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Trash and Lock Out - Banks Try to Bypass the Law
If you miss a couple of mortgage payments, there are a few things a bank can legally do – from changing the locks with a court order to sending ...
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How Judges Can Help Prevent Zombie Foreclosures
According to RealtyTrac, 25 percent of foreclosures in the U.S. are “zombies” – homes with no clear ownership of title. This happens when the owner ...
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America's Foreclosure Crisis is Far From Over
In our previous blog , we talked about the $5.1 billion settlement that Goldman Sachs is responsible for paying as recompense for its part in the 2008 ...
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Forget About Trump, Look At Our Blighted Neighborhoods
Dawn Turner Trice, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, wrote a great column today . She took the opportunity to turn the current brouhaha about ...
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How Foreclosures Have Impacted Chicago
Last month, I wrote a post about the number of vacant properties in Chicago and how long those properties had been vacant. Now, to elaborate on that ...
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20% of Vacant Properties In Chicago Have Been Empty For More Than Five Years
That's right. According to the Chicago Reporter , one in five vacant properties in Chicago have been empty for more than five years. These are the ...
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Zombie Foreclosures Are Back -- Again
The Woodstock Institute recently revived the concept of zombie foreclosures and mortgages by issuing a new report . The report details the patterns of ...
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The City of Chicago's Abandoned Property Pivot
When the City of Chicago first began addressing the challenge of abandoned properties, it was focusing the majority of its efforts on buying, ...
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