Foreclosures

Distressed-mortgage investors are descending on troubled Puerto Rico. What’s luring them is the opportunity to scoop up home loans and foreclosed properties for pennies on the dollar.

A foreclosure sale of Memphis' tallest building has been pushed to Aug. 16 as court-ordered work to secure the building continues.

Extending a recent trend when it comes to paying the mortgage each month, homeowners in the Bradenton-Sarasota, Fla., region are fulfilling their obligation at a better rate compared to the rest of the state.

The rate of mortgages in some stage of delinquency was 4.8% in April 2017, a 50-basis-point drop compared to a year ago.

Amid a better jobs climate, tougher lending standards and rising home prices, mortgage foreclosure filings in Wisconsin have fallen to their lowest level in at least 17 years.

A Methuen, Mass., woman was forced to sell her home recently after she fell victim to an apparent scam targeting homeowners who are struggling with their mortgages.

The city of Las Vegas is strengthening its effort to identify homes at risk of becoming blighted or taken over by squatters.

Cast members for the Orlando-based cable show "Zombie House Flipping" say it's become tough to find the kind of abandoned foreclosures that made Central Florida somewhat infamous a few years ago.

The Pine Tree Plaza in Sterling, Ill., will be auctioned online after a string of tenant departures put the property in foreclosure.

The proposed site in Danvers, Mass., of a Registry of Motor Vehicles office is scheduled to be sold in a foreclosure auction, casting doubt on when, or if, the registry will actually end up there.

The owner of a $50.9 million Manhattan condo that is scheduled to be sold at a foreclosure auction next month is Kolawole "Kola" Aluko, a Nigerian businessman accused in court filings of defrauding that country's government.

Hawaii continued to see drops near or above 20% in new foreclosure lawsuit filings during March and April, according to the latest data from the state Judiciary.

As it presses forward with downtown revitalization, the city of Aiken, S.C., is also considering a crackdown on abandoned and distressed properties, some located mere blocks from the heart of downtown.

More than $106,000 was transferred into the Cheboygan County, Mich., general fund from the treasurer's office from the sales of tax foreclosures in the county.

Another luxury condo at Manhattan's One57 is scheduled for a foreclosure auction — the second time in a month that a property seizure is being sought at the Billionaires' Row tower following a mortgage default.

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.