Friday, July 15, 2011

The shady ways Americans are losing their homes ... even if they don't have a mortgage.

Millions of American homeowners owe more to their bankers than their properties are worth. With incomes stagnating and unemployment pushing higher, foreclosures are projected to hit a record high this year.

But some are learning the hard way that you don't have to stop paying your mortgage to lose your home. In fact, in some cases you don't need to have a mortgage in the first place – people are losing properties they own free and clear to the foreclosure process.

Some Americans are losing their homes to screw-ups on the part of banks and loan servicers. In March, an exhaustive investigation by the Federal Reserve was, incredibly, unable to come up with a single example of a "wrongful foreclosure." According to the Huffington Post, consumer advocates “criticized the central bank's examiners for narrowly defining what constitutes a 'wrongful foreclosure,'” and warned that “the public would not take the Fed's findings of improper practices seriously.” More...

Don't miss:
  1. America's deepening home foreclosure crisis...
  2. After 9 million stolen homes, it's time to get tough with the banks...
  3. Man takes on bank and forecloses on THEM!!! 
  4. Man bulldozes own home to hit back at bank!!!
  5. The man who fought against a bank ... and WON!!!
  6. Deputies show up at bank to seize property for homeowner after foreclosure mistake!!! 

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