Minn. AG sues Fla. foreclosure counselors (BizJournals)

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is suing two Florida foreclosure counselors. The state filed suit against IMC Financial Services and American Financial Services for not providing promised relief to homeowners facing foreclosure. The suits allege that homeowners were charged up-front fees of up to $1,850 for renegotiating mortgages. Link to the original Article

Freddie Mac to let residents rent homes after foreclosure (USA Today)

Freddie Mac on Friday plans to announce a first-of-a-kind plan that lets homeowners and tenants temporarily stay in homes in foreclosure by renting them back, an effort to stop many of the sudden evictions that have come along with the housing crisis. Link to the original Article

Countrywide clients to get reimbursement (Connecticut Post)

HARTFORD — Connecticut officials say the new owners of Countrywide Financial Corp. have agreed to pay the state $350,000 and reimburse customers who had to freeze their credit after a massive data

Foreclosure assistance puts Valley homeowners further behind (ABC 15 Phoenix)

Some homeowners are desperately trying to keep their homes and letting their guards down to do it. Recently, a local man played on the foreclosure scare by talking dozens of local people out of thousands of dollars. Link to the original Article

Cuyahoga County’s median price for homes not involved in foreclosure drops 4 percent (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Click here to download PDF.The median price for homes untouched by foreclosure dropped 4 percent last year in Cuyahoga County, a Plain Dealer analysis of real estate records has found. The median price dropped from $138,000 in 2007 to… Link to the original Article

Record number of people facing foreclosure for failing to pay taxes (The Flint Journal)

GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan — A record number of people are two months away from losing homes, businesses and other property for failing to pay property taxes. Genesee County’s 2009 foreclosure list has swelled to more than 4,500 parcels of land… Link to the original Article

Minn. Attorney General sues foreclosure consultants (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson announced today that she has filed lawsuits against two Florida companies that she said have been promising troubled Minnesota homeowners relief against foreclosure but have failed to deliver. Link to the original Article

Minn. AG Sues More ‘Foreclosure Consultants’ (WCCO Minneapolis – St. Paul)

The Minnesota attorney general has filed lawsuits against two more foreclosure consulting companies which allegedly charged struggling homeowners big up-front fees then failed to deliver on their promises to save their homes. Link to the original Article

Minn. AG sues 2 more foreclosure consulting firms for allegedly charging big upfront fees (Canadian Business)

The Minnesota attorney general has filed lawsuits against two more foreclosure consulting companies which allegedly charged struggling homeowners Link to the original Article

Former Countrywide clients to get reimbursement (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Connecticut officials say the new owners of Countrywide Financial Corp. have agreed to pay the state $350,000 and reimburse customers who had to freeze their credit after a massive data breach.

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