The great promise of short sales and other distressed pre-foreclosure sales as a foreclosure alternative is most fully realized in a competitive and transparent online auction marketplace, according ...

anely Sandoval’s calling to be a pre-foreclosure peacemaker started when she was in high school. “My mom and stepdad went into pre-foreclosure,” said Sandoval, a real estate agent and investor who ...

Carol M. Kopp edits features on a wide range of subjects for Investopedia, including investing, personal finance, retirement planning, taxes, business management, and career development. Doretha ...

Carol M. Kopp edits features on a wide range of subjects for Investopedia, including investing, personal finance, retirement planning, taxes, business management, and career development. Doretha ...

Pre-foreclosure means you’re in the early stages of foreclosure and could lose your home. Here's how to get out of it and how to buy a home in pre-foreclosure.

Answer: Apparently too tough for many, perhaps most mortgage servicers. There could be an article at least once a week making this point and case law examples would still not approach being exhausted.

When you fall behind on mortgage payments, your lender may eventually take your home to recoup the loss. But that won’t happen right away. Lenders must follow a series of steps that start with ...

In his Foreclosure Litigation column, Bruce Bergman discusses the recent decision in 'HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v. Shah,' where the defendant argued that the foreclosing plaintiff failed to demonstrate ...