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Foreclosures
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The Right Coast
Houses so worthless banks won’t foreclose on them Tom Smith
Now that's a real estate crisis.
Georgia Bankruptcy Blog
Record Number Of Georgia Foreclosures Scheduled For April
By Sunghee Sohn
The Atlanta Journal has an article about the record number of foreclosures scheduled for April in Georgia. The foreclosure problem in metro Atlanta appears to be worsening. More than 10,000…
PropertyProf Blog
Blight and Foreclosures
By propertyprof
This past weekend's NY Times Magazine had a great story about Cleveland's attempts to deal with the foreclosure crisis. On a related point, Slate has a slideshow on abandoned housing. …
The Right Coast
A heartbreaking story about debt and losing homes Tom Smith
For the stout of heart only. Is nothing sacred? Is no one, not even our best and brightest, safe from the scourges of the evils of capitalism? Who will come…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Are we seeing a rerun of the 80’s
By Creighton A. Welch - Express-News A perfect storm of job losses, plunging oil prices, dramatic overbuilding and changes in a tax law blew through Texas in the 1980s, leaving…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Citizen Fights Foreclosure
BRAD GRAVERSON/DAILY BREEZE Frank Torres talks on the phone as he surrenders outside his Carson, Calif., home after barricading himself inside his foreclosed home for a few hours Tuesday. A…
Real Estate Advisor Law Blog
Cuyahoga County’s New Land Bank – A Step Toward a “Sustainable Cleveland”
By John Weber
As I mentioned in an earlier post, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland recently signed legislation creating a new “land bank” in Cuyahoga County. Like a dose of cold medicine, Senate Bill 353…
Georgia Bankruptcy Blog
Chapter 11 Filings In Northern District Of Georgia For January 2009
By Sunghee Sohn
Here are the Chapter 11 filings in January, through Foreclosure Day, February 2009. Case No. Related Case Info Ch Party Info Dates 09-10047-whd 11 Middleton Dunn Morehead and…
Georgia Bankruptcy Blog
Record Number Of Atlanta Foreclosures Scheduled For February 2009
By Sunghee Sohn
According to the AJC article, Equity Depot reports that a record number of foreclosures are scheduled for February 2009. In the 13 counties Equity Depot tracks, 8,425 properties are scheduled to…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Distressed Homeowners Should Stick with Mortgage Assistance Nonprofits
On December 26, 2008, the Washington Post reported that for profit mortgage assistance companies are charging upwards of $2,500 (and sometimes, more) to assist distressed homeowners during this mortgage crisis,…