The $700-billion rescue package for the financial system includes measures designed to stem the rising tide of foreclosures. Here’s a look at the specifics. How does the bailout plan help homeowners ...

Certified homeownership counselors will spend Wednesday answering phones and doling out help. Several agencies are coming together for a foreclosure prevention phone-a-thon. Debbie Somerville is with ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At an event at the Pentagon, Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) and the U.S. Army announced new initiatives to help ...

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – It is costing taxpayers billions of dollars, but so far, the Obama Administration's foreclosure assistance program hasn't done much to stop the wave of foreclosures sweeping ...

Survey says foreclosures rose 46 percent in a year. But you can get free help. April 16, 2009 — -- Just when you thought the worst of the foreclosure bloodbath was over, banks and mortgage ...

If you’re facing financial hardship and falling behind on your mortgage payments, here’s how to avoid losing your property. David McMillin writes about credit cards, mortgages, banking, taxes and ...

Bruce Marks only half-jokingly calls himself a nonviolent bank terrorist. Last winter, Marks, who heads up the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, led several hundred people down the ...

After a decade in which one in four properties in Detroit have gone through tax foreclosure, there is still a serious lack of information about what to do when your landlord doesn’t pay the taxes and ...

Homeowners facing foreclosure can find a lot of assistance, but pride and fear can stand in the way of asking for help. State figures show just one homeowner in 10 takes advantage of the myriad ...

NCBA’s clinics allow homeowners concerned about foreclosure matters or who are already in the foreclosure process involving property in Nassau County, to meet one-on-one with a volunteer attorney for ...