Questions and answers about the housing bill signed by President Bush on Wednesday to help as many as 400,000 struggling homeowners facing foreclosure: ...more

July 31, 2008

Mark and Caryn Stansfield loved the Wayne, N.J., split-level with views of Pines Lake when they first saw it last summer. But at $570,000, it was out of their price range. ...more

July 27, 2008

The federal government is poised for a massive bailout of some of our largest mortgage banks and to help homeowners facing foreclosure land loans that are less expensive. All of that pulls at most folks' heartstrings, and it should in many cases. However, we must tread carefully when making decisions like this that will cost all taxpayers a lot of money. ...more

July 25, 2008

Hurricane season has begun. But this time the storm threatens to be bigger even than that which struck New Orleans. Not a physical storm but a storm of houses facing foreclosure, families uprooted, whole neighborhoods blighted by unseen forces. No, we do not have people stranded on the roof. ...more

June 11, 2008

Facing foreclosure, the developers of the Ventana condominiums in the Channel District have agreed to hand the keys to the project's lender and walk way, according to documents filed in Hillsborough County Circuit Court. ...more

June 4, 2008

TAMPA - Facing foreclosure, the developers of the Ventana condominiums in the Channel District have agreed to hand the keys to the project's lender and walk way, according to documents filed in Hillsborough County Circuit Court. ...more

June 3, 2008

A 37-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in a mortgage fraud scheme involving one of the nation's largest subprime mortgage companies, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said. ...more

February 14, 2008

The Detroit area, hit hard by the double-whammy of unemployment and a slumping housing market, had the highest foreclosure rate in the nation last year, with several cities in California ranked close behind, an analysis of foreclosure activity in the country's largest 100 metropolitan areas shows. ...more

February 14, 2008

A 37-year-old woman pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in a mortgage fraud scheme involving one of the nation's largest sub-prime mortgage companies, Attorney General Bill McCollum. ...more

February 13, 2008

The Bush administration and six large mortgage lenders unveiled a plan Tuesday to offer 30-day reprieves to some homeowners facing foreclosure. ...more

February 13, 2008