A common theme of today
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Sacramento foreclosures
It appears that government officials are not exempt from the foreclosure crisis either. In an August 23 story, the Miami Herald reveals that Florida State Rep. Erik Fresen is in foreclosure after failing to make mortgage payments on his home for over a year. The 2014 Florida House Speaker hopeful apparently
Las Vegas foreclosures
With hundreds of thousands of new foreclosure filings piling up each month, mistakes are inevitable. When a mistake winds up wrongly putting someone
New York foreclosures
The wave of foreclosures has engulfed many homeowners who are beloved by their neighbors and communities, leading to protests and rallies aimed at getting their foreclosures called off. This was the case in Clinton, Minnesota in September, when a planned eviction was obstructed by a squad of activist protesters. The scene got ugly in a hurry, as IndyBay.org reports:
Jacksonville foreclosures
A somewhat similar case involves an elderly couple in Tucson, Arizona being forced out of their dream home by foreclosure. In a state where one out of every 135 housing units is in foreclosure (the nation
San Diego foreclosures
In the same tragic vein as the last story comes the woman who apparently set fire to her house and attempted to poison her kids in anticipation of foreclosure. Thirty-three year old Tanya Friedly of Detroit was
Chicago foreclosures
It
Dallas foreclosures
While Orange County deputy Dan Mendoza is quick to point out that evictions are nothing more than
Atlanta foreclosures
The typical foreclosure story is rather common: homeowner can no longer make payments, homeowner goes into foreclosure and loses the home, home goes on the market. But every once in a while a foreclosed home or two falls off the back of the proverbial truck, as DS News reported on September 11, 2009. According to the story, Wells Fargo executive Cheronda Guyton was found to have:
Tampa foreclosures
Foreclosures have skyrocketed virtually every month since the collapse of the housing market. Across the country, people who bought homes at inflated prices and took adjustable rate mortgages are losing the properties to foreclosure in record numbers as home values decline. (To put the sheer quantity into context, consider this: foreclosures are reported to have