541066-florida-house-passes-speedy-foreclosure-billbusinessusfloridamortgageflorida-houseforeclosuresWed, 29 Feb 2012 18:21:08 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/09/10363404-colo-foreclosure-filings-sales-drop-in-januaryhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/09/10363404-colo-foreclosure-filings-sales-drop-in-januarybusinessuscoloradoforeclosuresjohn-suthersThu, 9 Feb 2012 16:55:47 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10243236-16-percent-of-q3-ill-home-sales-were-foreclosureshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10243236-16-percent-of-q3-ill-home-sales-were-foreclosuresbusinessusillinoisforeclosuresThu, 26 Jan 2012 16:50:56 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/19/10194269-mortgage-foreclosure-law-revisions-advisedhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/19/10194269-mortgage-foreclosure-law-revisions-advisedmortgageus-newshiforeclosuresmortgage-foreclosuresxgrFri, 20 Jan 2012 00:38:32 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/13/10148796-ny-using-1-million-for-foreclosure-preventionhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/13/10148796-ny-using-1-million-for-foreclosure-preventionbusinessusnew-yorkmortgageforeclosureseric-schneidermanFri, 13 Jan 2012 15:38:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/11/10133947-2011s-foreclosure-rate-lowest-since-pre-recessionhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/11/10133947-2011s-foreclosure-rate-lowest-since-pre-recessionbusinessusratesforeclosuresThu, 12 Jan 2012 00:03:32 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this March 24, 2011 file photo, Sheila Lloyd, right, who is facing foreclosure, outside City Hall in Philadelphia. A new report says about 1.9 million homes entered the foreclosure process in 2011, the lowest level since before the recession began in late 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/18/8387021-romney-says-foreclosures-should-hit-the-bottomhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/18/8387021-romney-says-foreclosures-should-hit-the-bottomusmitt-romneyus-newsromneyforeclosuresTue, 18 Oct 2011 23:36:53 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a Republican presidential debate Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/23/7926045-bofa-settlement-pushes-up-home-default-noticeshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/23/7926045-bofa-settlement-pushes-up-home-default-noticesbusinessusbank-of-americaforeclosuresFri, 23 Sep 2011 21:08:17 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/18/7407064-existing-home-sales-slip-amid-tight-credithttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/18/7407064-existing-home-sales-slip-amid-tight-creditsalesreal-estateenvironmentrealtorsnational-associationinventoryforeclosuresexisting-homephippsonly-on-msnbc-comThu, 18 Aug 2011 15:55:22 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/11/7341260-foreclosures-slow-to-trickle-as-lenders-adapthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/11/7341260-foreclosures-slow-to-trickle-as-lenders-adapthomehomeshousinglendershomeownersforeclosureforeclosuresmortgage-messdalesonly-on-msnbc-comThu, 11 Aug 2011 15:23:15 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/26/6725081-2-firms-to-pay-for-improper-military-foreclosureshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/26/6725081-2-firms-to-pay-for-improper-military-foreclosuresussettlementpoliticsforeclosuresmilitary-foreclosuresThu, 26 May 2011 20:34:51 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/20/6681594-foreclosure-flood-may-not-have-crested-yethttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/20/6681594-foreclosure-flood-may-not-have-crested-yetmortgagenewslendershomeownersdistressedforeclosureforeclosureseye-on-the-economyzandionly-on-msnbc-comFri, 20 May 2011 12:44:26 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post