The mortgage crisis that we are facing now is the collapse of a house of cards that the mortgage industry started building in the late 1980’s and 1990’s, when lenders relaxed the rules for borrowers and made it easier for more people to buy homes or qualify for bigger mortgages.  As demand for homes increased [...]

Are you facing foreclosure?  Do you want to keep your home?  Are you trying to stop foreclosure?  If you are one of the thousands of Americans who find themselves behind on their mortgage, there is help for many of you.
However if you follow the advice of “money experts” you may be left unprepared since time [...]

If you are having problems making your mortgage payments, you might be thinking of selling your house. It is important to understand a few things about listing and selling a house if you are considering doing so.
The most important thing to know about selling real property (land, houses, condos or anything with a Deed) is [...]

NC Governor Mike Easely signed a law making NC the first state to ban mortgage brokers from charging borrowers for unnecessary and unneeded surcharges such as “yield spread premiums” which essentially gives a kick-back to brokers who guided borrowers into higher interest loans subprime loans – whether they need it or not. [...]

The fact that Chapter 13 bankruptcy might stop a foreclosure and save a home is not new news, but it should be in more headlines or at least in more stories about foreclosure problems. If you are facing foreclosure, see an experienced consumer bankruptcy attorney to discuss whether or not Chapter 13 can help [...]

Foreclosure problems don’t just hit the poor or middle class.  Johnny Carson’s sidekick, Ed McMahon, is facing possible foreclosure on his home.  The reports say he has had health problems that have kept him from working, like so many Americans today.   
The house is supposed to be listed for sale at just below $6 [...]

I would like to thank North Carolina Representatives Miller, Butterfield and Watt for
sponsoring and co-sponsoring HR 3609, and hope that the other 10 members of the North Carolina Congressional delegation join to co-sponsor HR 3609, the “Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act.”

Please contact your congressional member right now and urge him or her
to co-sponsor HR 3609.
Send a letter to the following decision maker(s):
[Your Congressperson]
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February 06, 2008 episode of Law and Order was “snatched from the headlines” and this episode started with a murder that was linked to a mortgage scam.
The mortgage scam seen in this episode is a common one. A person contacts a homeowner in trouble with their mortgage, under the premise that they can [...]

If you are behind in your mortgage, you need to speak to an experienced bankruptcy attorney now. Do not wait until the last minute. Do not listen to friends who tell you not to file bankruptcy, and don’t listen to a mortgage assistance company or the mortgage company who is foreclosing.
Call [...]