Category Archives: Foreclosure

Homeowners facing foreclosure wont have to worry about an extra-large tax bill after losing their house or getting a loan modification. At least not for another year. Expiring tax exemptions for homeowners facing foreclosure, a relatively uncontroversial response to the … Continue reading →

Foreclosure activity remained relatively stable in Lynnfield over the past year, according to recent data from the Warren Group. The company’s latest data found that at the end of December, there had been 20 foreclosure petitions filed in town in … Continue reading →

ST. PETERSBURG — A firm headed by executives with 100 years of banking and mortgage experience could be hired to run the citys foreclosure registry. The City Council will vote today on whether to award a contract to Melbourne-based VacantRegistry.com. … Continue reading →

ST. PETERSBURG – It took city officials four weeks to board up an abandoned home in the Melrose-Mercy neighborhood because, by law, they had to post notices and try to contact the property owner. During that time, thieves stripped out … Continue reading →

Allen Iverson at the Wells Fargo Center, May 2012. (Jeff Fusco/Getty Images) Just one week after declining an invitation to join the Dallas Mavericks D-League affiliate as he continues his thus-far unsuccessful pursuit of a return to the NBA and … Continue reading →

Way back in August 2010, I sounded the alarmabout a fellow named David J. Stern, a lawyer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, whod gotten rich off the housing meltdown of the mid-2000s. Stern ran a law firm that handled foreclosure cases … Continue reading →

Three years after hanging up his shoulder pads for good, former NFL All-Pro defensive end Jevon Kearse is facing foreclosure on his Pompano Beach home. Known as “the freak” for his amazing athletic ability while at the University of Florida, … Continue reading →

Realty Trac is reporting deals on the Space Coast that are out of this world. Foreclosures in Brevard County were one out of every 327 housing units in December of 2012. Realty Trac analyzed the supply of foreclosed properties, percentage … Continue reading →

by Mark Basch, Contributing Writer Once again, a planned foreclosure sale of the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Hotel has been postponed. The 963-room hotel was scheduled to be auctioned off today in Duval County Circuit Court, but the sale was … Continue reading →

A “faster foreclosures” proposal that faced sharp consumer outcry and protest last year has resurfaced in a more moderate form this year, with a new bill filed by Rep. Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, Thursday. The bill, HB 87, offers a slew … Continue reading →