Washington Foreclosures News:


New rules on short sales could help housing market
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Under the title "Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program," mortgage servicers will have 10 business days to accept or deny a short sale request. ...


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Black History Month, Walking Away from Debt, Super Bowl Reactions
The Takeaway
We look at whether we still need Black History Month; Talk to a homeowner who chose foreclosure; And hear your reactions to last night's big game. ...

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Grim Foreclosure Numbers Spur Mortgage Reform Bills
WXIA-TV
Four years ago, she refinanced the mortgage on her Decatur home of 35 years for some needed improvements. About a year later, her monthly payment on what ...

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Mortgage Mess Breeds Unlikely Allies
Wall Street Journal
Activist Bruce Marks, above last March, has worked to avert foreclosures. Another activist, below, wore his slogan on his shirt at a mortgage-restructuring ...

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Md. may fine, jail for vandalizing foreclosed home
San Francisco Examiner
Delegate Andrew Serafini, R-Washington County, is sponsoring the measure, which would make it a misdemeanor punishable by as many as 30 days in jail or a ...

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President Obama Should Stop Home Foreclosures
Huffington Post (blog)
The most stunning example of Democratic failure since President's Obama inauguration last year has been their inability to stop home foreclosures, ...


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House Committee Investigates HAMP 'Effectiveness'
Housing Wire
The Treasury will launch the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternative (HAFA) program in March, to provide incentives for short sales and deeds-in-lieu of ...
House Committee Opens Investigation Into Treasury's Mortgage Modification ProgramHuffington Post (blog)

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Foreclosure sales drive down county's median home price
Longview Daily News
Cowlitz County had the lowest median price of the 20 Washington counties surveyed by NMLS. The price likely won't remain that low for long as the foreclosed ...


Paying your credit card bill before the mortgage
Philadelphia Inquirer
A record 2.8 million US properties received foreclosure notices in 2009, up 21 percent from 2008 and 120 percent from 2007, according to a 2009 year-end ...

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Cold house, warm hearts
Detroit Free Press
... 61, of Washington Township, who stopped by with her husband. The two said the home was an interesting, albeit sad, commentary on blight and foreclosures ...

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