When a Death in the Family Sets Foreclosure in Motion

I recently attended an out of town visitation and funeral service.  The deceased was a wonderful woman who lived a long productive life, gracing the lives of the many who knew her.  What I found moving was that after spending several days with her family, I was reminded of how deeply the death of a…

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Fighting Foreclosure With a Licensed Local Attorney

When you fight foreclosure, the battle is frustrating and difficult to win.  It is especially difficult to fight foreclosure if the lender isn’t playing by the rules.  Being in default on a mortgage is already a rough position to be in, but being wrongfully foreclosed means convincing the court that the lender is WRONG.  Since…

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Hidden Housing Crisis

In the housing crisis over a decade ago, the government stepped in with mortgage loan modification plans to mitigate the U.S. housing crisis.  It looked like the federal government saved the day and that the recession would soon be gone.  A Mortgage loan modification permanently changes the terms of the mortgage loan.  This could be…

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Fighting Foreclosures

ForeclosureFights.com reminds you that banks and lenders are not the only threat of foreclosure.  Earlier this year, homeowners and housing experts attested to homes worth millions of dollars being stolen. As Brooklyn real estate values skyrocket, homeowners are being targeted by housing predators, losing homes through deed theft, liens for minor bills, fraudulent documents, wrongful…

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When Your Lender is Threatening to Take Your Home, Fight Back

When you miss payments on your mortgage you can go into default.  Your lender may then begin the foreclosure process. Normally, in NY your lender would send out an acceleration notice. demanding payment of the entire outstanding loan balance.   While this is frightening, if the homeowner can pay the missed payments, the bank may agree…

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Lost Your Home to Foreclosure?

You May Have Money Coming to You. If you have lost, or are losing your home in a foreclosure case, you need to know the rules in your area.  In Franklin County Ohio, almost 3,000 homeowners have money left over from a sheriff’s sale waiting to be claimed at the Common Pleas clerk’s office.  Under…

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The Longest Foreclosure Case!

Wrongfullyforeclosed.com asks if your foreclosure battle with your lender feels like it has been going on forever.  The longest battle we are aware of is that of Patsy Campbell in Okeechobee county Florida.  First filed in 1985, the foreclosure case against Ms. Campbell outlasted six different banks,  2 marriages, four presidencies, and the birth of…

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When is a Foreclosure Wrongful

When you are Fighting a Foreclosure, it can be incredibly frustrating when complete strangers show up at your door and demand to see your home because they want to buy it.  It is so important to remain calm even at a time like this.  Every state, whether judicial or non-judicial has required foreclosure procedures that…

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