TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Thousands of struggling homeowners' property tax debts have been sold to private collection companies that charge high interest and fees, records show.
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Foreclosure activity reached unprecedented rates in July, affecting one in every 355 U.S. housing units, a real estate research firm said.
NEW YORK, June 24 (UPI) -- Trade journal Inside Mortgage Finance said the number of delinquent U.S. homeowners awaiting foreclosure has doubled in the past 12 months.
NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Singer-actress Queen Latifah joined in a bus tour of Newark, N.J., Wednesday, promoting options available to help homeowners avoid foreclosures.
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Ten people have been charged with defrauding homeowners facing foreclosure in Southern California out of thousands of dollars.
LONDON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is about to implement drastic moves aimed at stemming the soaring number of home foreclosures, sources say.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. mortgage lenders are showing more willingness to rewrite loans for troubled homeowners, a trade organization said.
SACRAMENTO, March 24 (UPI) -- Sixteen people were indicted in what authorities in California called the largest "foreclosure rescue" scam in the United States.
CHICAGO, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has created an "early warning" system to give Chicagoans extra time to deal with home foreclosures.
PHOENIX, April 22 (UPI) -- Authorities in Phoenix are warning mortgage holders with financial troubles to watch out for scams involving so-called foreclosure rescue companies.
