Housing Topic: Foreclosure

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Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Saving Your Home from Foreclosure (2011)

Saving Your Home from Foreclosure (2011). Foreclosure is the legal process that your mortgage lender uses to take your home when you fall behind on your mortgage payments. If you are faced with foreclosure, you can work to save your home—or at least limit the financial damage caused by foreclosure—if you understand your options and take the appropriate steps.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Successful Homeownership - Powerpoint Training Slides (English)

Successful Homeownership - Powerpoint Training Slides (English). The Successful Homeownership Powerpoint training file is available for download in the "Download File" section.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Keeping Your Home - Protect your investment (Korean)

Keeping Your Home - Protect your investment (Korean). 안정적인 주택 소유를 위해 계획과 예산을 세우고 저축하는 사람들은 주택을 지속적으로 소유할 가능성과 장기적인 부동산의 가치 상승에 의한 부의 축척 가능성이 높습니다. 이 소책자는 주택소유자의 재정적 책임과 그것의 관리 요령, 부동산의 관리와 보호 요령, 그리고 홈 에퀴티를 쌓고 유지하는 요령 등을 설명하고 있습니다.

People who plan, budget and save for successful homeownership have a much better chance of keeping a roof over their heads and building wealth as property values increase over the years. This brochure covers the financial responsibilities of homeownership and how to manage them, how to maintain and protect your property, and how to build and preserve your home equity.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Keeping Your Home - Protect your investment (Chinese)

Keeping Your Home - Protect your investment (Chinese). People who plan, budget and save for successful homeownership have a much better chance of keeping a roof over their heads and building wealth as property values increase over the years. This brochure covers the financial responsibilities of homeownership and how to manage them, how to maintain and protect your property, and how to build and preserve your home equity.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Keeping Your Home - Protect your investment (Spanish)

Keeping Your Home - Protect your investment (Spanish). Las personas que planifican, hacen un presupuesto y ahorran para tener éxito como dueñas de casa tienen muchas más posibilidades de mantener su hogar e incrementar su patrimonio a medida que el valor de su propiedad aumente con los años. Este folleto explica las responsabilidades financieras de los propietarios de una vivienda y cómo administrar estas responsabilidades, cómo mantener y proteger su hogar, y cómo aumentar y conservar el valor líquido de su vivienda.

 

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  • December 14, 2011 Mortgage servicers must be held to strong standards by consumer agency Consumer Action signed onto a letter asking the Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Raj Date, to advance strong national mortgage servicing standards.
  • December 10, 2010 Close call on loosening mortgage documentation standards Consumer Action and others sent a letter to President Obama, thanking him for not signing H.R. 3808, the “Interstate Recognition of Notarization Act,” which would have now is not loosened protections against fraud in the foreclosure process, and asking for a national moratorium on foreclosures until regulators can be sure that mortgages services are complying with all related laws and obligations.
  • January 29, 2010 Foreclosure crisis can be stopped with bold, aggressive action Consumer Action joined members of Americans for Financial Reform in a letter demanding more solutions - including revamping HAMP, addressing unemployed homeowners, and offering a "right to rent" - to stop the foreclosure crisis.
  • January 29, 2010 Improving HAMP will stem foreclosures In a letter to Tina Tchen, White House Director of Office of Public Engagement, Consumer Action and other groups laid out steps to improve the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).
  • March 23, 2009 State regulators must be allowed to protect borrowers Consumer Action signed on to a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Attorney General Eric Holder urging them to overturn a Bush Administration ruling that weakened the ability of states to investigate and enforce laws against banks in their region.
 

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