A select group of struggling mortgage borrowers are about to get an offer that sounds too good to be true. Executives at Bank of America say they will begin mailing 200,000 letters offering certain customers mortgage principal reduction. “If people get these things and toss them, they won’t be eligible,” says Ron Sturzenegger, the Bank of America executive charged with providing solutions to borrowers in need of mortgage...

Buying foreclosure properties is a great way to earn huge profits in real estate – if you know what you’re doing. Many novice investors think that just because a property is a foreclosure that it’s a good deal. Not true. In fact, many people lose a lot of money buying foreclosures. Here’s a few tips via joseph.sesso@homes.com to maximize your profits and minimize risk: 1. Foreclosure Auctions:Foreclosure auctions are the least...

Author: Carl Medford, a practicing Realtor with Prudential California Realty in the San Francisco Bay Area   Beginning in 2007, foreclosures rocked the real estate world. Like an out-of-control freight train, they began decimating the market, peaking in 2009. Myths and rumors began propagating like mushrooms as consumers struggled to understand the new reality. Although many misconceptions have come and gone, we still encounter five...

The $25 billion settlement with banks over foreclosure abuses may result in a wave of home seizures, inflicting short-term pain on delinquent U.S. borrowers while making a long-term housing recovery more likely. Lenders slowed the pace of foreclosures as they negotiated with attorneys general in all 50 states for more than a year over allegations of faulty and fraudulent paperwork used to repossess homes. With yesterday’s agreement,...