Foreclosure Help | Cooper City Florida

Following the example of Chase Bank, Bank of America, the nation’s largest mortgage servicer, is offering Florida homeowners up to $20,000 to short sale their homes in an effort to get them off their books.
This offer from bank of America was emailed to select Florida Realtors earlier this week outlining basic details of the plan.
There are some strict conditions, however, regarding eligibility and investor participation.  The  short sales must be submitted for approval to Bank of America before Nov. 30 to qualify. The homes must have no offers on them …

by Kim Miller
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is dedicating $10 million nationally, including $463,462 for Florida, to help residents avoid foreclosure with legitimate loan modification assistance and housing counseling.

The money will be doled out to regional and local counseling agencies. Florida received the most money from the local allocation, with California earning the second highest amount at $367,433.
“The funding announced today is specifically earmarked to provide counseling assistance relating to mortgage modification, avoiding potential mortgage scams, and assisting victims of scams,” said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. “It …

Reuters
7:10 p.m. EDT, September 8, 2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is seeking
to broaden U.S. homeowners’ access to mortgage refinancing in a
plan aimed at reducing home foreclosures and help the ailing
housing market.
President Barack Obama was poised to mention the effort in
his speech to Congress Thursday unveiling a $447 billion
jobs package, senior U.S. officials told reporters.
“We’re trying to do every single thing we can on housing,”
one U.S. official said, adding the administration was “working
around the clock” on the refinancing initiative.
“We’re hopeful that over the next … several weeks that we
will have …

Record 2.9 Million U.S. Properties Receive Foreclosure Filings in 2010 Despite 30-Month Low in December Sign In | FREE TRIAL | Subscribe | Help Home My RealtyTrac Stats & Trends Learning Center Services Community …

Overall  Activity Down 33 Percent From May 2010 to 42-Month LowREOs Increase  in New York and Georgia, Auctions in Maryland and IllinoisIRVINE, Calif. – June 16, 2011 — RealtyTrac® (realtytrac.com),  the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its  U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ for May 2011, which shows foreclosure filings —  default notices, scheduled auctions and bank  repossessions — were reported on 214,927 U.S. properties in May, a 2  percent decrease from April and a 33 percent decrease from May 2010. The report  also shows one in every …