Under a proposal announced Wednesday by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the state will fund loan assistance programs for homeowners facing foreclosure and legal aid for renters facing eviction.
Read moreHit with a $750,000 verdict in favor of a man whom officers tackled and Tasered at a sheriff’s sale, Philadelphia fought at the Third Circuit on Monday for a reversal.
Read moreA law firm that carried out a nonjudicial foreclosure against a homeowner who defaulted on his loan does not qualify as a debt collector, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
Read moreAdvocate Law Groups of Florida; its lawyer-president and his wife “deliberately targeted” Latinos in “unfair and predatory loan modifications and foreclosure rescue services,” the United States claims in a federal complaint.
Read moreDeutsche Bank National Trust claims Countrywide Home Loans nka Bank of America owes it $253.5 million for breach of contract and warranties on pooled mortgage loans during the financial crisis, in L.A. Superior Court.
Read moreAn 85-year-old whose late husband took out a reverse mortgage on their home claims in a federal complaint that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is trying to evict her.
Read morePennsylvania’s attorney general asked the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to shut down The Foreclosure Law Center, Mark Goldstein, GMK Solutions, et al., for running a bogus, deceptive and unfair foreclosure mill.
Read moreA judge signed off on a settlement Tuesday that lets distressed Michiganders pay $1,000 to stay in their homes and seek exemption from property taxes.
Read moreA lawsuit accusing Wells Fargo of violating the Fair Housing Act by offering predatory loans to minority homebuyers will advance, a federal judge ruled Friday.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal Tuesday of a class action against Experian Information Solutions, which did not willfully report short sales of homes as foreclosures.
Read moreThe 11th Circuit showed impatience Tuesday for both Wells Fargo and the homeowners suing the bank over an unsuccessful foreclosure action that they say caused them emotional distress.
Read moreAccused of hurting borrowers in the 2008 financial crisis, PHH Mortgage reached a $45 million federal settlement Wednesday with 49 states and the District of Columbia.
Read moreGreece’s parliament is set to approve tougher restrictions against anti-bailout protesters who have sought to block the auction of homes that have gone into default because their owners can’t meet mortgage payments.
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Detroit homeowners asked the Michigan Supreme Court to reconsider rulings that a tax tribunal rather than trial court should hear claims of discriminatory and inflated property taxes they say caused tens of thousands of people to lose their homes.
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