Foreclosures

Banks Halt Foreclosures Amid Document-Signing Fraud

Banks Halt Foreclosures Amid Document-Signing Fraud

If you read the NY Times on Saturday, you may have caught the article, “Largest U.S. Bank Halts Foreclosures in All States” in which Zillow’s Chief More

Celeb Foreclosures: Erin Moran and Dustin Diamond (Again)

Celeb Foreclosures: Erin Moran and Dustin Diamond (Again)

According to TMZ, two celebrities are facing foreclosure: Erin Moran who played “Joanie” on “Happy Days” and the spinoff,  “Joanie Loves Chachi” and Dustin Diamond, who More

Real Housewives of OC’s Bellino Avoids Foreclosure

Real Housewives of OC’s Bellino Avoids Foreclosure

It’s incredible how many troubling real estate headlines are generated by women from the Real Housewives’ series and here’s yet another one: Alexis Bellino of the More

What’s the Difference Between a Foreclosure, Short Sale, and REO?

What’s the Difference Between a Foreclosure, Short Sale, and REO?

Here’s a great question from cali_mama_559 from Fresno, CA, who asks in Zillow Advice: What’s the difference between a foreclosure, short sale and REO? Real estate More

Sleeper House Facing Foreclosure — Again

Sleeper House Facing Foreclosure — Again

Last May, the house used in the Woody Allen comedy “Sleeper” avoided foreclosure, but it looks like a foreclosure filing has been made against the house More

Is it Worthwhile Using a Realtor for a Short Sale or Foreclosure?

Is it Worthwhile Using a Realtor for a Short Sale or Foreclosure?

This question in Zillow Advice comes from LJS3414 in Columbia, MD who asks: Is it worth using a realtor when buying foreclosures or short sales? It’s More

‘Flopping’ a New Kind of Real Estate Scam

‘Flopping’ a New Kind of Real Estate Scam

Here’s an interesting article about “flopping” from my favorite financial website, Bloomberg.  This is not to be confused with the theatrical flopping that European soccer payers More

Chamillionaire (“Ridin’ Dirty”) Forecloses on Houston Mansion

Chamillionaire (“Ridin’ Dirty”) Forecloses on Houston Mansion

Earlier this year, actor Brian Austin Green entered a “strategic foreclosure,” and now it looks like rapper Chamillionaire (aka Hakeem Seriki) has done the same. Chamillionaire, More

Foreclosure for Some is Rent-Free Living

Foreclosure for Some is Rent-Free Living

The start of foreclosure can be scary — that is until you figure out it could take weeks, months and possibly years to be evicted from More