Hardest Hit Fund Help Homeowners’ Mortgage Payment

Residents in Clark County who are facing foreclosures can now sigh in relief as help from the federal government is on its way for their mortgage payment. Nevada was chosen to be one of the recipients Hardest Hit Fund established President Obama. The state one of the numerous states in the United States who has …

Condo Column: Condos can’t cut off utilities, but is cable TV a utilty?

Dear Poliakoffs: We live in a 47-unit condo in Palm Beach County. One of the owners has not paid for maintenance in 10 months. The association pays the water and cable. Can the association under Florida condo law shut off the unit water and cable for nonpayment of maintenance after notification? – P.P. Dear P.P.: …

Reverse mortgages offer benefits, pitfalls

Things have been pretty bad in the mortgage business for the last three years. So, Phyllis Taylor found her paychecks getting slimmer. Taylor, who works for a mortgage firm, could no longer afford her mortgage. She thought she might have to sell her house in Chesterfield and move to something cheaper. Instead, she took out …

Why 2011 May Be the End of the Housing Crash – WSJ.com

There might finally be some good news this year about the nation’s dismal housing market. Or, at least, the bad news could stop. Either way, it will be welcome relief for current homeowners as well as for potential real-estate investors. Reasons to be optimistic have been sadly lacking since the housing bubble burst in 2006. …

Some homeowners, who can afford the mortgage, still default as a strategy

She has a sales job with a six-figure salary. He owns a successful tech company. And they are in foreclosure. But unlike countless other Americans faced with losing their homes, this couple could make the $5,200 monthly mortgage on the waterfront property in Pompano Beach that they bought for $585,000 in 2004. Foreclosure was their …