Foreclosures

The bank holding the mortgage on a home owned by a Wichita, Kans. woman accused of embezzling millions from two physician-owned medical businesses and her estranged husband has stated foreclosure proceedings.

For decades, the single-family house surrounded by a white picket fence has symbolized the American dream of home ownership.

March's increase in foreclosure starts was a direct result of the end of the moratorium for borrowers affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Black Knight said.

Foreclosure timelines that rose notably each quarter during the past year fell back to 2016 levels during the first quarter of 2018.

Local delinquencies that rose in Hurricane Harvey's wake are lower than they were right after the storm, but they are still higher than they were a year ago.

Mortgage foreclosure filings decreased 16.5% in Luzerne County, Pa., last year, and year-to-date figures indicate the decline may continue in 2018.

Erie County Clerk Mickey Kearns and the Western New York Law Center announced a partnership with Columbia Law School to help local municipalities with limited resources track and monitor zombie home foreclosures.

Last year, Brett Buras and a partner scored big on a flip. They bought a house in Belleair Bluffs for $185,000, spent another $70,000 or so on renovations and sold it for $359,000 — a net profit of $104,000.

The city is using its blight ordinance to pressure the owner of the Hartford 21 tower to do something with another prominent but deteriorating building near Bushnell Park: the former YMCA building.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had a 9% increase in total foreclosure prevention actions taken during 2017 as a result of three September hurricanes, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Real estate foreclosures declined in Hawaii for a fourth consecutive year in 2017, according to statistics from the state Judiciary.

There was a modest decline in hurricane-related delinquent mortgages in February, a sign that there are lingering problems in the affected markets.

It was a minor entry on the crime blotter earlier this month: Mandeville, La. police booked a 27-year-old man they said was breaking into a foreclosed home and trying to remove property.

The lender acquired Esperanza Mansion, the hotel, restaurant, and wedding venue overlooking Keuka Lake, N.Y., that closed its doors in 2016, after no bids were received at a foreclosure auction on March 7.

Increased numbers of homeowners in Orlando — and most of Florida — fell behind on mortgage payments late last year, bucking national trends.

From HMDA and TRID to restoring the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, here's a look at 10 mortgage and housing provisions in the Senate's regulatory reform bill.

Sledgehammered by the foreclosure crisis, drug dealing and other crimes, some Dayton, Ohio, neighborhoods are too far gone even for the Montgomery County Land Bank to use its limited resources for demolitions.

Hope LoanPort will receive funding and guidance to expand its loss mitigation platform for servicers, housing counselors and mortgage borrowers from the Finance of America Foundation, a nonprofit with ties to former Rep. Barney Frank.

Though early-stage mortgage delinquencies inched up in December 2017, the serious mortgage delinquency rate hit its lowest point for the month of December since 2006.

Over 40% of the collateral is from two 2016-vintage transactions that were recently "collapsed" because proceeds from liquidations had slowed. Then there's the exposure to Puerto Rico.