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Fixing Up Foreclosures for Safety, Not Style

A renovation business in the Minneapolis area specializes in bringing foreclosed homes, many in low-income areas, up to municipal safety codes. Go to Source





Under Gavel, Where Loss Transforms Into Gain

A traveling auction company tries to persuade people that properties other people lost through foreclosure are their chance at a bargain. Go to Source





Where Floods Usually Hit, Fiscal Thirst

A financial adviser with international interests who bought real estate and promised better times in a Catskills hamlet now can’t pay his mortgages, putting much of the downtown in foreclosure. Go to Source





Not Much Relief

The Obama antiforeclosure plan should reduce principal rather than reduce monthly payments because it restores equity to borrowers. Go to Source





So Many Foreclosures, So Little Logic

Lenders lose much more money on foreclosures than on loan modifications. So why are they so hesitant to modify mortgages? Go to Source





Tax Bill Appeals Take Rising Toll on Governments

Homeowners in the U.S. are challenging their real estate tax bills in droves as the value of their homes drop, threatening local governments with another big drain on their budgets. Go to Source





Foreclosure Is Latest Challenge for Knicks’ Curry

According to court documents, Eddy Curry is behind on $217,502 in payments on a $3.7 million mortgage, adding to a year of legal troubles, personal anguish and professional setbacks. Go to Source