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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Betting Everything on the House: 3 Risky Loans to Avoid
Yet many homeowners — particularly in California, Florida and Colorado — are still purchasing or refinancing their mortgages with “exotic” loans that may keep their monthly payments low now, but when these gimmicky loans “reset” upward borrowers could lose their homes if they haven’t planned for an increased monthly mortgage payment. The danger with ARMs is that the risk of readjusting upward is often too great to justify the minimal savings — especially if a borrower plans to hold onto the property for at least a couple years. Falling prices, sluggish sales and risky loans that let borrowers pile up debt faster than they can pay it off could put more homeowners out of their houses this year than at any other time this decade.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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CO Gives Owners More Time to Fix Foreclosure
gives Colorado homeowners who enter foreclosure more time to “cure” the loan in foreclosure before the public foreclosure sale. In the past, Colorado homeowners had 45 to 60 days from the commencement of foreclosure proceedings — initiated by what is called a notice of election and demand — to cure the loan by making all past-due payments along with late charges and other costs. 1387 , most homeowners now have 110 to 125 days to cure the loan (owners A state law that took effect Jan. 1
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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U.S. Foreclosure Laws
Knowing the process in your state will help you adopt a more effective investing strategy and avoid procedural pitfalls. State Foreclosure Laws Quickly locate and review the foreclosure law specific to your state � or any state you�re considering investing in. Select A State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Foreclosure Crisis Sparks Surge in Arson
In Massachusetts , there’s a growing concern that foreclosure arson is becoming a problem around the state as more and more properties are abandoned. In Colorado , a homeowner was convicted for setting his home on fire to prevent the lender from repossessing the property. “We’ve People upside-down on their house with variable-interest-rate loans, or upside-down on their cars, are pretty quick to burn their In desperate times people resort to desperate measures. Facing foreclosure, some homeowners are setting fire to their homes for the insurance money.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Is Eight Enough?
The number of properties with some sort of foreclosure action against them (default notice, auction notice, bank repossession) has consistently risen for the past eight quarters (see chart). One example is Colorado, whose foreclosure rate ranked No. The Colorado Division of Housing set up a foreclosure hotline to help people facing foreclosure. While there have been monthly fluctuations up and down during this time period, the quarterly numbers consistently have been up quarter over quarter, and the most recent quarter was no exception, according to the U.S. Foreclosure
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
