Real estate blog entries tagged with predatory loans

Blog entries tagged with "predatory loans":

predatory loans: Fight Foreclosure! volunteers needed! - 04/07/08 10:31 AM

Chapter 6 of the book, Fight Foreclosure! urges all homeowners who are at risk of mortgage foreclosure to consider possible legal defenses to mortgage foreclosure. The book describes possible and common violations to the Federal Truth In Lending Act (TILA) which, if substantiated, could be used to challenge the validity of the foreclosure proceedings. … (0 comments)

predatory loans: Reverse Redlining! The Abuse of Minorities and No Outcry! - 03/29/08 07:59 PM

I was watching a financial home on CNN Money tonight where they brought up an interesting concept. Years ago in real estate there was a term called "redlining" which meant that some minority areas were marked off as a bad area to make loans, and that made it difficult if next … (24 comments)

predatory loans: Did the Real Estate Agent Do Their Job? - 07/29/07 08:58 AM

I was perusing the net and found a story online I wanted to share. Let's put a little different angle in hopes of creating some responses from real estate agents. Before I share the link I want to say first that the mortgage person depicted in this story is a criminal and … (10 comments)

predatory loans: ACORN - Assoc for Community Organizations for Reform Now - 07/05/07 11:39 AM

ACORN in Michigan
Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) a group who is trying to get laws passed to prohibit "predatory loans", such as those with balloon interest rates. In Flint there have been a few group forums for the community. Information is gathered and shared regarding the … (0 comments)