Foreclosures

A Virginia Beach, Va., real estate broker was sentenced to 13 months in prison for secretly purchasing foreclosed properties the Department of Housing and Urban Development hired him to sell.

A former Fannie Mae employee is facing more than six years in federal prison for participating in a scam involving discount sales of properties owned by the government-sponsored enterprise.

Jon Leiberman rarely plays the lottery but he felt like he won it this past June.

The nationwide mortgage delinquency rate had its best October in at least two decades, while the foreclosure rate remained at a 20-year for the twelfth straight month, according to CoreLogic.

A bankruptcy court judge denied a lender's motion to foreclose on properties controlled by an Austin real estate investor. But the judge then issued a warning, saying an exit plan better be ready by Feb. 2.

A lender that provided more than $388 million to finance one of Plano's biggest real estate developments has filed to foreclose on the project.

Every month, the Madison County Sheriff's Department conducts a sale of properties where banks and lending institutions have regained possession.

Vision Property Management has settled accusations made by New York regulators of predatory lending practices for a total of $3.75 million in cash and forgiven mortgage loan balances.

Wells Fargo, which contested the prior sale of a Manhattan, Kan., home for only $1 in a foreclosure auction, was the winning bidder at a new sheriff sale for the property.

The city of Detroit is expanding property tax exemptions for homeowners to help more residents avoid foreclosure, officials announced Wednesday.

The owners of the former 3M corporate campus filed under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, which cancelled a scheduled foreclosure auction of the Austin property.

Ramsey County, Minn. officials agreed to sell Wesely Pettiford's house back to his family, but obtaining financing to make badly needed repairs has been difficult.

The foreclosed former home of Fireman's Fund Insurance in Novato, Calif., could become the site of a mixed-use development.

Freedom Credit Union has listed for sale the three downtown Springfield, Mass., office buildings it took back in November in a mortgage foreclosure.

Whatcom County in northwestern Washington state went from falling prices and plenty of inventory in 2009 to high prices and low inventory in 2019

November's foreclosure starts hit their lowest level since Black Knight started tracking this data in 2000, while the foreclosure rate reached a 14-year low.

Scores of homes destroyed or badly damaged by Memorial Day tornadoes still sit vacant and abandoned, creating new blight and safety concerns in neighborhoods.

In 2009, there was hardly a block in the Tampa Bay area that didn't have at least one house in foreclosure.

The mayor of Taylor, Mich., was indicted by a federal grand jury on allegations of bribery related to the sale of tax-foreclosed properties

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation aimed at getting mortgage companies to take quicker action on vacant properties.