Desperate times require desperate measures or so the saying goes. If you are struggling to pay your debts, primarily the result of the minimum payments on credit cards, medical bills, personal loans, taxes, student loans, etc., should you consider refinancing your home to pay off the debt? There are several factors to consider. First, you … Read more
Many people have been led to believe that a homeowners’ association cannot foreclose on their home. That is not true! Homeowners’ associations foreclose on property everyday across America and very likely everyday in North Carolina. If your neighborhood has a homeowners’ association, you received and signed documents acknowledging the association’s rights when you purchased your … Read more
Have you ever had those times when you were running short of cash? There was that unexpected car repair or the kids’ summer camp deposit you didn’t have in the budget. You knew something had to give that month but you weren’t sure what! When you considered the options of what you could do without … Read more
With the decline in the housing market many people find they are “upside down” or “under water” on their home. In other words, do you owe more for the house than what it is worth? If that is your situation and you have two or more mortgages, you may find that Chapter 13 bankruptcy is … Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R3ToH3saqA&feature=youtu.be If you are behind on your house payments and have decided you no longer wish to keep the house, you may be looking at your options including a short-sale, deed in lieu of foreclosure and bankruptcy. For this blog, we will specifically look at the short-sale. A short-sale occurs when real property (house, land, … Read more
For homeowners that have fallen behind or “defaulted” on their mortgage loan and have decided they do not want to keep the home, a deed in lieu of foreclosure may be an option for them. In the simplest of terms, the deed in lieu allows the homeowners to voluntarily transfer the property from the homeowners … Read more
Whether or not someone who files bankruptcy also needs to do a quitclaim deed or deed in lieu of foreclosure is a question that many bankruptcy attorneys and clients are asking themselves these days. A few years ago, most banks and mortgage companies (we will call them banks for this blog) foreclosed on a property – house or land – within three to four months of the bankruptcy filing. At the foreclosure sale, the bank would pay the property taxes on the house as well as any homeowner association liens on the property. For many people, that is now considered the “good ole’ days”.
As discussed in a previous blog post, it is taking mortgage companies an extraordinary period of time to foreclose on properties these days. Unfortunately, the delay in the foreclose process seems to be a “double-edged sword” depending on the homeowners’ goals. In some cases, it is a benefit to the homeowners, since they may be … Read more
This is a question that many people are asking these days, why is it taking the mortgage companies so long to foreclose? As bankruptcy lawyers we deal a lot with people who are trying to save their homes as they enter the foreclosure process. So knowing how long it takes until a home enters into … Read more
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