Foreclosures

Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin has charged a Milton, Mass., man with using a fraudulent house-flipping scheme to convince friends and investors to lend him money that he then used on restaurants, hotels and groceries.

Early-stage mortgage delinquencies had their largest year-over-year gain during September in over eight years, a direct result of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will suspend the evictions of foreclosed single-family properties during the holiday season, according to the government-sponsored enterprises.

There are fewer Albuquerque-area homeowners underwater on their mortgages compared with last year.

Securitization of nonperforming home equity conversion loans was pioneered by Nationstar; FAC's inaugural deal may be outstanding longer.

RCO Legal, once one of the largest foreclosure law firms in the Northwest, is shutting down permanently in December, a victim of the strong economy and housing market.

Foreclosed and abandoned properties that had become magnets for criminal activity in Providence's Olneyville neighborhood were targeted for inclusion in Amherst Gardens, ONE Neighborhood Builders' newest development.

For the second time in less than a decade, the owner of roughly 1,800 acres of agricultural land in Upcountry Maui once envisioned for housing is trying to avoid foreclosure.

Next to a new Columbus, Ohio, apartment complex on East Whittier Street — a shining testament to the South Side's revival — sits a block of boarded-up and crumbling brick townhomes.

Late payments from borrowers living in areas hardest hit by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma were responsible for October's increase in loan delinquencies.

As housing prices continue to climb and the unemployment rate continues to fall, the number of homeowners in the Manatee-Sarasota, Fla., region in danger of falling into foreclosure remains on the decline.

The treasurers from Hillsdale, Branch, Jackson and Lenawee counties assembled at the Jackson County Commission Chambers recently in an effort to stem the tide of foreclosures in south central Michigan.

The three major hurricanes that caused so much devastation during August and September was largely responsible for the third-quarter increase in mortgage delinquencies.

Most homeowners in Southwest Florida are no longer threatened with losing their properties to foreclosure.

As the Colorado Springs economy and housing market improve, the city's foreclosure woes continue to diminish.

Karen Stratton doesn't cry often. But the Spokane, Wash., councilwoman teared up last week as she looked out on the High Drive Conservation Area from her late aunt's home on South Maple Boulevard.

When a full-floor penthouse at Manhattan's One57 sold at a foreclosure auction, it didn't just settle an international mortgage gone bad.

Even as rates on seriously delinquent and foreclosed mortgages nationwide track at their lowest levels in a decade, loan performance continues to slip in areas dependent on oil industry employment.

The general contractor in the renovation of Wall Street Theater in Norwalk, Conn., has filed a motion in court seeking to collect on a mechanic's lien.

The U.S. Justice Department has sued the largest foreclosure trustee in the Pacific Northwest, claiming it illegally foreclosed on at least 28 military members or veterans in the past six years.