Foreclosures

Casey Anthony's parents are fighting back against a bank trying to foreclose on their home, court records show.

City commissioners approved a deal Wednesday aimed at turning around two beachside rental homes that have churned out lawlessness and code violations, but the neighbors who have begged for help are worried the trouble isn't going to stop.

Mortgage delinquencies declined 7% in May compared with April, a partial recovery from the 13% increase of the previous month.

The Erie County, N.Y., Legislature unanimously adopted a resolution asking for a state law that would enable local leaders to shorten the foreclosure timetable for bank-owned vacant homes.

While the courts have affirmed cities’ right to file predatory lending suits, they are also now holding them to a much higher standard in proving that banks knowingly steered minority borrowers into high-cost home loans.

As housing prices continue their climb toward pre-recession levels, enabling homeowners to regain equity, mortgage foreclosures and delinquency rates in the Bradenton-Sarasota, Fla., region remain on the decline.

Robert and Dolores Sexton never saw it coming: a classic real estate ruse the Bay Area retirees say has cost them the home they bought almost 42 years ago.

The number of homes with a foreclosure filing increased 5% in May over the previous month, as properties entering the process also increased by 5%.

Fewer Colorado Springs homeowners are sinking on their mortgages, a national report released by housing data firm CoreLogic shows.

St. Louis County, Minn., made a cool $350,500 selling 25 parcels that had been given up by their previous owners for non-payment of property taxes.