Foreclosure News

This March 22, 2013 file photo shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington.

No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS. Forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at any of the Housing and Urban Development offices nationwide.

Gisele Mata of Whittier, California, never considered herself a political activist.

For many taxpayers, the full brunt of this year's tax changes may not feel real until next year's filing season - when it's too late to cushion the hit.

The legislation requires banks and servicers to make loan modifications to everyone who's eligible.

"The housing market has stabilized in many areas and homebuilding activity has strengthened in recent quarters," said FHFA economist Andrew Leventis in a press release.

Foreclosures in the Sacramento region fell in March by more than half from the same month a year ago, CoreLogic reported today.

Michigan homeowners could have more time to avoid foreclosure but less time to reverse it under legislation moving quickly through the state legislature.

QUESTION: My husband and I co-signed a loan for our son and his now ex-wife. Our son stayed in the home but fell behind on the payments, and the home was in foreclosure.

New home sales edged slightly higher once again in April as the housing market continues to give a lift to the U.S. economy.

He was self-employed. When his clients dried up, so did his software business. Reid sold his car, ate one meal a day, and paid his taxes with credit cards.

Foreclosure petitions dropped 100 percent in Wilmington in March of 2013 compared to the same month a year prior, according to a recent report by the Warren Group .

Recognized by Gary Verwilt, right, Bill Filbin in the center and Gerry Rosenbloom are distinguished in the 2012 Florida Realtors Honor Society.

But the house she purchased in 2010 is now in foreclosure. West lost her job and got behind on the mortgage.

As home prices rise and sales pick up, the housing crisis is increasingly becoming a distant memory as the United States recovers from one of the worst economic shocks in history.

There are currently only three foreclosures on the market in Suwanee, all of which are described below.

Marylanders received more than $1.3 billion in relief from the National Mortgage Settlement during a 12-month period, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced Tuesday.

The federal government has imposed a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures of homes with mortgages owned or backed by the Federal Housing Administration in areas of Oklahoma devastated by this week's tornado.

So far in 2013, Dallas-Fort Worth area home foreclosure filings have dropped almost 40 percent from the first six months of 2012.

According to Lucy O'Neill, a columnist for the Improvement Center , household pests are everywhere and some can be dangerous.