According to U.S. Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary Darlene Williams, the rate at which US mortgages are defaulting is stabilizing. (more…)

As record foreclosure filings and the Florida mortgage crunch have become a nightmare for homeowners and lenders, the higher numbers mean more business for at least one group of people. (more…)

Foreclosure filings in the Treasure Coast more than tripled in August, as the worst housing slump in 16 years continued to send shock waves across Florida mortgage borrowers. (more…)

A Delray Beach investor, who claims he was lured into investing thousands to salvage properties facing foreclosure, has filed suit against a Broward County foreclosure rescue company to recover his money. (more…)

Flippers and other speculators investing in single-family homes helped drive up prices in many hot housing markets during the boom. Now? They’re contributing heavily to Florida mortgage delinquencies . (more…)

The spate of foreclosures across Florida is not limited to certain regions or income brackets. (more…)

The soaring Florida home mortgage foreclosure rate edged down a bit in July from June - but it was still 78 percent higher last month than it was a year ago. (more…)

Many critics are against the idea of Congress stepping in to bailout Florida mortgage holders on the verge of default.

With that in mind, here are a trio of other options for troubled borrowers… (more…)

The number of Florida home mortgage foreclosure filings has continued to rise in Brevard County - a sign of the financial hardship in a growing portion of the local Florida housing market. (more…)

There was a time not long ago when one person’s misery in the local Florida housing market was someone else’s chance to flip property for a profit. (more…)