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• Avoid and Stop Foreclosure - Help at RealtyTrac
  
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  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• U.S. Foreclosure Laws
  
  Foreclosure State Laws By RealtyTrac Foreclosure laws and timelines vary from state to state. 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
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Legislating Lower Foreclosure Rates?
  
  An Illinois law intended to help reduce foreclosures is drawing cries of discrimination from some of the people it is trying to protect, according to the Chicago Defender newspaper. “Nearly 60 days after Illinois House Bill 4050 went into effect to supposedly protect consumers from predatory lenders, a coalition of Black and Latino city residents say the new law is actually destroying property values in select minority communities.” The law is a pilot program that is being applied in 10 Chicago zip codes chosen for their high foreclosure rates, among other factors.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Credit Card and Mortgage Debt Fuels Foreclosure
  
  No word better describes why millions of Americans are now facing foreclosure. The study showed that consumers carried debt loads that substantially exceeded their income and, as a result, bankruptcy — or foreclosure — were their only reasonable options. Not surprisingly, more than 115,568 properties entered some stage of foreclosure nationwide in October, according to RealtyTrac’s U.S. Debt! Last year, the average American receiving financial counseling earned $27,000 annually and had $38,500 of unsecured debt spread over eight credit cards, according the National Foundation for
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• FBI: Mortgage Fraud Begets Foreclosure
  
  The FBI recently came out with its 2006 Mortgage Fraud Report , which somewhat anticlimactically concludes that there is “a strong correlation between mortgage fraud and loans which result in default or foreclosure.” The correlation is apparent in the report’s list of the top states for mortgage fraud: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Utah. Six of those states also appeared in RealtyTrac’s list of states with the highest foreclosure rates in 2006. The FBI also lists Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada,
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Now Homebuilders Face Foreclosure
  
  For millions of Americans facing foreclosure, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut this week was welcome news that could possibly help save thousands of homeowners from default by giving them the opportunity to refinance their adjustable-rate loan into a fixed-rate mortgage with a lower interest rate. homebuilders the risk of foreclosure through bankruptcy has sharply risen under the pressure of the grim housing market. But for many U.S. This week, Florida-based homebuilder Tousa Inc.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Foreclosures Mount, Candidates React to the Credit Crisis
  
  With mortgage foreclosures at historic highs, Democrats and Republicans are fighting over a political issue that could have major implications in the 2008 presidential campaign. Sensing an opportunity to win votes, the major presidential candidates have come out swinging; proposing a variety of prescriptions to ease the worsening housing slump.Both the White House and Democrat leaders in Congress agree that something must be done to stop the foreclosures. Yearning to retake the GOP-controlled White House next year, the Democrats are clamoring for the federal government to do something, anything, to contain the crisis.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Governor Suspends Controversial Law Affecting Investors
  
  Responding to the public outcry of legislative redlining, equal protection violations, and racial discrimination against minority residents living in certain Chicagoland areas, Illinois Gov. A statement released by Dean Martinez, Secretary, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, explained the decision to suspend the law by stating, “the Secretary received and reviewed information that suggests that the prior designation may be detrimental to the Pilot Program’s purpose, namely, to curb predatory lending practices in areas with high rates of foreclosure on residential home
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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