What if you are a renter who is faithfully paying your rent on time, but your landlord isn’t paying the mortgage? Sadly, since most state and local laws often don’t provide basic protections for renters during the foreclosure process, many tenants are caught in the legal crossfire and stung...
U.S. Home Prices Fall at Highest Annual Rate Last Quarter International herald Tribune A widely watched index showed Tuesday that U.S. home prices tumbled by the sharpest annual rate on record in the fourth quarter and in December. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price index...
Look at Case-Shiller Numbers, by Metro Area Wall Street Journal January 27, 2009 The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, a closely watched gauge of U.S. home prices, showed accelerating price declines. Obstacles Delay REO Sales Inman News January 27, 2009 This is the second installment in a two-part...
Foreclosures in U.S. Rose 81 Percent, Topping 2.3 Million Last Year Bloomberg News January 15, 2009 U.S. foreclosure filings jumped 81 percent last year as falling house prices, tighter mortgage lending and the longest recession in a quarter century battered property owners, RealtyTrac Inc. said. U.S...